May 21, 2009

Literati Libations

May 21, 2009

There's a great article on NPR's website right now detailing Hemingway & Bailey's Bartender's Guide, which covers famous writers and their favorite drinks. Not only does the book by Mark Bailey feature charming caricatures by Edward Hemingway, but there's also cocktail recipes, excerpts of writing material, and best of all, anecdotes from the literati on drinking, like:

"First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you."--F. Scott Fitzgerald, who fancied himself some gin.

Fitzgerald's Gin Rickey:

Illustration by Edward Hemingway.

2 oz. gin

3/4 oz. lime juice

club soda

lime wheel

Pour gin and lime juice into a chilled highball glass filled with cracked ice. Top with club soda and gently stir; garnish with lime wheel.

Selena Ricks-Good

Selena Ricks-Good is a New York-based writer and digital strategist with more than 15 years in journalism, brand development, and content marketing. Her writing on food, drinks, travel, and culture has appeared in CBS New York, Time Out New York, Village Voice, and Thrillist. She founded Little Good Life to fill the gap she kept hitting in her own life: thoughtful, opinionated travel writing for families whose kids are past the stroller years. She lives in New York with her husband and a travel-soccer-playing teenage son who has firm opinions about crudo, boba, and pizza.

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