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THE OLD WALDORF-ASTORIA BAR BOOK
SIDNEY WILLIAMS, in the PIDLADELPIDA INQUIRER: "Of
making bar books there is no end, and the best conceivable is
'The Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book.' Here we have recipes for
more than 500 cocktails and appetizers proved, and in many cases
invented at the big brass rail of the original Waldorf ••• He has
added to
this
imposing list of formnlas a number of recipes for
standard cocktails and mixed drinks, mostly gathered outside of
the United States.
His
unrivaled manual is agreeably supplemented
by chapters written in the spirit of a historian and a connoisseur
.•• A well-made hook and encyclopedic in its field."
LAWTON MACKALL, in the November, 1935, ESQUIRE: "Mixers'
guides have been compiled, with the aid of good bartenders, by
all the leading gin, whiskey, rum, vermouth, aperitif, and liquor
firms. The most complete manual ever gotten together-a tome
too big for your pocket and costing full bookstore price, but worth
it-is 'The Old Waldorf Bar Book.'"
GEORGE CURRIE, in BROOKLYN EAGLE: "Seasonable and wi!!e
.•• Crockett's book is keen for setting things right•••• Something
more than merely a sort of cook book for the tippler in the home.
It
is one man's history of noble drinking and offers 500 noble
experiments to the adventurous.
It
offers them with a cheerfnl
'Here's How' and a sage admonition concerning the dynamic
qualities of each with a view to aiding in the keeping of one's
head within reason. Nostalgically it breathes the spirit of a time
when a drunk was a souse and not the life of the party.''
HARTFORD COURANT: "While primarily, a manual of depend–
able recipes for a large variety of mixed drinks, its chief interest
for a mass of readers
will
lie in the reminiscent notes and
anecdotes concerning the 'old days.'"
SATURDAY REVIEW OF LITERATURE: "Ranges as far as Cuban
concoctions and Jamaican jollifiers. Some of the mixed drinks
it
records constitute a marvelous medley.''
G. SELMAR FOUGNER, NEW YORK SUN'S authority on drinks:
"Highly authoritative." (Frequently quoted by
Mr.
Fougner.)
PRINTER'S INK: "Among the more authentic repeal literature
Stands out above so many of the cocktail recipe books."
BOSTON TRANSCRIPT: "A hook the younger generation needs
... It
telis all fledgling imbibers just what the famous old drinks
really are.''
PITTSBURG SUN TELEGRAPH: "Sparkling and effervescing con–
tribution to post-prohibition literature."
NEW YORK TIMES: "A first rate example.''
CAMDEN, N. J. COURIER: "Takes top rank."
DOUGLAS GILBERT in the WORLD TELEGRAM: "Delightful
compendi0D1.''
Price $2.00; $2.15 by Express. Orders not accompanied
by cash or equivalent, filled only C. O. D.
A. S. CROCKETT
781 Fifth Avenue
New
York,
N.
Y.