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| id | title | narrative | year | era_label | source | file_id | status | created_at | updated_at |
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| 40e65976d1dd5940 | The Origins of Champagne | The history of champagne and its development over time | 1088 | Middle Ages | Mémoire sur les Vins de Champagne | 5405b67f0329e343a722b8116fce7aa4b392c96ae06167895441819240e0c847 | draft | 6/6/2026, 3:42:31 AM | 6/6/2026, 3:42:31 AM |
| f1f3d860f13a14d3 | The Origins of the Cocktail | The cocktail is believed to have originated in the United States in the early 19th century. | 1800 | 19th century | The Bartender's Guide | 0578eb59acbf777b1b1b88b58575f8548312b4b61d317152bae567e0973c5bf4 | draft | 6/6/2026, 2:56:31 AM | 6/6/2026, 2:56:31 AM |
| 169f012afd80b657 | The Philosophy of Mixing Drinks | The author claims that there is philosophy in even a jug of punch, and that the book will teach the reader how to concoct drinks in the choicest manner. | — | — | Preface | e010c6519ed002c77747ad395687423938a19fcd9d38193c7c28320cf89d7642 | draft | 6/6/2026, 2:57:26 AM | 6/6/2026, 2:57:26 AM |
| 69287bd715cc3d14 | The Phylloxera Epidemic | The author discusses the devastating effects of the phylloxera epidemic on the vineyards of the Alto Douro region. | — | 19th century | Facts about Port and Madeira | 453593f3946b37e4e8a80c11c5d078cfe34e5e1a2b22d495ce7a09a421230bd8 | draft | 6/6/2026, 3:24:31 AM | 6/6/2026, 3:24:31 AM |
| 72d32286864ecebb | The Poison Squad Experiment (1914) | Twelve convicts volunteered for a sixty-day mineral-deficient diet test; despite promised pardons, several developed pellagra, attempted suicide, and refused to continue. Restoration on a mineral-complete ration confirmed that deficiency of mineral elements causes sickness. | 1914 | Progressive Era | 1934 Here's How to be Healthy by B G Hauser | b54b80c10c13ad8220cc40ffdd1355aef393305a2468d3b1dbb31d8b6b91687d | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:07:25 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:07:25 AM |
| 68c37864d114fb72 | The Proper Time for Various Drinks | The appropriate time for serving fine fancy or mixed drinks depends largely on individual taste and established usage. | — | — | — | 94457bbb61a9891096714a5030ced0efa4a096baa75360a0b3790e006d4b0f79 | draft | 6/6/2026, 10:11:43 AM | 6/6/2026, 10:11:43 AM |
| 30cfd62058e50c45 | The proper way to garnish a Cocktail with lemon | Fouquet insists the lemon zest must be cut delicately and snapped over the drink so the juice sprays into the glass—not squeezed outside the glass as many barmen wrongly do. For ladies' cocktails, sugaring the rim via lemon and powdered sugar creates a frosted appearance. | 1896 | 1890s bartending technique | Bariana, Première Partie de Cocktail | 836ca1b418ff6a5514247b37a336856b71f3617be6d4077c57d831e63a59a280 | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:09:53 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:09:53 AM |
| 62c97daf6a354966 | The Rubaiyat of Canada | Promotional verse and recipes for Consolidated Distilleries of Montreal. | 1929 | — | — | 2232719fddebfb21575bac60f327eb719055dcf4a6a0536b325de4055897873d | draft | 6/6/2026, 12:53:59 PM | 6/6/2026, 12:53:59 PM |
| 22d40f026b7ea28f | The Saloon in the Home | Hunt and Chappell satirize domestic drinking during Prohibition, embedding real cocktail formulas within a temperance-flavored narrative illustrated by John Held Jr. | 1930 | Prohibition satire | — | a5e2459a6751b53246e51936c885bc1760e9446829323a6d39c39eea62e049a9 | draft | 6/6/2026, 12:51:43 PM | 6/6/2026, 12:51:43 PM |
