Item #008728 Burke’s Complete Cocktail & Drinking Recipes with Recipes for Food Bits for the Cocktail Hour: The Art and Etiquette of Mixing, Serving and Drinking Wines and Liquors. Harman Burney Burke, Barney Burke.
Burke’s Complete Cocktail & Drinking Recipes with Recipes for Food Bits for the Cocktail Hour: The Art and Etiquette of Mixing, Serving and Drinking Wines and Liquors
Burke’s Complete Cocktail & Drinking Recipes with Recipes for Food Bits for the Cocktail Hour: The Art and Etiquette of Mixing, Serving and Drinking Wines and Liquors

Burke’s Complete Cocktail & Drinking Recipes with Recipes for Food Bits for the Cocktail Hour: The Art and Etiquette of Mixing, Serving and Drinking Wines and Liquors

New York: Books Inc., 1934. 1st Printing. Faux leather. Approximately 4.25” x 6.25”. Complete with 93 pages including the index. Original red faux leather cover. Sound binding, clean pages, almost no wear. Doesn’t appear to have ever been read. Very good. Item #008728

Over 250 drink recipes including 14 classics that Burke identifies as the "World’s Most Famous Cocktails". Includes a three-page essay on “The Etiquette of Drinking” (a surprisingly cautionary warning about alcohol); two pages devoted to wines, liqueurs, pairings, and temperatures; and an eight-page selection on “Food Bits for the Cocktail Hour” that include recipes for assorted canapes, lobster dishes, rarebits, and sandwiches. Seldom found in condition this nice, especially first printings.

Price: $250.00

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