Trader Vics cocktail book is a important collection for any serious bartender, its an era, a school of thought that must be remebered and no one tells it better that Vic himself. The book contains humourous stories and tips. The downside to it is that none of the ingredients are official, but understanably were aware that no one tells their secrets. very well written, and surely a book that you can compare to and rreview several times over. A must.....

Fantastic bar guide, covering all standard, and tropical drinks. Learn how to make drinks that taste great, and work great! One note, various editions exit, older ones do not containt the recipe for the famous Mai Tai, newer ones do not give the TRUE recipe, but rather say "use Trader Vic's Mai Tai Mix" (similar for other drinks). TO get all recipes, with BASIC ingred. I suggest buying multiple editions of this text. Learn how to make Hot Buttered Rum Batter, Mai Tai's, Navy Grog, the REAL way!

Great Reading, Great experimenting, Great drinks....

A Must for the hobby bar tender!

I found a copy of this book in a box in the garage. This is THE book for mixing a wide range of drinks.

I have to guard my copy to keep friends and family from walking off with it. If you are into anything from simple bar drinks to frou-frou boat drinks (I recommend the potted parrot and rum keg) this the book for you.

This is a way to recapture the flavor of the long-gone Senor Pico's restaurant, Trader Vic's Mexican venture that went under in the early 1980's. Some of the recipes were Americanized to fit the tastes of consumers in the 60's and 70's, so they have a tendency to be inauthentic (and often absurd), but the results are often excellent. Definitely a good book to look into if studying the eating habits in the United States.

This is a typical book of history and fun that only "The Trader" could produce. He'll send you everywhere from Seven Eleven to your local Specialty/Ethnic Stores to find the ingredients for his "well worth the effort" recipes. If you like good food and good drink mixed with little bit of fishing-story like humor, you'll enjoy this one.

Bergeron's last book is pretty inventive -- a man's cookbook, an nothing else, with a decided 70's air -- but is not as charming as his earlier efforts. A lot of good recipes given, of course, spiked with the Trader's fun, two-fisted language. (This is a re-do of the far superior Kitchen Kibitzer, which was printed in the mid-50's.)