About the inspiring book

How to Mix Drinks or The Bon-Vivant\'s Companion, by Jerry Thomas (NY, 1862).

Legendary bartender Jerry Thomas (1830-1885) compiled this seminal volume in 1862, becoming the first drink book ever published in America. The guide declares the principles for formulating mixed drinks of all categories (eighty-six different kinds of punches, together with a universe of cobblers, fizzes, and sours) and classifies what was then an oral tradition of recipes from the early days of cocktails, including some of his own creations.

Thomas popularised inventive drinks and elevated the practice of bartending to an art form. At the height of his popularity in the 19th century, people all over the country were eager to taste Thomas\' recipes: the Mint Julep, the Locomotive, the Fix, the Flip, and many more, including his signature cocktail, the Blue Blazer, which involves pouring flaming whiskey between two glasses to create a dramatic pyrotechnic display.

While Abraham Lincoln was still in the White House, Jerry Thomas laid the foundations for today\'s cocktail renaissance.

Details

Size: 12.7 × 19.7 cm
Weight: 300 g
Pages: 240
Paper: Cream shaded book paper 90g/m2
Cover: Smooth surface paper 240g/m2
Illustrated inside page
Section sewn exposed binding (with printing colour tr

Environmental

Bookaneer uses Munken paper, produced in Munkedal (Sweden), in a mill founded in 1871 and considered one of the world’s most environmentally friendly.

The paper used in the notebooks is certified in accordance with EU Ecolabel (the official environmental label for the European Union) and produced using environmentally labelled raw materials from forests certified according to the international standards FSC™ (Forest Stewardship Council) and PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification).