Sex and Rum and World War II
For those of you who still don't quite get this whole Tiki thing I'm into (and even those of you who do), I suggest you take a gander at this excellent capsule history of the genre, adopted from blogger Wayne Curtis' book, And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in 10 Cocktails. In addition to interesting thumbnail biographies of Tiki luminaries like Donn Beach and Trader Vic Bergeron, it also includes a Top 10 Tour of tiki establishments in the US (written by James Teitelbaum, author of Tiki Road Trip), a recommended list of tomes for your Tiki Bookshelf, and a Mai Tai recipe that's fairly close to the Trader Vic original.
[via TC]