I had no idea there were so many articles proclaiming the health benefits of drinking until I started researching today’s Mr. Boston’s recipe. Articles abound listing which alcohol will help increase your libido, which can help your heart, even one that...
I searched high and low in search of another recipe going by the name Bombay Punch and turned up empty handed. (see note below for update) Tonight’s Mr. Boston recipe appears to be original to this 1935 book we’ve been blogging about over the last couple months. That...
By all accounts, Harry Craddock’s Savoy Cocktail book lays claim to the next recipe published in Mr. Boston’s. This isn’t the first cocktail to be identical to the Savoy and probably won’t be the last since they were produced within 5 years of one another. The older...
In 1930 a member of the playboy Bentley Boys racing club wagered that his 29′ Rover Light Six could beat the blue train (Le train bleu) from Paris to Calais (located in northern France). Following a 20 hour journey, Woolf Barnato beat the luxury passenger train...
With the whirl-wind excitement of the weekend behind us, I’m finally getting around to the final “blood” titled drink in Mr. Boston’s 1935 cocktail book. It didn’t hit me until mixing up this third installment but one of my favorite...