| daa598133e9fb7e6 | The Savoy Cocktail Book anecdote of Cóctel | During a truce between Mexican and American armies, a beautiful woman presented a golden cup to the American general; to avoid embarrassment she drank it herself. The king claimed she was his sister Cóctel, and the name became cocktail. | — | early 19th century | The Savoy Cocktail Book via Sanfeliu 1949 | 579cb362d32aab59708f9eb97318840ab39cb2d73ccd7dd3961b0baba6e2e395 | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:10:25 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:10:25 AM |
| e4675c90981a0206 | The Sourtoe Cocktail legend | Invented in Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada during the 1920s, the Sourtoe Cocktail features a mummified amputated toe and was revived on The Sourdough Saloon menu in 1973. | 1973 | Yukon saloon tradition | Smoked Mixology by Headley Sullivan | a0bdb9ff2c0a171f2b26007737b771f53972a0506e388fc3291afe986d9c26b4 | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:09:55 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:09:55 AM |
| ac9e0eb1a9f5652b | The Squire's Recipes | A story about the creation and discovery of the Squire's recipes | 1912 | Early 20th century | The Squire's Recipes book | 684eb321c09c4dcd2fd9abc14dcde6814a62c43161b65ca244bf09f89c4c4175 | draft | 6/6/2026, 12:32:39 PM | 6/6/2026, 12:32:39 PM |
| 230886caa9d37e0e | The Squire's Recipes Hoax | In 1912 Kendall Banning distributed a faux 1784 volume of Calvin Banning's toddies; later friends disputed that the hoax was itself a hoax. | 1912 | Gilded Age publishing prank | 1912 The Squire's Recipe | 684eb321c09c4dcd2fd9abc14dcde6814a62c43161b65ca244bf09f89c4c4175 | draft | 6/6/2026, 12:30:47 PM | 6/6/2026, 12:30:47 PM |
| 2ac77d6366c19176 | The Story of Jerry Thomas | Jerry Thomas is a renowned bartender who has travelled Europe and America in search of new and exotic drinks. | 1864 | 19th century | How to Mix Drinks | 3fb04dad8b079fc9a9b3cf798f561d13034280d8d76929e7b7c0acc7dfcb7260 | draft | 6/6/2026, 2:27:14 AM | 6/6/2026, 2:27:14 AM |
| 5964af596b7ddf2d | The True Story of the Cocktail | The story of how the cocktail got its name and how it was invented by Daisy Allen. | — | — | — | 69e67d95437b4bca120824125f82ed5fe086f2d1f00a7010306e5c4dfd4ed326 | draft | 6/6/2026, 10:04:49 AM | 6/6/2026, 10:04:49 AM |
| fbce8146de0bc648 | The Use of Snow Water | Captain Ross states that snow does not quench but increases thirst, and that the natives of the Arctic region prefer enduring the utmost extremity of this feeling rather than attempt to remove it by eating snow. | — | — | The Book of one Hundred Beverages by William Bernhard | bf1f744855a76ee65967e40d78d36345632c9222455787c308ec9ac5f5e5fe95 | draft | 6/6/2026, 2:21:43 AM | 6/6/2026, 2:21:43 AM |
| e2cb112a63d75928 | The Vintage in the Alto Douro | The author describes the vintage season in the Alto Douro region of Portugal, including the harvesting and production of Port wine. | 1877 | 19th century | Facts about Port and Madeira | 453593f3946b37e4e8a80c11c5d078cfe34e5e1a2b22d495ce7a09a421230bd8 | draft | 6/6/2026, 3:24:30 AM | 6/6/2026, 3:24:30 AM |
| 989e8ed73b21da9c | Therapeutic Values of Wines | Straub argues that wine used in moderation is beneficial to health, aids digestion, and should be served with meals rather than ice water. | 1920 | Prohibition-era reprint | Drinks by Jacques Straub (1920) | 8f6eb847319569796b372243b5844cf0d82d0d5b992d1924f33fd45cfb263742 | draft | 6/7/2026, 12:26:55 AM | 6/7/2026, 12:30:32 AM |
