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.
WINNER: 2017 JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION BOOK AWARD, BEVERAGE
WINNER: 2017 SPIRITED AWARDS (TALES OF THE COCKTAIL): BEST NEW
COCKTAIL & BARTENDING BOOK
"Martin and Rebecca Cate are alchemists—Reyn
Spooner–wearing, volcano-bowl-igniting, Polynesian-popping,
double-straining, Aku-Aku swilling alchemists. Which is to
say, they are the finest kind of alchemists known to walk the
earth. 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
“With Smuggler’s Cove, Martin Cate did the impossible,
folding up a whole rum-soaked sailing ship so that it would
fit into a not-very-large San Francisco storefront. Now he’s
done it again, and taken that tiki bar--one of the very finest
bars I know—and folded it up so it fits between the pages of a
book. Just add rum, and watch Smuggler’s Cove—and the whole
vibrant, geeky, just a little bit unhinged world of tiki it so
perfectly exemplifies— unfold in your lap.”
—David Wondrich, author of Imbibe! and Punch
“Tiki is simultaneously whimsical and sincere, simple and
shockingly complex, which means understanding it can be
challenging. This indispensable book explains it all—and is the
definitive volume on one of the cocktail world’s most fascinating
and complex genres. But in the end, tiki’s essence is based on
captivating stories and exotic drinks, and Martin Cate’s Smuggler’s
Cove is a tour de force in both.”
—Jordan Mackay, wine and spirits writer, and coauthor of Secrets of
the Sommeliers
“Martin Cate understands tiki like few others do. He not only knows
how to ask the right questions; in this book, he also answers many
questions that I didn’t know I had. 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
“Here at last are the secrets behind one of the world’s best bars.
The Cates have written an engaging, knowing, and personal book that
is sure to please tiki lovers, cocktail lovers, and especially
tiki-cocktail lovers. Abandon angst, all ye who enter here: like
Smuggler’s Cove itself, these pages take leisure time very
seriously.”
—Jeff “Beachbum” Berry, author of Potions of the Caribbean
“Martin Cate is an authority on rum, and this book will take your
level of understanding of this noble yet complex spirit to a new
level. Martin offers his own illuminating rum classification
system, and also tackles controversial topics head-on, such as
sweetening and the use of nebulous age statements. An absolute
must-have for rum enthusiasts.”
—Richard Seale, master distiller, Foursquare Rum Distillery,
Barbados
“The twenty-first-century revival of tiki cocktails was spearheaded
by a handful of passionate tiki-geeks, Martin Cate among them. 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. It’s a terrifically fun and informative read,
and the definitive resource on the topic.”
– Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
“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. There are also party tips, garnishing guides, and
much more. In other words, all you need are some paper umbrellas
and your summer is made.”
– Epicurious
“Happily, the modern tiki era now has its own Magna Carta
…. It’s 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
"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
"With more than 100 recipes, both classic and modern (including
homemade grenadine and coconut cream, of course), Smuggler's Cove
is for anyone who appreciates the beauty of tropical drinks and
wants to dig in deeper. A primer on essential tiki techniques as
well as a thorough, authoritative guide to rum take you further
than the typical booze book."
– Saveur
"Martin Cate is a scholar of tiki, and this long-anticipated
cookbook is a respectful (and even academic) glimpse into that
culture. . . . 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
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