by Victor Bergeron (1946)
[FROM BOOKLADY COOKS] Victor Bergeron, Jr. was ,in his own words, a "saloon keeper." He started a small restaurant in Oakland called Hinky Drinks in 1934, which was later renamed Trader Vic's and became a multi-national tiki-themed restaurant chain. His voice is so loud and clear in his stories and recipes that you can imagine him standing right next to you telling you
"I'm not going to tell you how to give any kind of party other than the kind I know about and enjoy. The Emily Pos stuff is not for me. I don't give one good goddam whether the fork is on the left side of the plate or underneath it or whether the bread and butter plate is to the left or the right. In my joint your lucky to have any space left on the table for one at all."
Sections are: About Booze; About Parties; About Food in General, and you will find A Feast in Tahiti, A Luau on the Mainland, and A Chinese Dinner in the Trader Vic's Manner. And should you celebrate too much, there is a chapter about that, too! The Butterflies, Whips, and Jingles, or What is Commonly Known as the Hangover.
This book was one the books that brought me to vintage cookbooks and I will probably always have it in my annual list of favorites! [United States: Doubleday, 1946.]
VINTAGE HARDCOVER - EXCELLENT CONDITION