Questions tagged [history]
The study of the past as it is described in written documents.
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Is there an online and/or English-language version of the “Jiǔmíngjì” 酒名記?
I was reading Peter Kupfer's scholarly piece Amber Shine and Black Dragon Pearls: The History of Chinese Wine Culture (June 2018). During the Song Dynasty (960–1279), it says,
large amounts of ...
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Origin of the “lick, sip, suck” tequila shot technique
I was browsing through Here's How (1928), a Prohibition-era collection of cocktail recipes, and found something surprisingly familiar on page 48.
The Swiss Itch
Invented by one James Norton of ...
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When and how was the Estonian cocktail the Hammer and Sickle invented?
I know it's made from 1/4 Vana Tallinn and 3/4 Sparkling Wine (or Champaign) but I've spent ages trying to find out where and how it started. Does anyone claim to have invented it? What is the ...
