Everyday Drinking

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A celebratory volume of writings by the late author of Lucky Jim includes favorite pieces on such topics as hangovers, food and drink combinations, and presumably how to avoid getting drunk, in a collection complemented by cocktail recipes 30,0Title The Everyday DrinkingAuthor Amis, Kingsley Hitchens, Christopher INT Publisher St Martins PrPublication Date 2008 05 13Number of Pages 302Binding Type HARDCOVERLibrary of Congress bl2008015465 Best Read [ Everyday Drinking ] Author [ Kingsley Amis ] – kino-fada.fr The Muse of booze. Note You really have to use bourbon The Rye Old Fashioned is not too bad the Irish version just tolerable the Scotch one not worth while Exactly And never mind the rye snobs suddenly all about, I was once twitted by my best friend s wife for not specifying brandy because that s how the Old Fashioned was made in 1890s New Orleans, you see She has a meaty ass, big long toed feet, and she paints I loathe her in an amiable, intermittently lustful, sitcom like way There s not much to do b Note You really have to use bourbon The Rye Old Fashioned is not too bad the Irish version just tolerable the Scotch one not worth while Exactly And never mind the rye snobs suddenly all about, I was once twitted by my best friend s wife for not specifying brandy because that s how the Old Fashioned was made in 1890s New Orleans, you see She has a meaty ass, big long toed feet, and she paints I loathe her in an amiable, intermittently lustful, sitcom like way There s not much to do but quote him This passage decided my purchase You get hold of a half litre of vodka and what s probably harder to come by in a socialist county, three paper cups Perhaps the grocer will let you stand in his shop, anyway you find someplace where the wind isn t blow...A very nice birthday present from Jordan The first half of the book is a hilarious manual on how to spend your life drunk I couldn t wait to get started Amis s technical knowledge, especially when it comes to spirits and mixed drinks, is impressive Also his ability to avoid bullshit.____________________________________________We got our courage together and tried making Ernest Hemingway s signature cocktail, the fabulous Death in the Afternoon It s very simple put one measure of absinthe i A very nice birthday present from Jordan The first half of the book is a hilarious manual on how to spend your life drunk I couldn t wait to get started Amis s t...This cute recollection of Kingsley Amis newspaper columns on the life of a professional drunk is edited by Christopher Hitchens friend of son Martin and resident avatar of English alcoholism in American letters The writing is gin saturated themes recurring in their wet wit seem half remembered the prose seems dictated, with the loose, conversational imprecision of a drunk and self satisfied autodidact But what else would you want, let alone expect, from a collection of brief High Englis This cute recollection of Kingsley Amis newspaper columns on the life of a professional drunk is edited by Christopher Hitchens friend of son Martin and resident avatar of English alcoholism in American letters The writing is gin saturated themes recurring in their wet wit seem half remembered the prose seems dictated, with the loose, conversational imprecision of a drunk and self satisfied autodidact But what else would you want, let alone expect, from a collection of brief High English epistles on the art of staying drunk, often on ridiculous cocktails, for half a century One humorous theme is Amis blithe and recurring dismissal of wine as a legitimate category for the professional drink man a great phrase that we teetotalers from the leeward side of the Atlantic ought to appropriate Wine for Amis is a kind of French shell game played on the English, who are better ...Had I been sentient and British during the 1970s, I m sure I would have been a huge admirer of Amis s weekly newspaper musings on the art and science of drinking I can definitely see how the constituent parts of this book would work well as columns.But they fall flat in the anthology format, in large part because Amis is so darn repetitious We hear the same bon mots re Scotch time and again, for example And the first third of the book contains nothing save for wittily phrased drink recipes Had I been sentient and British during the 1970s, I m sure I would have been a huge admirer of Amis s weekly newspaper musings on the art and science of drinking I can definitely see how the constituent parts of this book would work well as columns.But they fall flat in the anthology format, in large part because Amis is so darn repetitious We hear the same bon mots re Scotch time and again, for example And the first third of the book contains nothing save for wittily phrased drink recipes, none of which I ll be making anytime soon with the possible exception of Hot