Posted by Amanda Clarke, February 21, 2008 at 10:30 AM
This Monday the James Beard Foundation Greens is hosting a celebration of the 75th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition. Mind you, the deed was not officially done until December 5th of 1933, with the ratification of the 21st amendment, but by golly, if the James Beard Foundation has sanctioned the early celebration of this momentous occasion, who am I to quibble? Nobody, that’s who, and thus, I will be eagerly joining in the festivities on Monday evening. So, it is in the spirit of this event, with free flowing libations in mind, that I decided to introduce you to some of my very favorite drinking companions: bottoms up shot glasses.
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Posted by Lia Bulaong, April 2, 2007 at 5:30 PM
Sometimes it's not about the peanut butter or the jelly, but the containers they've arrived in—glasses printed with illustrations of flowers, animals, trains, cartoon characters, and all sorts of other cultural touchstones. Barbara E. Mauzy is both a collector and seller of them, and her 2002 book Peanut Butter Glasses is apparently the definitive guide to these collectibles, featuring almost 1100 photographs and notes.
Karen's Peanut Butter Glasses is a small but great catalog of tumblers from the 1950s, arranged by category; the fruits are my favorite, although the dogs are pretty great too! If you're looking to buy one (maybe a glass you remember from your childhood?) eBay has a hundred or so for sale right now, many for less than $5.
