To Have and Have Another Revised Edition A Hemingway Cocktail Companion [Hardcover]

Ernest Hemingway is nearly as famous for his drinking as he is for his writing. Throughout his collected works, Papa's sensuous explorations of the delights of imbibing engaged both his characters and his readers.

InTo Have and Have Another: A Hemingway Cocktail Companion, Philip Greene, cocktail historian, spirits consultant, and cofounder of the Museum of the American Cocktail, offers us a view of Papa through the lens Papa himself preferred—the bottom of a glass.

A bartender’s manual for Hemingway enthusiasts, this revised and expanded volume offers a unique take on Hemingway’s oeuvre that privileges the tastes, smells, and colors of the cocktails he enjoyed and the drinks he placed so prominently in his stories they were nearly characters themselves.To Have and Have Anotherdelivers fascinating and lively background on the various drinks, their ingredients, their histories, and the characters—real and fictional—associated with them. “A fascinating literary-booze study . . .” —The Washington Post

“An interesting read and a must-have for Hemingway lovers and craft bartenders.” —Kirkus Reviews

“At a time when cocktail books have become rote,To Have and Have Anotherby Philip Greene subverts the formula and provides recipe-by-recipe substance to Ernest Hemingway’s drinking ways . . . [Greene] lets the drinks lead the way but fleshes each one with meticulous detail to round out the pieces of Papa’s lusty life.” —San Francisco Chronicle

“A brilliant, historical account of Hemingway and his cocktail references.” —Seattle Times

“Even a casual student of the novelist Ernest Hemingway knows the man liked to drink. But a quick skimming of Philip Greene’s new book,To Have and Have Anothel#A