| 1f6716bf75780bd6 | Thomas Guards Cold-Weather Standards | In later years Thomas refused to make Tom and Jerry until the first snowfall and would only prepare a Blue Blazer when the thermometer registered ten degrees or less above zero; he once smashed a rival's early-season Tom and Jerry punch bowl. | — | late career | Herbert Asbury introduction | c2e166e57dbf0883efe2a4779e399a7974d735aae66c56f344ae174420c0b60a | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:07:56 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:07:56 AM |
| 0568a7e8201c78ca | Three Categories of Mixed Drinks | Vermeys classifies drinks as Long Drinks (Collins, Juleps), Short Drinks (Crustas, Flips, Toddies), and Hot Drinks (Grogs, Punches, Slings). | 1947 | — | 1947 Cocktails Choix de 600 Recettes | af62dbe5bc9c5e614c0b1742f7d64fefb0df6d5acc324d1e7b2709133a454f6e | draft | 6/7/2026, 12:27:32 AM | 6/7/2026, 12:27:32 AM |
| dbb5121066b1ee60 | Timely Suggestions for Toning the System | Stafford Brothers prescribe different gin drinks for before breakfast, morning, pre-lunch, afternoon, evening, and night caps to tone the system throughout the day. | 1932 | — | 1932 One Hundred Ways | f761cba23550a15867b68100ab5f76b58546c39064b17e0a953a58271667c9c3 | draft | 6/6/2026, 1:15:02 PM | 6/6/2026, 1:15:02 PM |
| 8ee6e3e256004339 | Toast to Franklin Delano Roosevelt | Lurie dedicates the book to FDR with gratitude for restoring personal liberty after Prohibition. | 1933 | — | 1933 Here's How by George A Lurie | 4d34f2a4b38aba54b206f678a92cd198f346b29cb8e476816ca76603178d65b3 | draft | 6/6/2026, 1:13:18 PM | 6/6/2026, 1:13:18 PM |
| d1a5198ea3f75662 | Toasts in Twelve Languages | Lupoiu closes with health toasts in German, American, English, Chinese, Spanish, French, Greek, Dutch, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, and Swedish. | 1948 | — | 1948 Cocktails by Jean Lupoiu | 0b5e23eed65b76a19e866fc8d515af29539978d79e4931ed6200ca997da2d204 | draft | 6/7/2026, 12:27:43 AM | 6/7/2026, 12:27:43 AM |
| 2849e1e63e6cbbe9 | Toledo Punch Composition | Johnson composed Toledo Punch for one of the most prominent establishments in the West, naming it after Toledo. The bowl punch combines loaf sugar, soda, citrus, cognac, wintergreen, fruit, champagne, brandy, claret, and Rhine wine for parties. | 1888 | — | Harry Johnson's Bartenders' Manual (1888) | 44735a6de03f13611c3e9c1c150a2d1848fb4188c5c9fb3cbef601c17cb795b6 | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:09:54 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:09:54 AM |
| 1cc62e59c2414b6b | Toledo Punch for Western Saloons | Johnson composed Toledo Punch for one of the most prominent establishments in the West, scaling cognac, champagne, claret, Rhine wine, brandy, soda, fruit, and wintergreen into a large bowl punch meant to be served cold surrounded with ice. | 1882 | American West saloon culture | Harry Johnson's Bartenders' Manual (1882) | 022c7f6f2d746d330ff6ad6d16791bfcecfbea08ba47e20c9844ba2bebe614d2 | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:09:48 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:09:48 AM |
| 510c2d21544f3741 | Tom and Jerry as Midwestern wassail | Food Timeline notes Tom and Jerry as a midwestern wassail tradition—a hot holiday punch distinct from the cartoon characters. | 2006 | — | The Food Timeline questions catalog | c8bd1167e60bdf1c7e73fcbe5877bee958bbdf578cd8b2ba21052d44cc80b3cb | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:12:30 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:12:30 AM |
