It’s all about cocktails and the women who made them popular!  My guest this week is Dr. Nicola Nice with her new book: The Cocktail Parlor: How Women Brought the Cocktail Home.

Meet the hostesses who have shaped cocktail history, and learn how to make the drinks they loved.

Throughout American history, women have helped propel what we know as classic cocktails―the Martini, the Manhattan, the Old-Fashioned, and more―into popular culture. But, often excluded from private clubs, women exercised this influence from the home, in their cocktail parlors. In The Cocktail Parlor, Dr. Nicola Nice, sociologist and spirits entrepreneur, gives women their long-overdue spotlight in cocktail history and shows how they still impact cocktail culture today.

Journeying through the decades, this book profiles a diverse array of influential hostesses. With each historic era comes iconic recipes, featuring a total of 40 main cocktails and more than 100 variations that readers can make at home. Whether its happy hour punch a la Martha Washington or a Harlem Renaissance–inspired Green Skirt, readers will find that many of the ingredients and drinks they’re familiar with today wouldn’t be here without the hostesses who served them first.

” Dr. Nice’s groundbreaking work is as elegant as it is informative. Mixography―the art of writing about mixed drinks―has never received a proper history. When it does, I have no doubt that The Cocktail Parlor will serve as one of its cornerstones.”  ― Dr. David Wondrich, editor in chief, The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails.

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Dr. Nicola Nice is a sociologist, brand strategist, and founder of the Pomp & Whimsy gin company. Nicola has worked in spirits innovation for over a decade. She has been featured in the New York Times, Forbes, and more. She lives in Westchester County, New York.  Follow on Facebook, Instagram, and X  Learn more www.nicolanice.com

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