David Wondrich
@davidwondrich.bsky.social
Barroom historian. Author of Imbibe and Punch, Editor in Chief of the Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails. Brooklynite and part-time Triestino. Ars gratia mercedis.
Last minute, I know, but I'm heading over to A Capella Books, Atlanta, to sign books from 3 to 5; if y'all are in ATL and want my John Hancock on the CBHotC, c'mon down!
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Last minute, I know, but I'm heading over to A Capella Books, Atlanta, to sign books from 3 to 5; if y'all are in ATL and want my John Hancock on the CBHotC, c'mon down!
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Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
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This is the most important document to emerge from Queens in a generation. I will never recover from Queens Village being known as Shadyville or gangsters known by nicknames such as “Gotti Sleeze” and also… “Eli”
November 21, 2025 at 5:50 AM
This is the most important document to emerge from Queens in a generation. I will never recover from Queens Village being known as Shadyville or gangsters known by nicknames such as “Gotti Sleeze” and also… “Eli”
Preach it!
It's a daiquiri kind of day. Made with sugar, not simple, which really does make a delightful difference.
November 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Preach it!
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Excellent event last night for a terrific book. LA friends, don't miss out.
This Wednesday I'll be in LA, talking cocktail history & comics with the wonderful @bitbyafox.bsky.social at Now Serving books. 7:00. Hope to see yinz there!
And, of course, I'll be at Vinnie's Wine Shop, Seattle tonight at 6:30, now with the Aquavitosaurus, @andrewbohrer.bsky.social
And, of course, I'll be at Vinnie's Wine Shop, Seattle tonight at 6:30, now with the Aquavitosaurus, @andrewbohrer.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Excellent event last night for a terrific book. LA friends, don't miss out.
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Brilliant.
November 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Brilliant.
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For the almost 100 people on Bluesky in Seattle, I’m moderating a talk at Vinnie’s tonight for @davidwondrich.bsky.social new book illustrated by @deankotz.bsky.social
Learning a lot in the research
Learning a lot in the research
November 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
For the almost 100 people on Bluesky in Seattle, I’m moderating a talk at Vinnie’s tonight for @davidwondrich.bsky.social new book illustrated by @deankotz.bsky.social
Learning a lot in the research
Learning a lot in the research
This Wednesday I'll be in LA, talking cocktail history & comics with the wonderful @bitbyafox.bsky.social at Now Serving books. 7:00. Hope to see yinz there!
And, of course, I'll be at Vinnie's Wine Shop, Seattle tonight at 6:30, now with the Aquavitosaurus, @andrewbohrer.bsky.social
And, of course, I'll be at Vinnie's Wine Shop, Seattle tonight at 6:30, now with the Aquavitosaurus, @andrewbohrer.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This Wednesday I'll be in LA, talking cocktail history & comics with the wonderful @bitbyafox.bsky.social at Now Serving books. 7:00. Hope to see yinz there!
And, of course, I'll be at Vinnie's Wine Shop, Seattle tonight at 6:30, now with the Aquavitosaurus, @andrewbohrer.bsky.social
And, of course, I'll be at Vinnie's Wine Shop, Seattle tonight at 6:30, now with the Aquavitosaurus, @andrewbohrer.bsky.social
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This cold, wet day has me in a mood for comfort. It’s early in the season for a pot of Boilo, but not egregiously so. My dad’s family settled in Pennsylvania coal country; this hot whiskey comes from there. If you can read them, my handwritten notes on Boilo follows. First up: Four Queens whiskey.
November 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This cold, wet day has me in a mood for comfort. It’s early in the season for a pot of Boilo, but not egregiously so. My dad’s family settled in Pennsylvania coal country; this hot whiskey comes from there. If you can read them, my handwritten notes on Boilo follows. First up: Four Queens whiskey.
This coming Monday I'll be at Vinnie's Wine Shop, Seattle, talking cocktail history and comics with the great Anu Apte and signing books. (6:30-8:30). Hope to see yinz there!
And, of course, @mixography.bsky.social and I are at Up Up Books, Portland, tonight at 7, doing the same thing.
And, of course, @mixography.bsky.social and I are at Up Up Books, Portland, tonight at 7, doing the same thing.
November 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This coming Monday I'll be at Vinnie's Wine Shop, Seattle, talking cocktail history and comics with the great Anu Apte and signing books. (6:30-8:30). Hope to see yinz there!
And, of course, @mixography.bsky.social and I are at Up Up Books, Portland, tonight at 7, doing the same thing.
