I’m beginning to think that Mr. Cotton was quite the film buff. I suppose it was the Golden Age of Hollywood after-all 🙂 Our next Mr. Boston’s recipe appears to be inspired by another 1934 movie. This one starred Carole Lombard and George Raft. The films...
Yesterday’s cocktail duo lacked intrigue. Thankfully, today’s Mr. Boston’s recipe is chock-full of it! Is it Punch or Punsch? That is the question of the day. I’d never heard of Swedish Punsch until running into the 1935 recipe for the Biffy...
Where did the Bebida Royal Cocktail recipe come from? More importantly, where the heck did it go? So far, Mr. Boston’s list of recipes have been inline with cocktail recipes that date back years before Prohibition. Yet, the Bebida Royal is the first cocktail of...
While the first two “B” titled recipes in Mr. Boston’s 1935 Bartender’s Guide were a bit underwhelming, the section redeemed itself with two Baltimore inspired delights. Both the Baltimore Bracer and Baltimore Egg Nog called for, you guessed it… raw eggs. As I’ve...
Our Cinco de Mayo celebration kicked off with Cuban flair yesterday. After enjoying a delicious homemade enchilada feast, Mr. Boston’s 1935 recipe book called for some Rum by way of the Bacardi Cocktail. In the mid 1930’s Cuban made Bacardi was the first...
Mr. Boston’s is at it again! The next recipe is called The Apple Pie but the darn thing doesn’t use a lick of Apple Liquor. I’m beginning to wonder if Leo Cotton edited this book whilst perpetually drunk 🙂 Why is Apricot Nectar the main ingredient in...
