Cocktail : The Influence of Spirits on the American Psyche

Combining history, recipes, ruminations, and a few nods to the occult, Joseph Lanza exposes the cocktail as a ritual--a religious ceremony that satisfies the modern mind and soul. " This book will quench your thirst for knowledge of cocktail culture and its swizzle-stick, tiki room, rhumba-band-filled world. " --Entertainment Weekly.