The other day, Em Sauter at Pints & Panels tweeted, “Would love to do a book filled with illustrated drawings of the best places to drink beer around the world. This is my favorite from Brussels- A la Mort Subite.” And posted a drawing of said drinking establishment.
I suggested an additional idea: How about a pop-up book?
What came to my mind when I saw her drawing of Mort Subite and thought about what her vision of McSorley’s Old Ale House might look like was “The Pop-Up Wine Book” by Hugh Johnson, published in 1989. We have many pop-up books, and this is one of the least engaging. In fact, it has been so long since I opened it that I had forgotten there is only one building, the “chateau,” inside.
What I am really wishing for is something better, with both breweries and pubs/cafes/taverns/saloons/taprooms. It should be a really fat book.