The Savoy Cocktail Book [Hardcover]

Harry Craddock (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2007

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.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Behind every great bartender (literally) is a roughed-up, stained copy of The Savoy Cocktail Book...it's been an industry must-have since its first edition." —GQ Magazine

"Savoy remains a handy reference for how things should be done behind the bar."  —Culture + Travel

Product Details

• Hardcover: 286 pages
• Publisher: Pavilion; New edition edition (November 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1862057729
• ISBN-13: 978-1862057722
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.5 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,645 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #5 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Drinks & Beverages > Bartending
  • #20 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Drinks & Beverages > Spirits

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great art and great drinks., November 16, 2000

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Brian Cobb (Olympia, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Savoy Cocktail Book (Savoy London) (Hardcover)

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 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun in a new era!, January 12, 2011

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Ramonna "Megola" (Brighon, MI USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Savoy Cocktail Book (Hardcover)

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.

5.0 out of 5 stars A classic in a nice edition, January 26, 2012

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Robert Patton (Orange, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Savoy Cocktail Book (Hardcover)

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.