To Have and Have Another: A Hemingway Cocktail Companion

(Penguin Perigee, 2012, 2d Ed. 2015)

Finalist, Book of the Year, American Library in Paris, 2013.

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"Even a casual student of the novelist Ernest Hemingway knows the man liked to drink. But a quick skimming of Philip Greene's new book, To Have and Have Another: A Hemingway Cocktail Companion, reveals exactly how much the man enjoyed his cups."  New York Times

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"... Mr. Hemingway is both the subject of and the inspiration for a creative new cocktail companion by Philip Greene called To Have and Have Another. Greene, co-founder of the Museum of the American Cocktail and an obvious fan of the author, has produced a bartender's manual for fellow Hemingway enthusiasts, an alphabetically organized compendium of the drinks consumed by the characters in The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, A Moveable Feast, and many of Hemingway's other novels and short stories.  But Greene's book is much more than recipes and references to drinking scenes in some of the best-known works of American fiction. We also get anecdotes, photos, and biographical details about the Nobel-winning author ..."  The Village Voice

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"Phil Greene is the treasurer of the Museum of the American Cocktail. He's written this marvelous book about the drinks of Hemingway, which also really gets into the life of Hemingway. I'm convinced it's going to be a best seller."  Dale DeGroff, Food & Wine

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"To Have and Have Another  is a cocktail lover's guide to the life and works of Ernest Hemingway. Just as those drinks add depth, character and nuance to the scenes he was describing, they also add to the biography of one you might call, with apologies to Dos Equis, the original World's Most Interesting Man." Huffington Post
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"At a time when cocktail books have become rote, To Have and Have Another by Philip Greene (Perigee Trade; 320 pages; $24) subverts the formula and provides recipe-by-recipe substance to Ernest Hemingway's drinking ways. Any lover of Hemingway knows how his myth hinges on drinking, including early rising to write profusely after his nightly benders. Greene, a Marine Corps counsel, lets the drinks lead the way but fleshes each one with meticulous detail to round out the pieces of Papa's lusty life."  San Francisco Chronicle
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To Have and Have Another explores the work of Hemingway through more than 50 of his drinks, each one complete with the recipe and chapter references noting where they're consumed in the novels and stories.  ... Greene's fascinating literary-booze study goes hand in hand with his work as a founding member of the Museum of the American Cocktail in New Orleans. In fact, Greene's great-great grandmother was related to Antoine Peychaud, the 19th-century pharmacist whose Peychaud's bitters are still used in a classic Sazerac and who is credited -- incorrectly, Greene insists -- with coining the term 'cocktail.'  'There is so much more to cocktails beyond just the drinks,' Greene says. 'There are stories. There's history. There's context. I'm interested in preserving these cultural artifacts.' Hemingway, as his book shows, knew that better than anyone."  Washington Post review of 1st edition.

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"The best drinks come with a story. The luckiest drinks have a story written by Hemingway. The author had a legendary thirst, as did the characters in his works.  In the new book To Have and Have Another (Penguin), cocktail historian Philip Greene documents with a bon vivant's verve more than 50 drinks that appear in Hemingway's oeuvre."  New Orleans Times-Picayune

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"To Have and Have Another: A Hemingway Cocktail Companion (Perigee) by Philip Greene is a fascinating look at the many drinks associated with the author and his books, with such recipes as Death in the Afternoon: absinthe and Champagne."  Tampa Bay Times

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Along with drink recipes and passages from Papa, To Have and Have Another is packed with photographs, classic advertisements for various tipples and biographical vignettes. For example, Greene tells us about the celebrated Jimmie Charters, who was presiding at the Dingo American Bar in Paris on the night Hemingway met Scott Fitzgerald. The Jimmie Special, recalls Charters in his memoirs, could lead women “to undress in public, and it often kept me busy wrapping overcoats around nude ladies.”  Washington Post review of 2d edition.

A Drinkable Feast: A Cocktail Companion to 1920s Paris

(Tarcher Perigee, 2018)

A Drinkable Feast was nominated for the prestigious Book of the Year Award by the American Library in Paris in 2019, and received a coveted Spirited Award® for “Best New Book on Drinks, Culture, History or Spirits,” given at Tales of the Cocktail® in July, 2019. A Drinkable Feast was selected from a field of over 50 books that year.

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"My own thoughts about dealing with severe anxiety? Start with your doctor. And then, for life's more modest challenges, there's always my new go-go: A Drinkable Feast: A Cocktail Companion to 1920s Paris (Tarcher Perigee, $18), by Philip Greene.  I have yet to try a Monkey Gland or a Scoff-Law cocktail, but am infinitely calmer after three glasses of vin blanc cassis - and pleased to know it was a Henry Miller favorite.  Four ounces of chilled dry white wine, one ounce of chilled creme de cassis, red fruit for garnish.  Now breathe.  You're welcome."  New York Times Book Review

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"Hemingway is the primary figure wandering through Greene's new book, which like the previous one takes a riff on the author as its title: A Drinkable Feast: A Cocktail Companion to 1920s Paris. But he's one of a larger cast of characters, with the city of Paris and its cafes and bars bringing them all together. ... A Drinkable Feast celebrates the drinks and watering holes of the era, allowing a glimpse into the broad, boozy company of writers and artists and philosophers who spent time in Paris in the 1920s. Greene says he's been fascinated with the era since college, when he first came across the idea of the "Lost Generation" -- a term often used to describe the American writers of the period (Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald being the most famous of the bunch)."  The Washington Post

