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Obituary Cocktail [Hardback]

  • Formāts: Hardback, 146 pages, height x width x depth: 178x127x13 mm, weight: 240 g, 21 color images, 4 halftones
  • Sērija : Iconic New Orleans Cocktails
  • Izdošanas datums: 31-Jul-2025
  • Izdevniecība: Louisiana State University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0807184799
  • ISBN-13: 9780807184790
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  • Formāts: Hardback, 146 pages, height x width x depth: 178x127x13 mm, weight: 240 g, 21 color images, 4 halftones
  • Sērija : Iconic New Orleans Cocktails
  • Izdošanas datums: 31-Jul-2025
  • Izdevniecība: Louisiana State University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0807184799
  • ISBN-13: 9780807184790
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In a city known for celebrating in the face of death, it's no surprise that the funerary tradition is honored by a drink. The Obituary Cocktail is a spirited dive into New Orleans's bohemian past, chronicling how this cocktailmade with gin, vermouth, and absinthebecame central to mid-twentieth-century café society before fading temporarily into obscurity.



Like a good obituary, this book shares stories about the drink, beginning with its 1940s origins at Café Lafitte, the oldest continuously operating gay bar in the U.S. and the stomping ground for the city's café society, which included Tennessee Williams, Ella Brennan, and a rich crop of prominent New Orleans visitors. Sue Strachan explores the history of the cocktail's ingredients, shares recipes for home mixologists, and resurrects the stories of other morbidly monikered drinks. With detours into the world of secret societies, second-line parades, and celebrations of deathly holidays like Halloween and All Saints' Day, The Obituary Cocktail gives new life to this unique beverage.

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"Combine a jigger of history, a wine glass of lore, a dram of joviality, and a splash of absinthe in the Crescent City's cultural cauldron, and out pours The Obituary Cocktail. Sue Strachan's deep dive brings forth a virtual parade of fascinating historical events, tempered by the quirky and irreverent aspects of humanity that together have spawned some of New Orleans's finest contributions to the advancement of western civilization." - T. A. Breaux, distiller and coauthor of Absinthe: The Exquisite Elixir

"In The Obituary Cocktail, Sue Strachan masterfully stirs New Orleans history, drinking culture, and storytelling into a book as beguiling as it is alcoholic. Through meticulous research and engaging prose, she traces the tale of this legendary drink from Tennessee Williams's French Quarter of the 1940s to its growing popularity today. Sex, death, and absinthethis is a must-read for cocktail enthusiasts and New Orleans history buffs alike." - Andrew Nelson, travel writer for National Geographic and Wall Street Journal, and author of Here Not There: 100 Unexpected Travel Destinations

"The Obituary Cocktail deserves a place at your bar and on your bookshelf. Sue Strachan captures the mystery of absinthe, the bawdiness of New Orleans, and the cultural climate surrounding the drink's creation. Drinking the cocktail today allows a sensory window into another time. But Strachan's book gives us a clarity of history, place, and attitude that makes reading a profitable pleasure. Reading it while drinking an Obituary Cocktail manifests history." - Elizabeth M. Williams, founder of the Southern Food and Beverage Museum

Sue Strachan is a social historian, journalist, and author who has written about New Orleans culture, food, history, and current events for numerous publications. Her first book, The Café Brūlot, was published in 2021.