| c770894672d2afa1 | Tom and Jerry batter method | The Tom and Jerry recipe describes beating egg whites and yolks with sugar and a sixpence-worth of bicarbonate of soda into a stiff batter kept from separating, then serving tablespoons of batter with mixed rum and brandy and boiling water or milk—a communal winter punch-bowl tradition. | 1934 | — | 1934 A Lifetime Collection of 688 Recipes for Drinks, Miscellaneous | 36fbcccc550cc22fc62143b09f9e1f9dd43c56e8f891ba522735715a4df3e38a | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:07:35 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:07:35 AM |
| bbbb8c81454c7af5 | Tom and Jerry Season | Union tradition holds Tom and Jerry season opens Christmas Eve and lasts through the holidays. | 1945 | — | — | 789c02f7572231255705ccce90e961280f69cd836ade32fb9b5ee28b9c402c44 | draft | 6/7/2026, 12:26:58 AM | 6/7/2026, 12:26:58 AM |
| cabf9ff7521a93ae | Tom and Jerry winter tradition | The Tom and Jerry is described as once the most popular drink in the country after the first frost—a cold-weather egg, sugar, brandy, and Jamaica rum punch served hot with nutmeg. | — | — | 1934 The Masterly Touch | 567aba67e2af1d3f6735762cc9bc9424499b88f5d792331f78f52b1b4fac7cc2 | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:07:27 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:07:27 AM |
| 81b755bcb1a1e563 | Tom and Jerry: The Book's Signature Punch | Tom and Jerry is a hot egg-and-spice batter punch served with brandy and Jamaica rum in a mug, poured between vessels and finished with nutmeg—the namesake preparation of this bartender's manual. | 1934 | — | 1934 Tom and Jerry's Bartender's Guide | 8b4c40dc4e147a818e6804abf7137a80b7ac5fbe1d6a60034abd56145ffd0fb5 | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:07:36 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:07:36 AM |
| b1af18004fd4881a | Tom Bullock and Roosevelt's Julep | Colonel Roosevelt's admission that he drank part of one julep at the St. Louis Country Club became famous; no one is known to drink just a part of one of Tom's juleps. | 1913 | Progressive Era | 1917 The Ideal Bartender by Tom Bullock | 5ce4af0a60c6948364d0cb50ac45914e773e277cb95ee045a2b8e9649f28c413 | draft | 6/6/2026, 12:38:04 PM | 6/6/2026, 12:38:04 PM |
| 06f025c57a3feaab | Traditional Maori Food Safety and Tiroi Botulism | HACCP analysis of traditional Maori processing for Tiroi (mussels and puha), Kina (sea urchins), Kanga Kopiro (fermented maize), and Titi (muttonbird) found Kanga Kopiro and Titi likely safe, but Tiroi processing data was insufficient. New Zealand's only botulism outbreak was linked to Tiroi consumption. | 2001 | — | Traditional Maori food preparation methods and food safety, Int J Food Microbiol | 30cb68e2f9797467ae81ebd46d99aa982cc284e7ed161c77d7a2409e5eeefc66 | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:12:07 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:12:07 AM |
| fa2a5f9b0a13b7aa | Tribunal Técnico unifica fórmulas clásicas | Pedro Fiordelli propuso editar un manual para fijar la forma correcta de preparar cocktails universales y combatir la improvisación en bares argentinos. | 1951 | — | 1964 MANUAL DEL BAR A.M.B.A. | 785d4d5881a955207a2755777ab6b794b51cea99e6c2404ae68f721e5d2fe83b | draft | 6/7/2026, 12:37:01 AM | 6/7/2026, 12:37:01 AM |
| c59f320b69549cc5 | Twenty Years Behind the Bar | Lupoiu claims twenty years of bartending, always making and drinking cocktails in moderation, and good health from reasonable alcohol use. | 1948 | — | — | 0b5e23eed65b76a19e866fc8d515af29539978d79e4931ed6200ca997da2d204 | draft | 6/7/2026, 12:27:43 AM | 6/7/2026, 12:27:43 AM |