And, of course, @mixography.bsky.social and I are at Up Up Books, Portland, tonight at 7, doing the same thing.
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I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.
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Last night at Omnivore Books with @davidwondrich.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Last night at Omnivore Books with @davidwondrich.bsky.social
California drinking at its very finest. Sherry Cobbler, Pacific Cocktail Haven, San Francisco.
November 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
California drinking at its very finest. Sherry Cobbler, Pacific Cocktail Haven, San Francisco.
California cuisine at its very finest, Pinecrest Diner, San Francisco.
November 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
California cuisine at its very finest, Pinecrest Diner, San Francisco.
This Friday I'll be chatting about cocktails, comics and cocktail books with my old pal Jim Meehan at Up Up Books, Portland. Hope to see yinz there!
And, of course, I'm at Omnivore Books in San Francisco tonight (6:30, with @alcademics.bsky.social).
And, of course, I'm at Omnivore Books in San Francisco tonight (6:30, with @alcademics.bsky.social).
November 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This Friday I'll be chatting about cocktails, comics and cocktail books with my old pal Jim Meehan at Up Up Books, Portland. Hope to see yinz there!
And, of course, I'm at Omnivore Books in San Francisco tonight (6:30, with @alcademics.bsky.social).
And, of course, I'm at Omnivore Books in San Francisco tonight (6:30, with @alcademics.bsky.social).
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Thread: part of an ongoing project to erase people of color from military history:
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Thread: part of an ongoing project to erase people of color from military history:
This Wednesday I'll be chatting about cocktails, comics and God knows what else with the ever-amusing @alcademics.bsky.social at the wonderful @omnivorebooks.bsky.social, San Francisco. Hope to see yinz there!
November 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This Wednesday I'll be chatting about cocktails, comics and God knows what else with the ever-amusing @alcademics.bsky.social at the wonderful @omnivorebooks.bsky.social, San Francisco. Hope to see yinz there!
If you're within striking distance of Mystic, Connecticut this Saturday I'll be signing books at the Mystic & Noank Library from 10:00 AM until 1:00 PM. You can pre-buy The Comic Book History of the Cocktail and Imbibe here (proceeds go to the library):
banksquarebooks.com/list/mystic-...
banksquarebooks.com/list/mystic-...
November 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
If you're within striking distance of Mystic, Connecticut this Saturday I'll be signing books at the Mystic & Noank Library from 10:00 AM until 1:00 PM. You can pre-buy The Comic Book History of the Cocktail and Imbibe here (proceeds go to the library):
banksquarebooks.com/list/mystic-...
banksquarebooks.com/list/mystic-...
This is excellent.
Jazz OTD: I expect complex reactions to saxophonist Frank Strozier's decision to play Marvin Gaye's "What's Goin' On" in his November 5, 1977 session, and using it as the title of one his final albums. But his intensity remains unmistakable here, with a great band, incl. Harold Mabern (p). #jazzsky
What's Goin' On
YouTube video by Frank Strozier - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This is excellent.
Let's take it to the stage! I'll be out west for the next couple of weeks, talking about the Comic Book History of the Cocktail. Here's the list, but note I'll also be in Mystic, Connecticut signing books this Saturday (Nov.8), & at Ticonderoga Club in Atlanta Nov. 24th. Come on down and say howdy!
November 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Let's take it to the stage! I'll be out west for the next couple of weeks, talking about the Comic Book History of the Cocktail. Here's the list, but note I'll also be in Mystic, Connecticut signing books this Saturday (Nov.8), & at Ticonderoga Club in Atlanta Nov. 24th. Come on down and say howdy!
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And to think of all the genuinely brilliant headlines the Post has come up with...and then to do this.
The stench of that burning exododus is going to be legendary.
The stench of that burning exododus is going to be legendary.
November 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
And to think of all the genuinely brilliant headlines the Post has come up with...and then to do this.
The stench of that burning exododus is going to be legendary.
The stench of that burning exododus is going to be legendary.
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Trump having a Great Gatsby party while the country has a Grapes of Wrath party
November 3, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Trump having a Great Gatsby party while the country has a Grapes of Wrath party
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roman burrito thread
you also have the laganum, which is (at some points) a pancake-ish kinda dough snack. slather on a "salsa" of garlic, onions, olives, and vinegar. pile on some roasted lamb or pork and caramelized onions, with some parsley or cilantro. chickpeas sub for beans. artichoke hearts, too
July 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
roman burrito thread
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On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:51 AM