Punching Demonstration

No, that's not Muhammad Ali - it's Joe Carlin demonstrating how to give Colonial Punch some welly at his talk at the  Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Edible Author Makes Front Page

Joe Carlin is on the front cover of the Ipswich Chronicle! For non-Ipswich, Massachusetts, residents, the link is here. Both his book, Cocktails, and Champagne by Becky Sue Epstein, recently got great reviews in the UK photography magazine State/F22.

Cocktails:

'It takes an American to contribute to the Edible Series' pocket history of cocktails and Joseph M. Carlin is that soldier.'

Champagne:

'After digesting Epstein's global history of champagne you will be able to impress any sommelier with an informed scrutiny of the label on any house champagne that might be offered . . . this is the book that will help you.'

Edible authors celebrate the publication of Vodka

L-R: Jeri Quinzio, author of Pudding; Patricia Herlihy, author of Vodka; and Joseph M. Carlin, author of Cocktails.

The authors were giving a talk at the Schlesinger Library in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Also pictured is their celebratory tipple (for educational purposes, of course).

Pizza, Hamburger and Ice Cream in Chinese

Pizza, Hamburger and Ice Cream are now available in Chinese Complex Character! Here are the covers of the Chinese editions.

Madgooga: An Iraqi Date Confection

'This confection is called madgooga (literally ‘the pounded’) as it was traditionally made of equal amounts of dry dates and walnut or rashi/tahini (sesame paste) pounded into paste with a mortar and pestle for a long time, nowadays conveniently replaced with the food processor', Nawal Nasrallah explains on her blog, In My Iraqi Kitchen.

You can read her recipe for madgooga here. She is the author of Dates: A Global History as well as the award-winning History of the Iraqi Cuisine. 

Gin interview, KCRW, Santa Monica, LA

Lesley Jacobs Solmonson, author of Gin: A Global History, was interviewed on KCRW's Good Food segment. You can listen here. 

Gin review in Sydney Daily Telegraph

"This is a fascinating little book crammed with intriguing facts and topped off with cocktail recipes with names like ``corpse reviver''. It makes a person very thirsty . . . for knowledge, of course."


Gin: A Global History is by Lesley Jacobs Solmonson.