My third Cocktail book and dang this is the book! I loved that they had introductions for their regulars, kept the basics still interesting, and went over their creative process in depth. While it does seem like the recipes are out of reach due to the different varieties of liquor needed, I'm sure they are going to be a good baseline to create and expand on.

Dead & Co is well written and pushes cocktail creativity.

Interesting and short book on espresso. Very helpful for my cafelat robot that can do pressure profiling

Hmm, I have mixed views on this book. My first impression is that I wish it went further in addressing the imperial practices of Japan toward Korea, China, and the Philippines. While I can see how Japan was fighting against Western imperialism in a way, Japan did occupy and further their form of imperialism in other countries. I appreciate that Horne states that solidarity movements were not based on the reality of race relations (or actual instances of liberation) and that activists didn't always act in progressive ways.

Purely a history book, with facts and actions listed one after the other. It gave me an insight into Afro-Asian solidarity that I didn't know about and also addressed the further tensions/solidarity that occurred later in the U.S.

Loved a lot what the book had to say! Didn't feel too persuaded about the topics about loving your work or spirituality. Everything else was super solid - especially the distinction between families that provide care but not love, the gender dynamics w/ openness to love, the definition that love is an act, this quote abt death & friendships.

Also didn't like that there were so many quotations, but probably just personal preference tbh.

Walia writes about history elegantly, connecting imperialism and colonialism in the past (/still going on) to the border and neoliberal policies controlling migration today. I love the pt about international working-class solidarity and how she connects so many struggles (racism, climate change, imperialism) to migration. Highly recommend and now a favorite, even tho pretty dense