At the intersection of design and mixology

Jazz-Age Harlem, Josephine Baker and Cocktail Culture

Jazz and modernism have always been BFF's. Every modernist from Le Corbusier to Robert Mallet-Stevens was a fan of jazz music. It was an...

The Harlem Mule-the perfect way to celebrate Add Bates and mid-century modern Harlem

The Red Rooster restaurant in Harlem created a bourbon riff on the Moscow Mule which they called the Harlem Mule. The recipe below is my...

Obsession, Betrayal, Jealousy and Modernism
The Modernists Guide to Cocktails is a meeting place for fans of modernism who love a good cocktail along with gossip about architecture's most notorious scandals. Conversely,it's also a site for cocktail lovers who happen to be design curious. It takes an unvarnished look at modernism via social histories, juicy anecdotes, and the favorite cocktails of the founders of modernism. And let's face it we all need a strong drink these days...