# \#books **URL:** https://spiritsandcocktails.community/tag/books/7.md [Latest](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/latest.md) · [Categories](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/categories.md) · [Tags](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/tags.md) --- ## [Techniques & Theory Books on Food & Drinks](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/techniques-theory-books-on-food-drinks/1320)
**Author:** [@BookofMorten](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/BookofMorten)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/techniques-theory-books-on-food-drinks/1320 "2026-07-20T11:55:39Z")
I was unable to find another thread for this so starting this one. Apologies if it’s duplicated elsewhere but I don’t believe this fits into any of the canon discussions. What is believed to be the most influential book… --- ## [Some thoughts on the history of mixology in the Río de la Plata region](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/some-thoughts-on-the-history-of-mixology-in-the-rio-de-la-plata-region/730)
**Author:** [@federicosardi](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/federicosardi)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/some-thoughts-on-the-history-of-mixology-in-the-rio-de-la-plata-region/730 "2025-02-16T01:55:40Z")
Hi everyone, Here’s a copy of a small article I wrote for an Uruguayan magazine on the history of mixology in the Río de la Plata (River Plate) region. It mentions my finding of the earliest known cocktail book from Ur… --- ## [Cultural history books (direct and indirect)](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/cultural-history-books-direct-and-indirect/725)
**Author:** [@martin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/martin)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2025, 9:23am UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/cultural-history-books-direct-and-indirect/725 "2025-01-19T09:23:18Z")
Starting this thread to list and discuss literature of cultural history of potential interest. These are books that might directly apply to bars and bartenders, or they are adjacent and fill in context. I’ll start: I … --- ## [1940 Literary Description of Planter's Punch](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/1940-literary-description-of-planters-punch/760)
**Author:** [@RobertSimonson](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/RobertSimonson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/1940-literary-description-of-planters-punch/760 "2024-12-23T18:54:20Z")
I don’t know if anyone here has read “Angels on Toast,” a 1940 novel by the wonderful Dawn Powell, but it contains a great passage of a character describing the Planter’s Punch served at “a literary hangout on Eighth Str… --- ## [Bar Owner and Author Jacob A. Didier of Binghamton (1865-1935)](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/bar-owner-and-author-jacob-a-didier-of-binghamton-1865-1935/726)
**Author:** [@RobertSimonson](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/RobertSimonson)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/bar-owner-and-author-jacob-a-didier-of-binghamton-1865-1935/726 "2024-12-11T22:32:56Z")
I did some digging into the career of Jacob “Jake” A. Didier, an obscure figure from American cocktail history who seems to have been the Big Man in Binghamton, and managed to self-publish a cocktail book in 1909. Thanks… --- ## [Shannon Mustipher’s “Tiki: Modern Tropical Cocktails”](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/shannon-mustipher-s-tiki-modern-tropical-cocktails/54)
**Author:** [@martin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/martin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2019, 10:44pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/shannon-mustipher-s-tiki-modern-tropical-cocktails/54 "2019-07-11T22:44:41Z")
Noteworthy. There are some signs of progress, but this is a reminder how this industry still has to go in terms of diversity. One of my favorite bars in the world right now is Super Power, a neighborhood bar in Crow…