Savez vousfaire des cocktailsf J'ai un ami,garfonfort riche et qui aime boire.". I cannot re member exactly, but it runs charmingly, something like this - "Void venir Vete, c'est le moment de boire des alcools glacis(we said des alcools in those heroic days). begins by a dialogue about American drinks. There is a play of Donnay(he had just left the Chat Noir and the august Academic Franfaise had not yetlooked upon him as a possible member) in which an act. It began centuries ago, probably about 1885. The collaboration of the scientist and the poet-that is, the barman. A romantic symbol, both remote and precise. Drinks as the expression of modern life,of post-war civilisation. II n'y avail plus un souffle dans I'air On entendait dans le lointain le rire enorme de la grenouille-tatireau qui abonde dans ces parages." It is a poem of Blaise Cendrars. Sur tin signe deson maitre le vieux Jupiter sort d'un petit meuble laque Une bouteille de Xeres Un seau a glace Des citrons. Eiendus dans des rocking-chairs Us s'abandonnent a ce cliniat amollissani. Therese, the pity of Dostoievsky, the laughter of the sun,the speed of a non-stop express, the jungle of Douanier Rousseau -in a small, thin glass, frosted and warming. In fact, as it were, the mysticism of St. poetic charm of the cocktail is so powerful, its appearance so perversely fascinating, its perfume so complex, its effect so subtle that one cannot help, not only yielding to so many attractions, but also being, at times,and for reasons almost purely literary, moved,if not to tears, at least to exaltation. And what champagne ever tasted better than that pint of Clicquot, bought and drunk hurriedly, at breakfast time, during a ride in occupied Flanders? Yet,one can disapprove and appreciate at the same time. How much saner,for instance,is my friend Nicole, who drinks cocktails at night, between dances. But the idea of swallowing a strong cocktail just before your soup, then expectir^g to appreciate and enjoy good food and noble wines amounts to sheer insanity. It is then six or seven o'clock, and of course, you would not dream of dining before nine. It does not in the least correspond to the elegant drinking of various mixtures in Parisian bars, or to the even more charming cocktail parties in private houses. The cocktail habit,as generally practised in England, is a vice-in the same way that the American baseball is a form of sadism or of masochism-unless it be a mortification. I specially disapprove of the English concoctions called (for no reason whatsoever) cocktails, and served two minutes before dinner. I SHOULD state here, now, without any further delay, and emphatically,that,as a wine drinker,and a gourmet, I disapprove of cocktails. Miscellaneous Cocktails Non-Alcoholic Cocktails Adair wishes to express his thanks to the Editors of Vogue,Soe and the 'Dally S'pfe" for their permission to reproduce some of the receipes which appear in this book. Printed in Great Britain by Woods &Sons,Ltd, London,N,i MARCEL BOULESTIN Simple French Cooking for English Homes 5s. Boulestin, ex hilarating as a cocktail itself.īy X. What riches are here for the thirsty-drinks long and short, steaming and iced, dry drinks, sweet drinks, stiff drinks, soft drinks (yes, one or two for "our American friends"), and a preface. Adair's cock tails and juleps and punches are drinks with a difference. And if you have made your way to that corner df Leicester Square where Boulestin's hangs out a tricolor awning, you will know that Mr. For it con tains the recipes of the nec tar which Mr.Adair dispenses at that newest and most in triguing of restaurants for which M. This is a June book, and if summer deigns to stay, it should be the June book. With a Preface, In a Glass" by X mARCEL ROULESTIN
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