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Find out more about Michelle: Michelle Kerns writes for a disturbingly eccentric collection of print and online publications. She watches the movie Hot Fuzz every Thursday night, passionately adores the literary character Melrose Plant, and believes strongly in the four food groups: red wine, white wine, Guinness, gin. She knows where her towel is. Contact her with rants, raves, recommendations, or review copies here. |
The consumption of alcoholic beverages isn't just a coincidentally recurring quirk in the literary world: it's downright traditional. For many famous writers of the past and present, a cocktail glass is as at home in their hand as a pen. Consider Ernest Hemingway who said,
A man does not exist until he is drunk.
Or William Faulkner:
Civilization begins with distillation.
And, famously, F.Scott Fitzgerald who spent the majority of his writing career (and life) in a state of perpetual tipsiness:
First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.
With this in mind, there can only be one logical way to truly enjoy a book--with an adult beverage in hand. However, don't think just any old drink can be paired with your tome of choice; sipping the wrong drink while reading is tantamount to serving Chardonnay with nachos or Budweiser with Osso Bucco--an outrage to the drink and to the book.
Determining which drinks are appropriate for which works of literature can be a touchy decision, and infinitely harder than figuring what wine to serve with Gorgonzola or pot roast; lucky for you, the Book Examiner has labored long and hard to find the perfect combinations.
Read, drink, and be merry.
Pairing books with cocktails and hard liquor
I am not a heavy drinker. I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop. - Noel Coward
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