The Beachbum always orders Rumaki at Polynesian restaurants, because no matter how many guests at his table, he invariably gets the dish to himself. People with high cholesterol, vegetarians, and calorie-counters all recoil like vampires exposed to sunlight when they discover that Rumaki consists of water chestnut and chicken liver wrapped in bacon, skewered and [...]
One of the best bar guides we raided for Beachbum Berry’s Grog Log was a phone book-sized tome published in 1977. Jones’ Complete Bar Guide featured a whopping 4,000 recipes, but even more impressive were the photos on the back cover. These featured author Stan Jones (above) posed with various liquor industry reps, whose Montgomery [...]
If it weren’t for Prohibition, Tikiphiles might all be drinking gin-based concoctions. Don The Beachcomber, who in 1934 single-handedly invented both the Tiki drink and the Tiki bar at his eponymous Hollywood watering hole, found his initial creative inspiration in a gin drink: the storied Singapore Sling. He gravitated toward rum drinks largely because rum [...]
We’ve been hearing a lot lately from people who can’t find copies of the Grog Log, Intoxica!, or Taboo Table. Fear not, fellow fuddlers: Help is on the way. Our publisher plans to reprint the Grog Log and Taboo Table this summer, and in November we’ll have a new book out, Beachbum Berry Remixed, a [...]