

And a Bottle of Rum
A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails
Author: Wayne Curtis
Narrator: Mike Chamberlain
Unabridged: 10 hr 7 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 11/08/2016
Categories: Cooking, Nonfiction
Includes:
Bonus Material
Synopsis
Curtis takes us from the taverns of the American colonies, where rum delivered both a cheap wallop and cash for the Revolution, to the plundering pirate ships off the coast of Central America, to the watering holes of pre-Castro Cuba, and to the kitsch-laden tiki bars of 1950s America. Here are sugar barons and their armies conquering the Caribbean, Paul Revere stopping for a nip during his famous ride, Prohibitionists marching against "demon rum," Hemingway fattening his liver with Havana daiquiris, and today's bartenders reviving old favorites like Planter's Punch.
Awash with local color and wry humor, And a Bottle of Rum is an affectionate toast to this most American of liquors, a chameleon spirit that has been constantly reinvented over the centuries by tavern keepers, bootleggers, lounge lizards, and marketing gurus.