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Tip of the Tongue Episode 297: The Ramos Gin Fizz and John Shelton Reed

Tip of the Tongue Episode 297: The Ramos Gin Fizz and John Shelton Reed

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Although many modern bartenders find the Ramos Gin Fizz to be a nuisance at best. and more work than it is worth at worst. But that famous drink, invented by Charles Ramos, continues to fascinate us. John Shelton Reed, storyteller, author, and historian of the south, tells the tale of the Ramos Gin Fizz in his new book by that name.

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The list of writings by John Shelton Reed is a long one. Notable among them and apropos of this book is his book entitled Dixie Bohemia: A French Quarter Circle in the 1920s, Louisiana State University Press, 2012).



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