| 8b169e5a78d0db5f | Twenty Years Behind the Mahogany | The author served All Men and Yale Men at bars in Boston, Washington, New York, and New Haven, preserving one hundred popular pre-Prohibition cocktail formulas. | — | — | — | e88e50b7f5930c381d3b22b11d4bcb37bcfe312637a512e203bdf47a998db221 | draft | 6/6/2026, 12:50:47 PM | 6/6/2026, 12:50:47 PM |
| b8eeb728562b6e14 | U.S. Bartending Championship at New Orleans | In 1869 Johnson was challenged by five popular scientific bartenders to a skill tourney in New Orleans; he was awarded the championship of the United States. | 1869 | Reconstruction era | Harry Johnson's Bartenders' Manual (1900), Preface | 35987a284aa204a86e9a6679f6400fc5e7d29935bf6c770f27c255ede7497c4b | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:13:14 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:13:14 AM |
| a9ecf700c8046b09 | U.S. Bartending Championship, New Orleans 1869 | Five of the most popular and scientific bartenders challenged Johnson to a skill tourney in New Orleans; he was awarded the championship of the United States. | 1869 | Post-Civil War | Harry Johnson's Bartenders' Manual (1934) | 7811dc676433dfbe2bf7a68eb20b23a9522c411c958e41c0f9ae8634bd1f847e | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:13:18 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:13:18 AM |
| b18b249306563df6 | UK Bartenders' Guild Standard Work | The United Kingdom Bartenders' Guild published this book as a standard work giving bartenders authoritative recipes and an index to their reference library, so mixers could prove correct recipes to doubting customers and avoid duplication of cocktail titles. | 1937 | Interwar London | 1937 U.md / Approved Cocktails | e6ce7aef94e627d826ffb7a864626ee0350f7d543c5052d6799293b18ccabed9 | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:09:48 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:09:48 AM |
| 9c0cced4a505e860 | Usher's exclusive cocktail booklet | After an earlier 64-page booklet of fifty exclusive recipes sold out worldwide, Usher's Hotel released eleven new distinctive cocktails from its First Floor Lounge. | 1936 | — | 1936 Exclusive Cocktails from the Recipes of Usher's Hotel Sydney | 117ff1a2cccf1080c3046baa6d52f8bed2f9e8dbe065f0fab8d4385f78b54e95 | draft | 6/7/2026, 12:26:49 AM | 6/7/2026, 12:26:49 AM |
| 555b8ed164dd84ec | Victoria Cocktail Scene Emerges | Over five years before publication, Victoria's cocktail culture grew from Solomon's (2008-2010) through Veneto, Clive's Classic Lounge, and the Art of the Cocktail festival, establishing the city as a world-class cocktail destination. | 2013 | 2008-2013 | Cocktail Culture | 870a6fce819e4bd879a3abc56ca1347c3aad16f09851fd77284bcf921973118f | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:10:30 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:10:30 AM |
| 89a842402303717c | Victoria Wine Company Founded | The Victoria Wine Company was founded in 1865 with one depot. By 1937 it operated over 150 service branches across London and the Home Counties, with bottling plants, warehousing, and bonded stocks at London, Folkestone and Dover—while maintaining its original policy of courtesy and prompt service for orders from a half-bottle to a dozen cases. | 1865 | Victorian commerce | 1937 Here is Something that will interest you (3rd edition) | ffe0351d3c07b3831e6ecc53c5228bd2f116f54ab88601a6bc76f361f450c015 | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:09:48 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:09:48 AM |
