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 '30s, prohibition-dodging Americans visiting London for tea-dances and "mixed drinks" (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 populariser 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. Updated with a new introduction and recipes from The Savoy.
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"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 --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By Brian Cobb
Format: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.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Ramonna
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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.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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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.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Anne Bishop
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Great recipes! I'm whipping up a new cocktail every week for our Downton Abbey viewing crowd. The illustrations are lovely.
By Lovestoast!
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Bought this for my friend who loves her martinis and cocktails. Gave it to her with a set of really cool stemmed glasses. Turns out she went on the wagon 3 weeks before Christmas! Sigh... But, all is not lost...her daughter just bought a house and is setting up a wet bar, so this will not go to waste. You'll find lots of great old-time and classic drink recipes in here. Enjoy!
By R. Slee
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This is the home of the origianl martini and this book includes a lot of very nice cocktails. You will enjoy it.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This book has been reprinted for years, and there is a good reason for that. It is an awesome source of knowledge for drinks that survive the ages. Any time you want a classic cocktail, this is the book to use.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Where else can you find a collection of Manhattan recipes along with instructions for mixing up a French 75? (highly recommended). It's an elegant looking book too.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars
it's fun to read
but i thought it'd have some useful recipes in it, whereas most of the ingredients are discontinued, not in production since the 30s, or extremely hard to find and overpriced.
Published 3 months ago by droo
4.0 out of 5 stars
I like it
Tastes like chicken
Not like pork so much.
More like chicken.
Beef? No. I said chicken.
Not beef or pork, you see.
Not like pork so much.
More like chicken.
Beef? No. I said chicken.
Not beef or pork, you see.
Published 9 months ago by Mark
4.0 out of 5 stars
Classics, but a tad hard to find ingredients
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. Read more
Published 15 months ago by buckeyede06
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome purchase - better than expected!
Seller sold item that they no longer had when they went to check inventory. Seller let me know and then found a replacement item super quick - so quick that I honestly didn't... Read more
Published on January 12, 2010 by Alice Ryan
4.0 out of 5 stars
Top Of The Line
Got this for research, not really intending to make anything from it, but this is the best source for Thirties drink research.
Published on December 17, 2009 by M. Blum
2.0 out of 5 stars
not recommended
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. Read more
Published on November 29, 2008 by Jackal
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