For our literary St. Patrick’s Day cocktail needs (yes, that’s a real need), we must look to the great drinkers of the Irish-American lit tradition. In fact, I didn’t have to look very far, because a favorite of Eugene O’Neill’s is featured in our very own Hemingway & Bailey’s Bartending Guide to Great American Writers:Continue reading

With Halloween right around the corner, you’re most likely facing three crucial questions: Where am I going to go? What am I going to wear? And what am I going to drink? Never afraid to be of service, the Algonquin Blog and Hemingway and Bailey’s Bartending Guide to Great American Writers are here to theContinue reading

With Halloween right around the corner, you’re most likely facing three crucial questions: Where am I going to go? What am I going to wear? And what am I going to drink? Never afraid to be of service, the Algonquin Blog and Hemingway and Bailey’s Bartending Guide to Great American Writers are here to theContinue reading

For this day of uninhibited drinking and pride in all things Irish, we offer up the favorite drink of novelist James Gould Cozzens: the Half and Half (courtesy of Hemingway and Bailey’s Bartending Guide to Great American Writers). On this day, the recommended stout is, of course, Guinness.  But no matter your alcohol of choice,Continue reading

With New Year’s Eve right around the corner, we wanted to share a cocktail recipe from Hemingway & Bailey’s Bartending Guide to Great American Writers. Following a celebratory evening and one too many glasses of champagne, what could be better than a New Year’s Day brunch, complete with a Bloody Mary–the traditional cure-all. Short-story writerContinue reading

Today’s post is a tribute to Edgar Allan Poe, a master writer whose eerie tales give me the Halloween willies worse than any slasher flick! Like most great writers, Poe enjoyed a good, stiff drink. Here is his favorite cocktail, the Sazerac, as cataloged along with that of 42 other classic American writers in HemingwayContinue reading