{"title":"Series: Iconic New Orleans Cocktails","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-roffignac-by-robert-f-moss-9780807182628","title":"The Roffignac","description":"Almost lost to history, the Roffignac has long been one of New Orleans's most mysterious cocktails. While drinks such as the Sazerac and the Ramos gin fizz enjoyed a resurgence in popularity during the craft cocktail movement of the early twenty-first century, resurrecting the Roffignac has proved a more difficult task.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNamed for nineteenth-century New Orleans mayor Joseph Roffignac, the whiskey-based drink became one of the city's most celebrated libations by the 1890s. After Prohibition, however, its place in Crescent City drinking culture never quite recovered. It remained the house cocktail at Maylie's Restaurant until its owners shuttered the establishment in 1983. By then, the Roffignac had fallen into relative obscurity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe renewed interest in craft spirits in the 2010s saw bartenders and spirits enthusiasts across the country creating their own versions of the Roffignac. Many tried to trace its roots back through the years and uncover early recipes for the drink, and some perpetuated fanciful accounts related to its name, origins, and original ingredients.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert F. Moss separates truth from fiction and offers the definitive story of this classic pre-Prohibition creation. \u003ci\u003eThe Roffignac \u003c\/i\u003eexplains for the first time how this once-famous elixir fell out of favor before being rediscovered by mixologists and connoisseurs. It also surveys dining and drinking in nineteenth-century New Orleans and explores how twentieth- and twenty-first-century conceptions of the city have shaped our views of the drink and its history. As Moss shares this remarkable and rather twisted tale, he highlights the central role that narrative, myth, and legend have played in American cocktail culture, and how unreliable those stories can sometimes be.","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47934376313068,"sku":"9780807182628","price":72.75,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780807182628-the-roffignac.jpg?v=1783914398"},{"product_id":"the-vieux-carre-by-john-demers-9780807178553","title":"The Vieux Carré","description":"In this fascinating little book, John DeMers tells the story of the Vieux Carré cocktail against the evolving backdrop of the ever-rich cocktail culture of New Orleans. Mixologist Walter Bergeron created this distinctive drink in the 1930s at the Hotel Monteleone; it was later dubbed \"the Cocktail that Spins\" in honor of the slowly turning Carousel Bar at the hotel. It's an iconic cocktail that, in recent years, was rarely ordered or prepared, though that is changing as a new generation of cocktail enthusiasts rediscover the old ways.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Vieux Carré draws on the local proto-cocktail, the Sazerac, as well as several booze-forward classics including the Manhattan, the Old Fashioned, and, from Italy, the Negroni. DeMers tells all that is known of Walter Bergeron's early life and also examines the ingredients in this cocktail and how each of them made its way to the Crescent City.","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47934388240620,"sku":"9780807178553","price":72.75,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780807178553-the-vieux-carr.jpg?v=1783915496"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/series-iconic-new-orleans-cocktails.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}