Description
This comprehensive guide offers insights into the art of drinking and serving alcoholic beverages. It includes a practical buyer's guide to various spirits and wines, along with detailed sections on cocktails, wine as both a necessity and a luxury, and the use of wine and spirits in cooking. The book provides over 250 drink recipes, tips for after-dinner drinking, and advice on seasonal and special occasion drinking. It also covers regional drinking habits in the U.S. and abroad, and offers guidance on setting up a home bar and stocking a liquor cabinet on different budgets.
Published 1955, First Edition
Binding of book is slightly loose. Slight foxing and creases on front and back covers. Slight foxing and some fading on spine. Heavy tanning and slight foxing on top edge. Moderate tanning and slight foxing on fore and bottom edges. Slight foxing on insides of covers. Slight foxing on certain pages, clean of annotations across pages. Heavy tanning around margins of pages. Inserts are intact with slight foxing.
Condition: Well Read