Literature and libations. Paired.
Maps Featuring the Birthplace of Famous Cocktails and Famous Authors
There is something telling about knowing an origin or a birthplace. The Grasshopper cocktail was first invented in New Orleans. Stephen King writes his novels while staring out at the Maine foliage. Knowing these fun facts just adds a bit of…color…to your experience.
Writers and their Cocktails: Carson McCullers and Her Sonnie Boy
Carson McCullers was a short-story writer, playwright and screenwriter. You may have read her first novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, as part of a school assignment back when. Her drink of choice while writing: Sonnie Boy.
5 Books and Drinks for the Summer Reading Months
Summer: It’s a time for reading and a time for drinking. Here is our round-up of classic books and booze to stock your shelves with for this season’s summer reading!
As You Wish Brings Back All the Fond Memories of The Princess Bride
I knew that when I started listening to Cary Elwes narrate his recent memoir, As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of the Princess Bride, all of my memories of watching The Princess Bride would come flooding back to me. And oh boy did they ever!
Politically Correct Bedtime Stories by James Finn Garner Paired with Scurry Beer
What better way to read the feminist bad ass version of Red Riding Hood than with Scurry beer from Off Color Brewing…served in a champagne flute? The Red Riding Hood in James Finn Garner’s Politically Correct Bedtime Stories may be a bad ass, but she’s still a lady.
Measuring up a Manhattan
We’re shaking things up over here at Lit with a Twist! (Well…stirring things up really.) Our latest video focuses on the chemistry of the Manhattan.
The Billionaire’s Vinegar Coming to Theaters
There is new news regarding The Billionaire’s Vinegar by Benjamin Wallace coming to theaters! Matthew McConaughey has signed on for a starring role. Get ready for some popcorn prep.
Have Some Madeira, My Dear
Madeira used to be the most popular wine in America about 200 years ago. It also is the primary drink in one my favorite drinking songs of all time, “Have Some Madeira, My Dear”.
