“When evening quickens in the street, comes a pause in the day's occupation that is known as the cocktail hour. It marks the lifeward turn. The heart wakens from coma and its dyspnea ends. Its strengthening pulse is to cross over into campground, to believe that the world has not been altogether lost or, if lost, then not altogether in vain.” IfsWorldBelieveHeartEndsTurnsLostHoursKnownStreetsFoodCrossesMarkCookingEveningVainCulinaryOccupationPausesPulseCocktailsStrengtheningComa Author:Bernard DeVoto
“The rat stops gnawing in the wood, the dungeon walls withdraw, the weight is lifted your pulse steadies and the sun has found your heart, the day was not bad, the season has not been bad, there is sense and even promise in going on.” HeartFoundSunFoodWallPromiseSeasonsWeightCookingWoodsCulinaryRatsPulseDungeons Author:Bernard DeVoto
“Let us candidly admit that there are shameful blemishes on the American past, of which the worst by far is rum. Nevertheless, we have improved man's lot and enriched his civilization with rye, bourbon and the Martini cocktail. In all history has any other nation done so much?” MenDonePastNationsWorstFoodCivilizationCookingAlcoholCulinaryNeverthelessShamefulCocktailsMartiniBourbonRum Book:The Hour: A Cocktail Manifesto Source: The Hour: A Cocktail Manifesto
