The Savoy Cocktail Book (Hardcover)

~ (Author) "Cocktails have always epitomised the glamorous Jazz Age and the allure of alcohol during Prohibition a time when the first passenger planes took off, allowing..." (more)
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"Savoy remains a handy reference for how things should be done behind the bar."  —Culture + Travel

Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 286 pages
• Publisher: Pavilion (November 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1862057729
• ISBN-13: 978-1862057722
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 5.3 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #55,788 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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

By	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.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Okay, but nothing special, November 29, 2008

By	Jackal (Singapore) - See all my reviews

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This is a facsimile copy of a classic vintage book. I thought that would be cool. However, if you remove the dust cover, the book have a Times New Roman font on the back. How cool is that if you want vintage? The very least the publisher could have done was to make the book look totally vintage.

The drink recipes are good, but quite hard to mess them up. I would have loved footnotes regarding certain ingredients that are not common today. I know it is kind of geeky, but I think people in the market for vintage cocktail books are kind of geeky anyway. I don't belong to this group, I just wanted to have one book.

The index is very weak. The drinks are organised alpabetically and it would be nice to have an ingredients index at the back. If I want to do something with Bourbon I have to flip through the whole book for Bourbon recipes.

People tell me this is a classic so for that reason I give it 3 stars, otherwise 2 would do for the above reasons.

Cheers

4.0 out of 5 stars Top Of The Line, December 17, 2009

By	M. Blum (San Francisco Bay Area) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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Got this for research, not really intending to make anything from it, but this is the best source for Thirties drink research.