From the perennially popular and critically adored San Francisco bar Smuggler's Cove, an illustrated history of tiki and rum culture in America, with 100 recipes for tiki and rum-based cocktails, including the Mai Tai, Fogcutter, Singapore Sling, and more.
MARTIN CATEis a rum and exotic cocktail expert and the owner of
Smuggler's Cove in San Francisco. Smuggler's Cove opened in 2009
and has been named one of the World's 50 Best Bars (Drinks
International, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015), 50 Best Bars on
Earth (The Sunday Times, London), Top Ten Food and Beverage
Concepts of the Last 25 Years (Cheers Magazine), 13 Most
Influential Bars of the 21st Century (Liquor.com), and America's
Best Bars (Playboy, 2012 and Esquire, 2013).Smuggler's Cove was
also awarded Best American Cocktail Bar at the 2016 Tales of the
Cocktail Spirited Awards. A member of the United States Bartenders
Guild (USBG), Martin conducts educational seminars and adjudicates
rum and cocktail competitions across the United States, Europe, and
the Caribbean. In 2015, along with partners Alex Smith and John
Park, Martin opened Whitechapel in San Francisco to bring the same
passion for history and craft to the world of gin. He is also the
co-owner of Hale Pele in Portland and a partner in Lost Lake in
Chicago and False Idol in San Diego.
In 1999, REBECCA CATEinadvertently fueled Martin's madness by
famously uttering words (which she thought were a joke) about
making a spare bedroom a home tiki bar. Since then, however, she
too has been swept up in the tiki fantasia, first as an enthusiast,
then helping Martin open and run Smuggler's Cove, while juggling a
full-time career as a research psychologist "on the side." Rebecca
earned her PhD in personality and social psychology from The
University of California at Berkeley in 2006, and has spent over a
decade leading large-scale studies of behavioral health
interventions as well as topics related to retirement and
longevity. The opportunity to coauthor this book has allowed what
had been just a weekend and vacation escape to turn into a
full-time journey.
“Martin and Rebecca Cate have managed to create an irresistible
shrine to the magic of Polynesian pop culture. Beautifully designed
and dripping in kitsch by way of photos by Dylan + Jeni, this is
set to be the cocktail book of the summer.”—Punch
“Your new tiki bible.”—Eater
“A primer on essential tiki techniques as well as a thorough,
authoritative guide to rum take you further than the typical booze
book.”—Saveur
“The book walks readers through the history of tiki, as well as 100
recipes for cocktails. Not sure where to start with rum? There's a
beginners' guide. In other words, all you need are some paper
umbrellas and your summer is made.”—Epicurious
“A lavishly illustrated, seriously researched, 350-page tome with
more than 100 recipes, along with a well-written history and
sketches of some of the lesser known tiki lights.”—The Daily
Beast
“Smuggler’s Cove isn't just a book of recipes—it's a guide on how
to transplant a beloved bar into your home.”—Epicurious
“A lively exploration of our country's drinking history (and the
current tiki scene), it's essential reading for rum lovers,
offering the best categorization of the headspinning-ly diverse
spirit that I've encountered.”—Serious Eats
“It's a must-have for any Mai Tai lover, Trader Vic's devotee or
Hawaiian traveler . . . The book works equally well as a cocktail
how-to, a rum guide, tiki party inspiration or must-do
itinerary.”—San Jose Mercury News
“Buy this book. It will bring you a little bit closer to
paradise.”—Wayne Curtis, author, And a Bottle of Rum: A History of
the New World in Ten Cocktails
“Tiki is simultaneously whimsical and sincere, simple and
shockingly complex . . . This indispensable book explains it
all—and is the definitive volume on one of the cocktail world’s
most fascinating and complex genres.”—Jordan Mackay, wine and
spirits writer, and coauthor of Secrets of the Sommeliers
“The old guard of Donn, Vic, and Steve can rest easy now that they
have this champion of their tradition bringing tiki into the new
millennium.”—Sven Kirsten, author of The Book of Tiki, Tiki Modern,
and Tiki Pop
“The Cates have written an engaging, knowing, and personal book
that is sure to please tiki lovers, cocktail lovers, and especially
tiki-cocktail lovers.”—Jeff “Beachbum” Berry, author of Potions of
the Caribbean
“An absolute must-have for rum enthusiasts.”—Richard Seale, master
distiller, Foursquare Rum Distillery, Barbados
“With Smuggler’s Cove, Martin and Rebecca teach you everything you
need to know to become a tiki-geek in your own right—and to see the
world with their Polynesian passion.”—Gaz Regan, author of The Joy
of Mixology and The Negroni
“Tiki culture is enmeshed with rum, and the authors offer a master
class on it, covering its history and many varieties, as well as
digressions on coring pineapples for cocktails and where to score
cocktail umbrellas.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
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