Shakespeare, Not Stirred

Cocktails for your Everyday Dramas

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Published by: TarcherPerigee
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Contributors: Caroline Bicks, PhD
Pages: 176
ISBN13: 978-0399173004

 
Overview

In Shakespeare, Not Stirred, two professors mix equal parts booze and Bard to help you through your everyday dramas. It’s like having Shakespeare right there in your living room, downing a great drink and putting your crappy day in perspective. So get out your cocktail shaker and lend him your ears.

 

 

Each original cocktail and hors d’oeuvre recipe connects Shakespeare’s characters to life’s daily predicaments:

• Drown your sorrows after a workplace betrayal with Othello’s Green-Eyed Monster

• Distract yourself from domestic drama with Kate’s Shrew-driver or Cleopatra’s Flings in a Blanket

• Recapture your youth with Puck’s Magic ’Shrooms

• Mark a romantic occasion with Beatrice and Benedick’s Much Ado About Frothing

Featuring classic images from the Folger Shakespeare Library (hilariously doctored to feature some hard-partying Shakespearean protagonists) and Mini-Bards you can raid for extra context and commentary, Shakespeare, Not Stirred is a completely intoxicating experience.

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Praise

“A perfect combination of delicious Shakespeare, delectable food and delightful drinks. Falstaff would heartily approve!”
–Ian Doescher, New York Times bestselling author of the William Shakespeare Star Wars series

“Shakespeare, Not Stirred is the perfect gift for that friend of yours who fancies himself a lofty intellectual but actually, when you get right down to it, just loves to drink.”
–Rachel Dratch

“Shakespeare famously wrote, ‘Better a tipsy witty fool than a foolish tipless wit’… or something like that. Regardless, if you want to laugh, maybe get a little tipsy, and actually learn a thing or two about The Bard’s works, Shakespeare, Not Stirred will more than hit the spot.”
–Christopher Monks, editor of McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

“I love a good cocktail and have loved Shakespeare since high school and I’m always wanting to try new things (in the case of cocktails) and trying to remember the plot twists (in the case of Shakespeare). Reading Shakespeare, Not Stirred gave me both–wonderful new cocktails to try and an amazing refresher English lit class by two women who happen to be English professors and incredibly funny. I’m now thinking of starting a regular book club/cocktail party to go through all the plays…and drinks.”
–Rosalind Wiseman, New York Times bestselling author of Queen Bees and Wannabees

“After guzzling every libation in Shakespeare, Not Stirred I became the most eloquent and witty drunk in my town, and so can you!"
–Gary Shteyngart, author of Little Failure and Super Sad True Love Story

“The perfect present for lovers of liquor and literature.”
— The Guardian (“The Culture Gift Guide 2015”)

“One of the “Best Books of 2015.”
— The Australian

“Calling all bards, barflies, bookworms, and any and all who enjoy bursting out in uncontrollable laughter!”
— “Five Reasons to Drink Down Shakespeare, Not Stirred” (B&N Reads)

“Funny as Shakespeare was, he couldn’t have predicted the wild, pun-crazy irreverence these local English professors have cooked up. ”
— The Improper Bostonian

“A stocking stuffer for unrepentant punsters.”
— Book Page

“Razor sharp and witty.”
— The Spirits Business

Press for Shakespeare, Not Stirred

“The Story Behind the Book,” Boston Globe feature
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“Raise a Glass to Shakespeare,” New York Times shout-out
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“Bard at the Bar,” interview on NPR’s “Here and Now”
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NPR’s “Good Food” with Evan Kleiman
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“Books and Arts” interview on ABC-Australian Broadcast Company
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Folger Shakespeare Library podcast
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See the full press archive at EverydayShakespeare.com 

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