The Savoy Cocktail Book - Hardcover

Craddock, Harry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1614278377 ISBN 13: 9781614278375

Publisher: Martino Fine Books, 2015

Synopsis

2013 Hardcover Reprint of 1930 Edition. Fully illustrated. Every page of this classic was printed in color originally and our reprint reproduces all the drawings in color. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Harry Craddock was a United States citizen who left during Prohibition and joined the American Bar at the Savoy Hotel, London, in 1920. Craddock was one of the most famous cocktail barmen of the 1920s and 1930s. Craddock's "The Savoy Cocktail Book" was published in 1930, and is still in print today. Craddock invented a number of classic cocktails, including the famous Corpse Reviver #2 and possibly including the White Lady, and popularised the Dry Martini. Lavishly illustrated with all illustrations reproduced in color.

About this title

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Martino Fine Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1614278377
• ISBN 13: 9781614278375
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 292