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The tales - and the drinks - of Paris in the 1920s are laid out in entertaining detail in Philip Greene's new book, A Drinkable Feast: A Cocktail Companion to 1920s Paris. ... Salvador Dalí. Gertrude Stein. Ernest Hemingway. Josephine Backer. Cole Porter. Picasso. The list of artists and writers in all different genres is nearly inexhaustible, and Greene did his best to determine who was in Paris, when they were in Paris, and what and where they were drinking.  ... Greene organized the book alphabetically, drink by drink, from Absinthe (Dripped) to Whiskey Sour, including classic recipes with stories about the drinking of them - who drank them, where they drank them, what they wrote or created, and what adventures or misadventures the drinking involved. A chapter on champagne, for example, explores the drinking, jazz music and dancing culture of Montmartre, revealing which socialites drank and partied at which clubs, and what F. Scott Fitzgerald had to say about being blitzed on bubbly in Montmartre."  Forbes.com

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"And speaking of Paris, here comes a book that details famous American ex-pats (Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Gertrude Stein...) who fled to Paris during Prohibition--and what they drink when they were there. Author Philip Greene, one of the founders of the Museum of the American Cocktail, highlights over 50 cocktails--diving into each one's history, selling point, and most famous fan--and offers recipes to go with them."  Food & Wine 

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"A Drinkable Feast shares 50 cocktails from the original recipes of nearly a century ago. Filled with photos of the major players of the day, you'll feel as if you were there yourself, walking down the boulevards of the City of Lights.....Paris! Vintage postcards images and black and white photos help transcend you to this bubbling time in history. This is narrative nonfiction at its best. Plenty for Hemingway and Fitzgerald fans. Tasting Notes, near or around each cocktail added helpful tips and noted substitutions.  Contents in the front allows for easy flip to the beverage base of your choice! ...  This cocktail book is a perfect addition to your bar or as a hostess gift. Looking for girls night in? Plenty of Paris Pairing Bar Drinks with dates and art to pair along for enjoyment.Having been so lucky to visit Paris a few times, this is an enjoyable time machine. Weekend pours are made simple and fun. ... This book is perfect timing for the ever so busy Holiday Season. Enjoy and Cheers!"  PoshSeven.com

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"I may not have a magical car-turned-time machine to get there à la Owen Wilson in "Midnight in Paris," but I have found the next best thing: Philip Greene's newest book, A Drinkable Feast: A Cocktail Companion to 1920s Paris, released on October 16. Here's why it needs to be on your bookshelf, whether you're a Hemingway scholar or a home bartender.  Author Philip Greene knows his cocktails inside and out.If anyone's an expert on 1920s Paris and its cocktails, it's cocktail historian Philip Greene. He literally wrote the book on Ernest Hemingway and cocktails:  To Have and Have Another: A Hemingway Cocktail Companion, which came out in 2012, is a veritable bartender's manual for Hemingway fans.  Greene is also one of the founders of the Museum of the American Cocktail in New Orleans -- what I'd call a Holy Grail for cocktail aficionados like me -- and pens a cocktail column for The Daily Beast. Restaurants and institutions across the world consult him for his mixology expertise, and he's devoted an entire book to the Manhattan cocktail. ...  A Drinkable Feast is jam-packed with tales of 1920s Paris bars, their cocktails, the bartenders that made them, and the (in)famous customers who drank them. ... Philip Greene's A Drinkable Feast will take its rightful place on my bookshelf alongside my Hemingway novels and our beloved Death & Co. cocktail recipe book.  The work is a true labor of love and thorough research (no joke -- the full list of sources is available at ADrinkableFeast.com, and it clocks in at 60 pages!), and his vivid depictions of the denizens and bars of 1920s Paris made it come alive for me. As a history and cocktail nerd, A Drinkable Feast was the perfect balance between colorful historical anecdotes and drink descriptions."  ItsFiveHere.com

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"Cocktail historian Philip Greene combines history, culture, cafes and spirits in his latest cocktail companion, A Drinkable Feast. Drinks are presented in alphabetical order with the recipe, tasting note and the story behind it. He includes aperitifs and liqueurs in addition to cocktails. ... You'll learn the salacious background of 'The Jimmie Special,' favorite cocktails of Salvador Dali (the Bloody Martini), James Joyce (Sherry Cobbler), F. Scott Fitzgerald (the Orange Blossom), Ernest Hemingway (too many to count) and other artists, composers and writers. ... This is one of the few books that I recommend you buy in hardcover as opposed to digital formats. I display it on my coffee table due to the gorgeous photographs in addition to the interesting stories. It will also make the perfect gift for the cultural history and cocktail lover."  UnderratedReads.com

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"Although cocktails (complete with recipes!) make up the chapters in A Drinkable Feast, you can be a complete teetotaler and still enjoy the read.  ... The literary and arts scenes of 1920s Paris come to life through period photos and advertisements and Philip Greene's vivid, engaging storytelling. This is narrative nonfiction at its best. Plenty for Fitzgerald and Hemingway fans, and the musician in me was happy to see mentions of Cole Porter and Les Six."  LovelyBookshelf.com

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"A Drinkable Feast, Philip Greene: Paris during Prohibition was filled with the who's who of public life. They were all enjoying the fine cocktails made by the American bartenders there. This exploration of that time, complete with recipes and stories, provides insight into the rich cocktail culture outside of America." AlcoholProfessor.com, within its listing of "Top Shelf Boozy Library Essentials - Noteworthy 2018 Releases and Timeless Reads to Drink In."