Cocktails While Puttin’ on the Ritz or Perfectly Princess Dress-up Cocktail Party
New York girls have reinvented the ancient act of dressing. Perhaps inspired by the lushness of Sofia Coppola’s divine Marie Antoinette, an enterprising group of Manhattanites have begun throwing dress up cocktail parties complete with the sparkling addition of an on call hair stylist.
A pre-nightlife event, fulfilling that childhood game of make believe, each girl in turn hosts – serving a selection of Champagne and Cocktails, crudités, and homemade cookies. Nibbling on an almond crescent, sipping a gimlet, each girl transforms into a golden shiny princess with perfectly smooth hair.
To create your own dress up cocktail party, devise a grown up menu reminiscent of your own girlish daydreams. Choose two or three classic potions, diverse in taste, color, and glassware, but made with one common spirit, such as a Corpse Reviver, Aviation, and Nineteen-Twenty Pick-Me-Up.
• Corpse Reviver Number Two – One fourth lemon Juice, Lillet, Cointreau and dry gin with a dash of absinth, shake and strain into a champagne coup. The Savoy Cocktail Book states, “Four of these taken in swift succession will unrevive the corpse again.”
• Aviation – One third Lemon Juice, two thirds dry gin, with two dashes maraschino liquor, shake and strain into a cocktail glass.
• Nineteen-Twenty Pick-Me-Up – Two thirds absinthe, one third gin, with one dash each of angostura bitters, orange bitters, and simple syrup, shake and strain into a tall thin highball, filling the balance with soda water. Serve with a stainless steel straw.
With Irving Berlin in the background – preferably Ella Fitzgerald’s Songbook, your preparations will be perfectly glamorous before you embark into the shimmering night. If you desire the services of an enchanter, the girls recommend a certain youthful gentleman specializing in turning hair to gold.
Highlights – One-hundred and Fifty Dollars
Cut (including Blow-Out) – Eighty Dollars
Blow Out – Forty-Five Dollars
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Recipes adapted from The Savoy Cocktail Book
The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books available from Verve Records
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Recipes adapted from The Savoy Cocktail BookThe Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books available from Verve Records
Recipes adapted from The Savoy Cocktail BookThe Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books available from Verve Records
Image from a print available from The Teezerz Gallery
