Zelda: The Magazine of the Vintage Nouveau

Welcome to issue 21, the tenth anniversary issue of Zelda Magazine!

For our Fall/Winter issue our cocktail historian Garret Richard describes Planter’s Punch and author/historian/barkeep Jeff “Beachbum” Berry shows how Prohibition and Repeal led to the creation of “tropical” cafes, rhum rhapsodies, and the birth of tiki! We’ll explore flapper’s signature accessory, the headband, and demonstrate ways to wear a pocket watch. Kathryn Smith recounts episodes in the life of flapper and society bon vivant Gertie Gertrude Sanford Legendre and we interview the bandleader/ musical director and producer of Babylon Cabaret, and interview Chicago transplant and burlesque hostess Kami Oh!

As always, Mr. Burton advises on social engagements, we display images of the past season’s Jazz Age events in “On The Town,” and our Recipe Box goes back to 1920 for “Baker’s Coconut Recipes. And in honor of our first issue, we revisit the great metropolis of New York City.

We’d like to thank our retro retail to non-profit advertisers for their sponsorship, and we hope you will appreciate the work they do by taking advantage of their services and products. Just click on the links to the right!

Zelda Magazine is a sponsor of the next All-Star Daiquiri Discussion at Slowly Shirley on 9/18/19 in NYC!

The Daiquiri: a seemingly simple drink, rich with endless variation to explore. It’s become a “bartender’s handshake” as a crucial go-to when assessing a bar’s skills. Learn about the Daiquiri’s history and subtleties of flavor from New York’s most creative bartenders in this unique panel discussion plus Daiquiri tasting.
Featured panelists include:

* Dave Arnold, co-owner of Existing Conditions and author of Liquid Intelligence: The Art & Science of the Perfect Cocktail
* Shannon Mustipher, beverage director of Glady’s Caribbean and author of Tiki: Modern Tropical Cocktails
* Eryn Reece, bar director of Banzarbar
* Jim Kearns, beverage director of Slowly Shirley and Golden Age Hospitality
* St. John Frizell (moderator), owner of Fort Defiance and all-around drinks scholar

Each panelist will present their own Daiquiri variation, showcasing their own creativity, a range of rum bottlings, and the possibilities of the drink category. You will try a total of six sample cocktails over the course of the discussion.

Tickets at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/all-star-daiquiri-discussion-presented-by-the-rum-reader-tickets-68865704175?ref=eios

Authors and Egyptologists Colleen and John Darnell on the steamship Sudan on the River Nile with Zelda Magazine. Read issue 20 for their fantastic article about silent movie star and Egyptologist, Natacha Rambova!

In time for Spring, the twentieth issue of Zelda is available for purchase, just click on “Purchase Zelda” above! We have a new Egyptomania feature in our cover story about Silent Star turned academic Natasha Rambova, and we salute the days of Prohibition with articles about rum and rumrunning, the forgotten mineral water wars, and the lost tradition of bridal orange blossoms. We’ll toast Spring of 2019 with a Stinger, interview the Hot Sardines as they bring hot jazz on tour and Kat Calico as she keeps tradition alive in New Orleans.

Mr. Burton’s advice column is especially spirited, and in some ways our Recipe Book is, too, with a dash of Angostura, Good in All Foods. We finish with a presentation of Jazz Age themed events of the past six months. If you’ve been to one recently, let us know about it!

Thanks to all our readers! if you haven’t clicked on the ads to the right-hand side, please do, our sponsors have great items for you. It’s thanks to both our readers and sponsors that we keep Zelda published twice a year, and it’s always worth it!