W. C. Whitfield's Mixed Drinks and Cocktails ─ An Illustrated, Old-school Bartender's Guide

In the Gay Nineties, the American bartender was considered an institutionhis fame spread across the globe and, according to Whitfield, visitors to America bowed before his skill in concocting tempting mixtures.”

Whitfield felt this attraction and admiration of the American bartender was because Americans will try anything once.” We enjoy experimenting and, when it comes to mixing drinks, we stop at nothing.” This led to much creativity behind the bar.

W. C. Whitfield’s Mixed Drinks & Cocktails combines two fully-illustrated books of recipes from this time periodJust Cocktails (published in 1939) andHere’s How: Mixed Drinks (1941)to teach readers everything they need to know about mixing drinks. In addition to information about equipment and measurements, this collection includes more than 400 recipes, including:

The Bronx Express
Ladies Delight
Corpse Reviver
Brandy Blazer
Uncle Sam Highball
And many more!

W. C. Whitfield was born in 1879. He was the author of Here’s How: Mixed Drinks andJust Cocktails, both originally published by Three Mountaineers, Inc., a small woodshop in Asheville, North Carolina.