Tales of the Cocktail® New Orleans 2016

Explore the real life of Ted Saucier, bon vivant, PR agent for the Waldorf Astoria & unknown Canadian legend. First to publish the Dry Shake, Last Word, Vodkatini & Hotel Georgia (made famous again in the renovated Hotel Georgia in Vancouver) Cocktails. How his underrated book from 1951 has reappeared and shown people the way into the modern age of cocktail bartending. We will also have an interview with Murray Stenson, the man behind bringing back the Last Word from obscurity; rescuing it from the dusty pages of  Bottom’s Up to become a cult classic and mainstay in any cocktail bar worth its salt. Why is the dry shake common practice in the modern age? How did the Last Word exist during prohibition? And how did so many obscure Canadian establishments sneak their cocktails into Saucier’s book? Explore the life behind this great cocktail pioneer with unknown history of his family life including the daughter no one knew he had; how he made his way from the streets of Montreal to New York, his friendships with everyone from movie stars to the King of Norway. This multi published author who wrote about war, movie credits, cocktails, of all things sardines and the introduction of beautiful pin ups into the world of cocktail books that would influence Playboy & Esquire cocktail books for years to come. The stories you know about this man are only the beginning on unravelling the true story behind him, his life and the cocktails he pioneered in bringing to the light.