| d75104ad1558b410 | Victorian reinvention of Thanksgiving | Victorian social reformers revived Thanksgiving to promote national unity after the Civil War, romanticizing Pilgrim dinners and updating menus with white bread, apple pie, sweet potatoes, and mashed potatoes. | 1863 | 19th century revival | Food Timeline — American Thanksgiving dinner | fdfc9d67e188f750b5010af0c93ab7fcd63034b6ec569fe58588497b9f1705c1 | draft | 6/7/2026, 12:34:40 AM | 6/7/2026, 12:34:40 AM |
| 685eb4566cb7ca15 | Victorian-era drinks | 19th-century Victorian drinks indexed as a Food Timeline research topic, covering period beverage culture. | 2004 | 19th century Victorian | The Food Timeline questions catalog | c8bd1167e60bdf1c7e73fcbe5877bee958bbdf578cd8b2ba21052d44cc80b3cb | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:12:30 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:12:30 AM |
| 2db2a620817e42d5 | Vin de Céleri as a love philtre | Among plant-based wines, celery wine is called a love philtre to which none can resist, while absinthe wine is said to regulate feminine functions. | 1944 | — | 1944 Comment préparer chez soi 250 Boissons | 97c6dcf30218e08949bbbeca7c9947b608197c4c1503a9ff3bfac58c35000c55 | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:09:44 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:09:44 AM |
| 3e1c7e62a76a81ae | Virginia's morning Mint Julep obsession | A typical Virginia citizen rose at six and drank a strong Mint Julep of rum, water, and sugar from a silver goblet. Arthur Singleton and J. K. Paulding later joked that Virginians would not buy a farm unless peppermint crops were guaranteed. | 1787 | Early American Republic | Boston Gazette, 1787; cited in Rund um die Bar (1934) | 5ac4f05df75507a2c9d0d1d61ef1f13484e28b2cee57c53193d1cceda007686b | draft | 6/7/2026, 1:07:59 AM | 6/7/2026, 1:07:59 AM |
| a94fc97a83436d0c | Voorwoord — American Plain- en Fancy Drinks | After years of practical study as mixer, Slagter offers a standard work for cafes, hotels, and home preparation of American drinks including bowls, cobblers, cocktails, and punches. | 1922 | — | 1922 Hoe Maakt Men American Plain- En Fancy Drinks by W Slagter.md | 2d0dc3bc2d460e7e05c44398ad776557039ba4637e85795f53607472433e9679 | draft | 6/6/2026, 1:07:10 PM | 6/6/2026, 1:07:10 PM |
| e50ba8d067b0d9ac | Vorrede und Einleitung | Man trachte nach Mischungen von individuellem Geschmack. | — | — | — | d142ae4c86567aa6716706b65b2b0edde2ca21a73ddeebba6bea43a914fbcb1b | draft | 6/6/2026, 10:15:05 AM | 6/6/2026, 10:15:05 AM |
| 4e71fc0ea371c4ea | Waldorf Bar History | The old Waldorf-Astoria bar attracted royalty, financiers, athletes, and celebrities from J.P. Morgan to Buffalo Bill because its drinks met fastidious tastes; numerous formulas were created there to meet guest challenges. | 1934 | Prohibition repeal era | 1934 100 Famous Cocktails by Oscar of the Waldorf | 86e31d08a9e5179a4c4019ee7541731795a9889d799f4f210d21f43a2ef0043e | draft | 6/6/2026, 1:11:12 PM | 6/6/2026, 1:11:12 PM |
| 0b4d23be82cce857 | Warum man Bowlen braut | Als Anfang der Rezepte ist im Stammbuch zu Züterbog folgendes Gedichtchen eingeschrieben: Ich kenn' ein einfaches Rezept, Nach welchem immer ich gelebt: "Nimm eine flasche Moselwein, Doch nur vom besten darf er sein, ... | — | — | — | c4dc46f1552c8c9f01757c1740ea22e27fec3546cf258a31ca125bcbdf1d6d40 | draft | 6/6/2026, 8:22:49 AM | 6/6/2026, 8:22:49 AM |
| bdf6fadf03828688 | Washington's Election Treating Bill | George Washington furnished Frederick voters rum punch, wine, beer, and Barbadoes rum totaling over 17 pounds in 1758, then worried he had been too sparing. | 1948 | — | — | f3e56848432f363eb9a341d77dd38fa5b4165d42f97976bab463a3f22a25bf1c | draft | 6/7/2026, 12:29:47 AM | 6/7/2026, 12:29:47 AM |