Today marks the 79th anniversary of the 21st Amendment, which repealed the 18th Amendment, which prohibited alcohol. In other words, on this day in 1933, booze became legal once more in the United States.
Lift a glass with these pairings of famous writers and their cocktails of choice, from Hemingway’s mojitos to “sonnie boy,” Carson McCullers’s name for hot tea secretly spiked with sherry.
