{"product_id":"op-the-home-bartender","title":"OP: The Home Bartender","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohn F. Driscoll, Chicago, 1933. Paperback. Very Good.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Driscoll, a bartender with a self-proclaimed 20-plus years experience in New York, Mexico, and Monte Carlo, presents here some 400 recipes and instructions for cocktails and homebrewed wines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in the very opportune year Prohibition was repealed, \u003cem\u003eThe Home Bartender\u003c\/em\u003e (1933) offers a dizzying number of cocktails (16 egg nog variations!) as well as a few non-alcoholic options for full-service beverage operations, either at home or in a professional setting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough many familiar classics have a presence in these 60-odd pages, it is, of course, the more esoteric and obscure drinks which call our attention. Koumiss—fermented mare’s milk hailing from Central Asia— for example, is a surprise inclusion, casually situated between recipes for sloe gin and noyeau, almond creme liqueur.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rather shocking cure for intoxication—baking soda in water followed by self-induced vomiting with the fingers of the right hand, specifically, then by lemon juice and salt, black coffee, and a “whiff of ammonia to clear the head, if desired”—appears between the much more charming Pleasant Girl and Lillian Wagner cocktails.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery Good, overall. Lightly shelfworn with faint blemishes. Staplebound paperback (4.25” x 6”). \u003cstrong\u003eScarce\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KNOP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41758630772869,"sku":"John F. Driscoll","price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0297\/5046\/0549\/files\/driscoll_homebartender.jpg?v=1783707746","url":"https:\/\/www.kitchenartsandletters.com\/products\/op-the-home-bartender","provider":"Kitchen Arts \u0026 Letters","version":"1.0","type":"link"}