Famous Orleans Drinks and How to Mix ‘Em by Stanley Clisby Arthur (1938)
One of the greatest historical cocktail destinations to be found, New Orleans has been the birthplace of many a classic compound: Sazerac, the Vieux Carré, Ramos Gin Fizz, Grasshopper, the list is endless. Written by journalist and Louisiana historian Stanley Clisby Arthur, Famous New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix ‘Em is a delightful travel guide […] read more…
Hoffman House Bartender’s Guide by Charles Mahoney (1912)
Written by Charles S Mahoney, head bartender of New York’s landmark Hoffman House, The Hoffman House bartender’s Guide gives you a more than ample taste of the cocktail’s golden age in the US during the turn of the century. The Hoffman House was the training ground for such luminaries as Harry Craddock. Photographs of the Police […] read more…
The Bar-Tender’s Guide or How to Mix Drinks by Jerry Thomas (1862, 1887)
The first drinks book in the English language to contain recipes for cocktails, The Bar-Tender’s Guide or How to Mix Drinks by Jerry “The Professor” Thomas (later retitled How to Mix Drinks or the Bon-Vivan’ts Companion) presented the broad variety of mixed drinks that had gained rapid popularity in the United States by the early 1860s. Ten cocktails […] read more…
The Flowing Bowl by The Only William (1892)
New York bartender William Schmidt, nicknamed “The Only William”, commented in his 1892 book The Flowing Bowl that: “Mixed drinks might be compared to music: an orchestra will produce good music, provided all players are artists; but have only one or two inferior musicians in your band and you may be convinced they will […] read more…
Haney’s Steward & Barkeeper’s Manual (1869)
Haney’s Steward & Bartender’s Manual was one of many titles Jesse Haney & Co., Publishers produced for the trade. The reason this sample 82-page volume is of interest is because cocktail book collectors such as Mauro Majoub and drinks historians Jared Brown, Anistatia Miller, and Dave Wondrich believe this work may be the book […] read more…
Drinks by Jacques Straub (1914)
First published in 1914 and again after Straub’s death in 1920, the slender Drinks by Jacques Straub contains over 700 recipes, including a surprising number of drinks that were thought to have been invented later. Straub had worked at the Pendennis Club in Louisville, Kentucky, prior to moving to Chicago where he became wine steward for […] read more…
Louis’ Mixed Drinks by Muckensturm (1906)
Where do Dry Martinis come from? They were certainly around for a long time before Jacques Louis Muckensturm wrote his 1906 book Louis’ Mixed Drinks. However, Mr Muckensturm will always be remembered as the first person in the English language to call the combination of gin and dry vermouth a Dry Martini. (Frank P […] read more…
Jayne’s Bartender’s Guide (1934)
With an anonymous author and published by Dr D Jayne and Son in Philadelphia circa 1934, Jayne’s Bartender’s Guide was one of many books published right after the repeal of Prohibition in the USA that hoped to revive the recipes and the culture of cocktail drinking after a nearly 15-year hiatus. In addition to recipes […] read more…
Harry Johnson’s Bartenders’ Manual (1882, 1888, 1900, 1934)
The first book to comprehensively document the proper steps to opening, stocking, and operating a bar, Harry Johnson’s Bartenders’ Manual is a mandatory volume for novices and professionals in the bartending profession. Originally published in 1882, Prussian-born Johnson revised and expanded this book three times (1888, 1900, and posthumously in 1934) as his own knowledge of […] read more…
Bacchus Behave! by Alma Whitaker (1933)
Los Angeles Times’ gossip columnist Alma Whitaker wrote the lovely, witty tome on post-Prohibition drink and drinking—Bacchus Behave! The Lost Art of Polite Drinking—adding with more than a few blurbs from film director Rupert Hughes, actors Clark Gable, Charles Chaplin, Marie Dressler, Tom Mix, and blockbuster producer Cecil B. De Mille. As you can gather from […] read more…
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