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''The World's Drinks And How To Mix Them'' is a
cocktail
A cocktail is an alcoholic mixed drink. Most commonly, cocktails are either a combination of spirits, or one or more spirits mixed with other ingredients such as tonic water, fruit juice, flavored syrup, or cream. Cocktails vary widely across ...
manual by
William "Cocktail" Boothby
William T. "Cocktail Bill" Boothby (November 10, 1862, San Francisco – August 4, 1930, San Francisco) was an American bartender and writer of San Francisco, California in the years before and after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. He tended ...
originally published in 1900, with revised editions in 1908, 1930 and 1934. The publisher was the
Palace Hotel in San Francisco, where Boothby worked.
The cover of the 1908 edition describes this as the "Standard Authority" by a "Premier Mixologist".
The book published the first recipe for the
sazerac
The Sazerac is a local variation of a cognac or whiskey cocktail originally from New Orleans, named for the ''Sazerac de Forge et Fils'' brand of cognac brandy that served as its original main ingredient. The drink is most traditionally a combi ...
, one of the earliest recipes for a
dry martini
The martini is a cocktail made with gin and vermouth, and garnished with an olive or a lemon twist. Over the years, the martini has become one of the best-known mixed alcoholic beverages. A popular variation, the vodka martini, uses vodka in ...
, as well as the
Bronx cocktail.
References
External links
Complete 1908 edition available online
1900 non-fiction books
1900 in California
20th century in San Francisco
American cookbooks
Cocktails
Culture of San Francisco
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