The Bon Vivant's Companion...or...How to Mix Drinks Author: Thomas, Jerry Place: New York Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap Date: [1934] Description: Introduction by Herbert Asbury. Illustrated from the original wood engravings. Pictorial cloth, illustrated jacket. Seventh printing. Jeremiah (Jerry) P. Thomas (1830-1885) was perhaps the best-known American bartender of the 19th century; because of his pioneering work in popularizing cocktails across the United States, he is considered "the father of American mixology. " In addition to writing the seminal work on cocktails, his creativity and showmanship established the image of the bartender as a creative professional. As such, he was often nicknamed "Professor" Jerry Thomas. In 1862, Thomas finished Bar-Tender’s Guide (alternately titled How to Mix Drinks or The Bon-Vivant’s Companion ), the first drink book ever published in the United States. The book collected and codified what was then an oral tradition of recipes from the early days of cocktails, including some of his own creations; the guide laid down the principles for formulating mixed drinks of all categories. The first edition of the guide includes the first written recipes of such cocktails as the Brandy Daisy, Fizz, Flip, Sour and variations of the earliest form of mixed drink, Punch. Lot Amendments Condition: Some chips and tears to jacket, stains on rear panel; staining to volume edges; sporadic soiling to leaves; very good or better in very good jacket. Item number: 349846a
The Bon Vivant's Companion...or...How to Mix Drinks Author: Thomas, Jerry Place: New York Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap Date: [1934] Description: Introduction by Herbert Asbury. Illustrated from the original wood engravings. Pictorial cloth, illustrated jacket. Seventh printing. Jeremiah (Jerry) P. Thomas (1830-1885) was perhaps the best-known American bartender of the 19th century; because of his pioneering work in popularizing cocktails across the United States, he is considered "the father of American mixology. " In addition to writing the seminal work on cocktails, his creativity and showmanship established the image of the bartender as a creative professional. As such, he was often nicknamed "Professor" Jerry Thomas. In 1862, Thomas finished Bar-Tender’s Guide (alternately titled How to Mix Drinks or The Bon-Vivant’s Companion ), the first drink book ever published in the United States. The book collected and codified what was then an oral tradition of recipes from the early days of cocktails, including some of his own creations; the guide laid down the principles for formulating mixed drinks of all categories. The first edition of the guide includes the first written recipes of such cocktails as the Brandy Daisy, Fizz, Flip, Sour and variations of the earliest form of mixed drink, Punch. Lot Amendments Condition: Some chips and tears to jacket, stains on rear panel; staining to volume edges; sporadic soiling to leaves; very good or better in very good jacket. Item number: 349846a
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