Eggs glorious eggs! Critical to practically ever single food culture in every “corner” of the earth since the beginning of human civilization. I’m an ‘egg-centric’ person (a term I just coined to convey that I truly appreciate and utilize on the regular the versatility of eggs in cookery, baking and cocktail making! See also my iPhone egg pics in the slideshow below). Of course there’s so much interesting ‘uniquely American’ history around eggs as well, so if you’re interested in then that I’ll see you over on Patreon (links further below).… [SIDENOTE: Cosmic-ish coincidence that at tomorrow’s (June 4th) LDNY Panel: “Women in Cocktail Culinary Culture: The Past, Present, and Future” my featured (Prohibition Era Harlem) cocktail will be paired with the classic deviled egg! …]
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Next we’ll segue to that old-fashioned “Good Egg” metaphor to say 😇 Happy Heavenly Birthday 🎂 to someone who fits that bill — the awesome amazing Josephine Baker(b. June 3rd 1906 - April 12th, 1975) Cheers to you JB on this special day you graced the world with such an unprecedented presence ✨🥂🍾✨ — Raising a glass to you with that beautifully DELICIOUS custom Eléctrico Mezcal cocktail I had the honor and pleasure to create in your name and memory for a special documentary screening of “Dear Josephine” held at the newly opened Crown Hill Theatre in Brooklyn NY back in February.
Learn a little more about this incredibly pioneering woman from this previous JB-related post I did showcasing specific aspects of her creatively inspired and expressive life and work. She will also be honored at the upcoming: African-American Weekend in Paris Celebrating 225 Years of AA Creative Excellence at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games as the first global Black-American movie star, who came to fame a century ago in 1920’s Paris France 🇫🇷 — and paved the way for many Black women in entertainment today.
For the beauty shots, and recipe to the TFG “Josephine Baker’s Electric Life” cocktail join my Patreon. (Existing PATREON members, redeem this perk there!)
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