Bon Vivant's Companion -or- How to Mix Drinks

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by: Jerry Thomas 1928 Alfred A. Knopf Jerry Thomas, inventor of the Blue Blazer, lists a large collection of cocktails, punches, mulls, cobblers, flips, fizzes, and others that are rarely seen anymore. Originally published in 1862, and beset by scores of imitations as well as sorrowfully abridged editions. In my 1928 version, Herbert Asbury, the editor, claims to have compiled a faithful return to the original contents, as well as containing an expanded accounting of Jerry Thomas and his exploits. (a description of the first edition from the introduction) HOW TO MIX DRINKS or THE BON VIVANT'S COMPANION Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing all the Beverages Used in the United States, Together with the Most Popular British, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish Recipes, Embracing Punches, Juleps, Cobblers, etc., etc., etc., in Endlless Variety. By JERRY THOMAS Formerly Principal Bartender at the Metropolitan Hotel, New York, and the Planters' House, St. Louis. TO WHICH IS APPENDED A MANUAL FOR THE MANUFACTURE of CORDIALS, LIQUORS, FANCY SYRUPS, ETC., ETC., After the Most Approved Methods Now Used in the Distillation of Liquors and Beverages, Designed for the Special Use of Manufacturers and Dealers in Wines and Spirits, Grocers, Tavern Keepers and Private Families, the Same Being Adapted to the Trade of the United States and Canada. ILLUSTRATED WITH DESCRIPTIVE ENGRAVINGS The Whole Containing OVER 600 Valuable RECIPES. By CHRISTIAN SCHULTZ, Prefessor of Chemistry, Apothecary and Manufacturere of Wines, Liquors, Cordial, etc., etc,. from Berne, Switzerland.