The Savoy Cocktail Book-Hardcover Edition

<p>2024 Hardcover Reprint of the 1930 Edition. FACSIMILE OF THE 1930 EDITION PRINTED IN BLACK AND WHITE.. Facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. In 1930 the Savoy Hotel first published its cocktail book <em>The Savoy Cocktail Book</em> with 750 recipes compiled by Harry Craddock of the American Bar and Art Deco decorations by Gilbert Rumbold. Harry Craddock was a United States citizen who left during Prohibition and joined the American Bar at the Savoy Hotel London in 1920. Craddock was one of the most famous cocktail barmen of the 1920s and 1930s. Written by a legendary mixologist it's the ultimate bartender's book. Consisting mostly of cocktails it does include some nonalcoholic drinks as well as sours toddies flips egg nogs slings fizzes coolers rickeys juleps punches and a myriad of other delectable refreshments. Extensive coverage of wines introduces the products of Bordeaux Burgundy and Champagne as well as Rhine wines port and sherry.</p>