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Cocktails with Hemingway

20 Nov 2012
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To Have and Have Another

 

At some point, everyone wants to learn how to make a great cocktail and/or take a stab at becoming the voice of their generation. Precious few succeed at both. Author and cocktail connoisseur, Philip Greene celebrates in his new book  To Have and Have Another a literary figure who did just that, accomplished man of letters and mixies Ernest Hemingway.

Night Caps at the Museum

In a Smithsonian Associates event held at the National Museum of the American Indian, Greene reacquainted Hemingway fans with the Lost Generation’s leading author in a seminar that combined biography, passage readings and adult beverages.

As a self-taught Hemingway buff and founder of the Museum of the American Cocktail, Greene provided a new lens to enjoy Hem’s work, taking the audience on a taste tour of the colorful drinks (and drinking buddies) that pop up throughout the Hemingway canon.

Old Man and the Seagrams

In a nod to effective advertising, Greene described Hemingway as the original “World’s Most Interesting Man.” Somewhere between hunting safaris, fraternizing with rum runners in Key West and hunting German U-boats in Cuba, Hemingway found time to put down some choice words as well as down a few choice refreshments. Greene treated the audience to some of Hemingway’s favorite concoctions while giving a mixology lesson on how to whip them up at your own home bar.

 

Check out these literary libations:

Jack Rose

2 oz Applejack or Calvados

½ oz fresh lime or lemon juice

¼ oz Grenadine (preferably genuine pomegranate)

Shake well with ice, strain into chilled cocktail glass.  Garnish with twist of lime or lemon peel.

The Americano

1 oz Campari

1 oz Italian (Sweet) Vermouth

1-2 oz seltzer water (to taste)

Add all ingredients to a rocks or highball glass filled with ice.  Stir.  Garnish with an orange wedge or a lemon twist.

Bottoms Up!

Philip Greene’s seminar gave everyone who has ever watched Midnight in Paris or read A Moveable Feast and wished they were there, the opportunity to saddle up with “Papa” at the bar and drink a cool one. For your next night in, pick up a copy of To Have and Have Another, fix yourself a stiff Tom Collins and get cozy with that Nobel Prize winning man of wealth and taste, Ernest Hemingway.

Please remember to read responsibly!

By: Richard Barry, Food Editor

Event photos courtesy of Molly McDonald


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Richard is a freelance writer who enjoys building a healthy appetite with long runs around the city. When not logging the miles, he can be spotted training the palate at brunches, happy hours and food trucks.

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Richard Barry

richard
Richard is a freelance writer who enjoys building a healthy appetite with long runs around the city. When not logging the miles, he can be spotted training the palate at brunches, happy hours and food trucks. 
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