The Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book (Classic Cocktail Books series)

by A. S. Crockett

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Based on the actual bar book used by the Waldorf-Astoria prior to Prohibition, this book presents a collection of cocktails that serves up more than 350 recipes. It documents the origin of various drinks, and chronicles the background of their creation and the antics of some of the cronies - Buffalo Bill Cody and Bat Masterson, among others.… (more)

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550. A.S.C. Historian of the Old Waldorf-Astoria. Illustrations by Leighton Budd. With Amendments Due to Repeal of the XVIIIth . Giving the Correct Recipes for Five Hundred Cocktails and Mixed Drinks known and served at the World's Most Famous Brass Rail before Prohibition together with More than One Hundred Established Formulas for Cocktails and Other Beverages, Originated while Prohibition was in Effect. The Whole Flavored with Dashes of History Mixed in a Shaker of Anecdote and Served with a Chaser of Illuminative Information. 1st ed. 1931, 34,35. See also, Old Waldorf Bar Days. DW shown for illust purp only. (

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Based on the actual bar book used by the Waldorf-Astoria prior to Prohibition, this book presents a collection of cocktails that serves up more than 350 recipes. It documents the origin of various drinks, and chronicles the background of their creation and the antics of some of the cronies - Buffalo Bill Cody and Bat Masterson, among others.

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