Book 15 of 2025: The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost. I named a tropical cocktail this a few years ago, and I finally got to read this tale of two Americans trying to live on an atoll. https://www.amazon.com/Sex-Lives-Cannibals-Equatorial-Pacific/dp/0767915305?ref_=ast_author_dp&tag-cocktai-20

The recipe named after said book: https://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-sex-lives-of-cannibals.html

State of the liquor industry: Went to two events recently promising lunch that was closer to hors d'oeuvres than anything substantial. Invite-only brand events are pay-to-drink (albeit $3-4 cheaper than market) instead of free like in the old days.