The Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book
"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 then 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 Anecedote and Served with a Chaser of Illuminative Information"

This wonderful collection of cocktails is based on the actual bar book used by the Waldorf-Astoria Bar prior to prohibition. It represents a great snapshot of what cocktails were like prior to "The Great Experiment". Mr. Crockett has also included a section in which he covers some of the additional cocktails that evolved on foreign soil while America was suffering through its dry period. Some of the cocktails listed in this secion include Sidecar, Stinger, and the Daiquiri.

Great News!
While this book has been long out of print, it was just recently republished as a special edition for the J. Peterman Company. Their printing of this book is an excellent facsimile edition, and one that I highly recommend be added to your library.

You can order this book ($25 plus shipping and handling) directly from the J. Peterman Company by calling 1-800-231-7341. The item number is AAP11486, and it was listed in the "J. Peterman's Notebook, No. 3, November 1998".