Free the Tipple
CBC Books | | Posted: December 17, 2018 5:33 PM | Last Updated: July 29, 2019
Jennifer Croll, illustrated by Kelly Shami
Sixty of the world's coolest and most influential women are the inspiration for this refreshing and fun collection of drink recipes that are sure to bring extra zest to your cocktail shaker. Free the Tipple pays tribute to a brilliant range of diverse women from the 20th century to today who have made waves in entertainment, the arts, politics, fashion, literature, sports, and science, including Frida Kahlo, Rihanna, Serena Williams, Virginia Woolf, Yoko Ono, Zaha Hadid, Marlene Dietrich, Zadie Smith and more. Each double-page spread features a recipe crafted to reflect its namesake's personality, style, legacy or what she liked to drink herself. This ranges from The Gloria Steinem, which uses a complex liquor with a radical twist, to The Beyoncé, made, of course, with lemonade. The cocktails are simple to make, kitchen-tested and incorporate easy-to find ingredients. Snappy, informative biographies, illustrated with newly-commissioned portraits, offer revealing insights into the women's lives. This highly original guide to delicious beverages is a perfect gift for those in your life who encourage and inspire you. (From Prestel)
From the book
Trying to capture someone's personality in a cocktail is a time-honoured tradition. Take the Mary Pickford. Pickford was a silent movie star who, at the turn of the century, was the most renowned actor in the world — only Charlie Chaplin could match her fame. She starred in 52 feature films and was nicknamed "the girl with the curl" and "America's sweetheart." Her popularity overlapped with the era of Prohibition in the U.S., when many prominent bartenders fled for countries where they could still practice their craft. While Pickford was filming a movie in Cuba in the early 1920s, an émigré American mixologist created a drink in her honour. A mixture of rum, pineapple juice, grenadine and maraschino liqueur, it's sweet and charming in the way Pickford was perceived to be, but its rum-forward character is also a reflection of the country where it was created and the tastes of the time.
From Free the Tipple by Jennifer Croll, illustrated by Kelly Shami ©2018. Published by Prestel.