David Wondrich presents The Comic Book History of the Cocktail

P&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome David Wondrich to celebrate and discuss his new book, The Comic Book History of the Cocktail: a graphic novel history of the cocktail—from prehistoric wassail to our current boozy renaissance—featuring 20 recipes.

David will be joined in conversation by Michael Ruhlman, author of . Along with a discussion and audience Q&A, David will also sign copies ofhis book.

• This is a ticketed in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating.
• Doors open at 6:30pm.
• Cost of a $5 general admission ticket can be applied towards your purchase of the featured event book or any product in our café the night of an event.
• Cost of a book bundle ticket reflects the total cost of the feature event book (MSRP plus tax). Each book bundle ticket guarantees ticket holders one (1) copy of the feature event book.
• Books will be for sale at the event.
• The talk will be followed by a book signing. Books signed at P&T Knitwear events must be purchased from P&T Knitwear.
• If you would like a signed copy and cannot attend the event, we're happy to take your pre-order. We ship most places!
• We encourage all guests to wear masks.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

As the drinks columnist for Esquire from 2000 to 2016 and the Daily Beast from 2016 to 2022, David Wondrich was perfectly placed not only to observe the modern cocktail revolution, but also to help push it along. A former English professor with a PhD in comparative literature, he turned his studies to good use in writing books such as the James Beard Award–winning Imbibe!, a biography-with-recipes of pioneering bartender Jerry Thomas, and editing The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails, which the American Library Association deemed the best reference book of 2021. On top of that, Wondrich has helped to train literally thousands of bartenders; been a television guest of Conan O'Brien, Stephen Colbert, and Rachel Maddow; partnered in developing several award-winning spirits (plus his own line of barware); and been voted the #3 most influential person in the bar world by a thousand of his peers. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, and Trieste, Italy.

ABOUT THE MODERATOR

Michael Ruhlman is a New York Times best-selling author and three-time James Beard Award winner. He has written 12 works of fiction and non-fiction, 10 cookbooks, including The Book of Cocktail Ratios: The Surprising Simplicity of Classic Cocktails. He has also written 12 cookbook collaborations with chefs, most recently Meat Pies with Brian Polcyn. He has written for The New York Times, The New York Times Sunday Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, Gourmet Magazine, Food & Wine, Condé Nast Traveler, and other publications. He lives in New York City with his wife, Ann Hood.

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