Buttered Rum round Xmastime.The quiz section at the end conveys a few snippets of useful information, but most of the trivia is, well, too trivial Not to mention outdated and, in some cases, just plain wrong there is virtually no mention of New World wines, for example, and Amis contends that sake is meant to be served warm.Amis is obviously an excellent, extre...I truly believe you need only two drinks books in your life one that tells you about every drink you could possibly make, and one that tells you about what you would want to drink The first is useful in the case that an honored guest asks for a Detroit Motor City or something I live in fear of moments like this the second, while narrower in scope, is infinitelypractical because everything in it is actually good.Everyday Drinking has captured a permanent spot as my second category book I truly believe you need only two drinks books in your life one that tells you about every drink you could possibly make, and one that tells you about what you would want to drink The first is useful in the case that an honored guest asks for a Detroit Motor City or something I live in fear of moments like this the second, while narrower in scope, is infinitelypractical because everything in it is actually good.Everyday Drinking has captured a permanent spot as my second category book This is of course subjective I have a special soft spot for drinks that are awful sounding and or old fashioned you may not but I really can t recommend this enough, because besides many excellent recipes, there are herein doze...let s allow a great 20th century dandy and wit to review this book better than i ever could Here is a story about a sinner,He used to be a winner, who enjoyed a life of prominence and position.But the pressures at the office and his socialite engagements,And his selfish wife s fanatical ambition,It turned him to the booze,And he got mixed up with a floosieAnd she led him to a life of indecision.The floosie made him spend his doughShe left him lying on skid rowA drunken lag in some salvation a let s allow a great 20th century dandy and wit to review this book better than i ever could Here is a story about a sinner,He used to be a winner, who enjoyed a life of prominence and position.But the pressures at the office and his socialite engagements,And his selfish wife s fa...Written with an abundance of style and dry wit, this is a very entertaining and informative book Everything andyou ever wanted to know about liquor, beer and wine is probably in here along with some good laughs One caveat don t read this on a kindle There is a long quiz section which would require flipping back and forth between sections If anybody knows how to do this on a Kindle please let me know When I got my Kindle a month or two ago I knew there had to be some drawbacks Thi Written with an abundance of style and dry wit, this is a very entertaining and informative book Everything andyou ever wanted to know about liquor, beer and wine is probably in here along with some good laughs One caveat don t read this on a kindle There is a long quiz section which...A moderately amusing and informative collection of newspaper columns written by a jaunty, hail fellow well met type of chap I would like to go drinking with this guy, he knows everything about every kind of liquor and includes some cocktail recipes I m dying to t...This is a reprint of three of Kingsley Amis s classic gin soaked volumesOn Drink ,How s Your Glassa quiz book , andEvery Day Drinkinga title that boy Martin found clever if not hilarious, and which remains a source of confusion here on GoodReads as it s apparently merged with this here collection Amis appears here in three boozy guises mixologist, advice columnist, and know it all All are witty and fascinating even when he s phoning it in, his prose is taut and immaculate This is a reprint of three of Kingsley Amis s classic gin soaked volumesOn Drink ,How s Your Glassa quiz book , andEvery Day Drinkinga title that boy Martin found clever if not hilarious, and which remains a source of confusion here on GoodReads as it s apparently merged with this here collection Amis appears here in three boozy guises mixologist, advice columnist, and know it all All are witty and fascinating even when he s phoning it in, his prose is taut and immaculate The various drinks recipes in On Drink might turn your stomach if you re from Minnesota but his careful descriptions and reckless hints might encourage you to get up and try one or two Put milk in the ice cube tray the night before Sure Send some two inch long cucumber cuttings through a manual lemon squeezer Right on, Lucky Jim Fun to read as you re popping open your next Pabst Blue Ribbon anyway And you will not believe what Queen Victoria was drinking daily It involves a mixture of red w...

Everyday Drinking
  • 06 April 2017
  • 118 pages
  • 0091547105
  • Kingsley Amis
  • Everyday Drinking