Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol

The book "Girly Drinks" explores the history of women's involvement in the production and consumption of alcohol, challenging the notion that it is a male-dominated tradition. It features profiles of historical and contemporary women who have played significant roles in the alcohol industry, including Cleopatra, Catherine the Great, and the real Veuve Clicquot.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 384 pages
Publication date: 28 July 2022
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd

Winner of the 2022 James Beard Book Award, A Guardian Best History and Politics Book of 2022, Selected as one of the 25 Best Cookbooks of 2022 in Delicious Magazine, Nominated for the 2022 Spirited Awards, This is the forgotten history of women making, serving, and drinking alcohol. Drink has always been at the center of social rituals and cultures worldwide, and women have been at the heart of its production and consumption. So when did drinking become gendered? How have patriarchies tried to erase and exclude women from industries they have always led, and how have women fought back? And why are things from bars to whiskey considered 'masculine,' when, without women, they might not exist?

With whip-smart insight and boundless curiosity, Girly Drinks unveils distillers, brewers, drinkers, and bartenders with a vital role in the creation and consumption of alcohol, from Cleopatra, Catherine the Great, and the real Veuve Clicquot to Chinese poets, medieval nuns, and Prohibition bootleggers. Mallory O'Meara's fun and fascinating history dismantles the long-standing myth that drink is a male tradition. Now, readers everywhere can discover each woman celebrated in this book—and proudly have what she's having.

Weight: 494g
Dimension: 214 x 140 x 32 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781787387737