Synonymous with style, elegance, and sophistication, the Savoy is unsurprisingly also the birthplace of some of the most famous cocktails in the world. During the 1920s and 1930s, Prohibition-dodging Americans visiting London for tea-dances and cocktails made the bar at the Savoy their home. Here they were entertained by legendary American barman Harry Craddock, inventor of the White Lady and popularizer of the Dry Martini. Originally published in 1930, the Savoy Cocktail Book features 750 of Harry's most popular recipes. It is a fascinating record of the cocktails that set London alight at the time—and which are just as popular today. Taking you from Slings to Smashes, Fizzes to Flips, and featuring art deco illustrations, this book is the perfect gift for any budding mixologist or fan of 1930s-style decadence and sophistication.
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Product Details
Author:
Harry Craddock
Hardcover:
286 pages
Publisher:
Pavilion
Publication Date:
November 01, 2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
1862057729
Product Length:
7.82 inches
Product Width:
5.46 inches
Product Height:
1.34 inches
Product Weight:
1.32 pounds
Package Length:
7.01 inches
Package Width:
5.28 inches
Package Height:
1.42 inches
Package Weight:
1.32 pounds
Average Customer Rating:
based on 7 reviews
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9 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Great art and great drinks. Nov 17, 2000
By Brian Cobb I highly recommend the book along with the Boston Museum of Fine Art hand tooled martini shaker. (on web) Take yourself back to the thirties with a couple of cool ones. Great drinks and the illustrations will suit the serious vintage buff. Fun to look at even if you are not drinking.....even better when you are.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Fun in a new era! Jan 12, 2011
By Ramonna
"Megola"
I bought this book to share with my adult children over Thanksgiving 2010. We tried a number of the cocktails that we had heard about from older family members or from old movies... and they were fabulous! So many different ingredients to explore with easy instructions to follow. This book is very complete from an era gone bye... great way to bring that era into the 21st Century.
A classic in a nice edition Jan 26, 2012
By Robert Patton This is a classic for a reason, good recipes and well written. There are hundreds of bartending books out there, competing for space in your shelf or on the coffee table - for myself, this one and Colin Field's Ritz book are the go to books and they look quite nice as well. There is another review in here slamming the Savoy book on the font used or something like that, it isn't very clear. Writing in 2012, the one I received is bound well, nice paper, well laid out and overall is a step above most books these days. Is it comparable to productions from Easton press or the Folio Society? No, but so what. This is a book meant to be used and spilled on.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Classics, but a tad hard to find ingredients Mar 20, 2012
By buckeyede06 This is a really neat little piece of history. The old school drink recipes take us back to a time long ago when the cocktail world was first developing. they have some really good ones and a great take on modern drinks that have evolved since this book was written/compiled. unfortunately it is hard to find some of the ingredients since it has been so long, you end up googling a lot to find a suitable alternative to many of their old school ingredients.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Top Of The Line Dec 18, 2009
By M. Blum Got this for research, not really intending to make anything from it, but this is the best source for Thirties drink research.
based on 7 reviews
Great art and great drinks. Nov 17, 2000
By Brian Cobb
Classics, but a tad hard to find ingredients Mar 20, 2012
By buckeyede06
