“We are the cheapest book house in the United States,” declared an 1896 ad for the firm of I. & M. Ottenheimer. “You don’t need a stepladder to reach our prices.” The newsletter was “The Bookseller and Newsman,” a trade journal of publishers and bookstores. News of the publishing firm appeared throughout, from a front…
Little is known about John Avery Weaver, the man behind the bar. at Smith’s Hotel.
The twenty-five recipes for Milk Punch in my database all contain similar ingredients: milk, rum or brandy, nutmeg, sugar. For years now I’ve been intending to make one of these recipes for eggnog’s cousin (or rival, depending on who you ask). It was only this year that I noticed that these punch recipes, with their…
“A lady whose husband had a severe cold recomended flaxseed lemonade. ‘Huh!’ he said, irascibly, ‘a man can’t have a cold without everybody suggesting some fool remedy. I’ll send for a doctor.’So the doctor came, charged the sick man $2 for his visit and advised flaxseed lemonade.” – New York Sun, 1887 The earliest recorded…
During the holiday season, apple toddy was most often mentioned alongside eggnog.