New Don the Beachcomber book - General Tiki

TT Trader Tiki Member Portland, OR Joined: Mar 06, 2003 Posts: 385	TT Trader Tiki Posted posted on Tue, Feb 5, 2008 1:58 PM Received the book, haven't read it through, but did take a glance at the Mai Tai article. It's just the same old Honolulu Advertiser column, WITHOUT Vic's rebuttal article, and even has some misinformation (that Vic had served the first Mai Tai in Tahiti... nope, he served his first known Mai Tai, in Oakland, at the Old San Pablo location, to friends who had lived in Tahiti). The recipe is the same as in the Hawaii Tropical Rum Drinks and Cuisine book. A lot of the pictures have already been in the Don the Beachcomber Hawaii book, but a lot of the stories of Don's life appear to be newly surfaced, some from Don's own writing.

Received the book, haven't read it through, but did take a glance at the Mai Tai article.

It's just the same old Honolulu Advertiser column, WITHOUT Vic's rebuttal article, and even has some misinformation (that Vic had served the first Mai Tai in Tahiti... nope, he served his first known Mai Tai, in Oakland, at the Old San Pablo location, to friends who had lived in Tahiti). The recipe is the same as in the Hawaii Tropical Rum Drinks and Cuisine book.

A lot of the pictures have already been in the Don the Beachcomber Hawaii book, but a lot of the stories of Don's life appear to be newly surfaced, some from Don's own writing.

Post #359351 by Trader Tiki on Tue, Feb 5, 2008 1:58 PM