What's profound about this book is the realization of how quietly women of the last century influenced the way we imbibe today. In the past, entertaining at home was a greater part of the social fabric than it is now with our easy access to bars and restaurants of any sort to choose from. So it should come as no surprise that homemakers, the unsung hostesses of the world, had such outsized influence over the way we consume alcohol. Nicola looked beyond the male-dominated cocktail books of history and found a treasure chest of information regarding drinks and drink culture between the covers of the very popular entertaining and hosting books of the last century, revealing the outsized influence women had on how we imbibe today. It's just what the Dr. ordered.–Sother Teague, author of I'm Just Here for the Drinks