{"product_id":"menno-nightcaps-cocktails-inspired-by-that-odd-ethno-religious-group-you-keep-mistaking-for-the-amish-quakers-or-mormons-9781771513586","title":"Menno-Nightcaps: Cocktails Inspired by That Odd Ethno-Religious Group You Keep Mistaking for the Amish, Quakers or Mormons","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Taste Canada Awards\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA satirical cocktail book featuring seventy-seven cocktail recipes accompanied by arcane trivia on Mennonite history, faith, and cultural practices.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt last, you think, a book of cocktails that pairs punny drinks with Mennonite history! Yes, cocktail enthusiast and author of the popular Drunken Mennonite blog Sherri Klassen is here to bring some Low German love to your bar cart. Drinks like Brandy Anabaptist, Migratarita, Thrift Store Sour, and Pimm's Cape Dress are served up with arcane trivia on Mennonite history, faith, and cultural practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArranged by theme, the book opens with drinks inspired by the Anabaptists of sixteenth-century Europe (Bloody Martyr, anyone?), before moving on to religious beliefs and practices (a little like going to a bar after class in Seminary, but without actually going to class). The third chapter toasts the Mennonite history of migration (Old Pi?a Colony), and the fourth is all about the trappings of Mennonite cultural identity (Singalong Sling).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith seventy-seven recipes, ripping satire, comical illustrations, a cocktails-to-mocktails chapter for the teetotallers, and instructions on scaling up for barn-raisings and funerals, it's just the thing for the Mennonite, Menno-adjacent, or merely Menno-curious home mixologist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKlassen, S. L.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eS. L. Klassen\u003c\/b\u003e writes, attends Mennonite functions, and drinks cocktails in Toronto, Ontario. She has a PhD in history and a lifetime of experience with Mennonites. In 2013, she began a Mennonite humour and cocktail blog called The Drunken Mennonite. It has all been downhill ever since.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHepher, Michael:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Hepher\u003c\/b\u003e is an illustrator, printmaker, and oil painter. A versatile artist in many mediums, Michael has to his credit a wide variety of exhibitions, public art projects, and commissions. He lives and works in Fernie, BC, where he operates Clawhammer Press.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Touchwood Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50561542226194,"sku":"9781771513586","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9167bcbc-f6c6-4dfb-b55a-477c7331a57b.jpg?v=1731847857","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/menno-nightcaps-cocktails-inspired-by-that-odd-ethno-religious-group-you-keep-mistaking-for-the-amish-quakers-or-mormons-9781771513586","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}