num_pages: 352
description: Cast aside your cares and worries. Make yourself a Mai Tai put your favorite exotica record on the hi-fi and prepare to lose yourself in the fantastical world of tiki one of the most alluringand often misunderstoodmovements in American cultural history. Martin and Rebecca Cate founders and owners of Smugglers Cove (the most acclaimed tiki bar of the modern era) take you on a colorful journey into the lore and legend of tiki: its birth as an escapist fantasy for Depression-era Americans; how exotic cocktails were invented stolen and re-invented; Hollywood starlets and scandals; and tikis modern-day revival. Featuring more than 100 delicious recipes (original and historic) plus a groundbreaking new approach to understanding rum Smugglers Cove is the magnum opus of the contemporary tiki renaissance. Whether youre looking for a new favorite cocktail tips on how to trick out your home tiki grotto help stocking your bar with great rums or inspiration for your next tiki party Smugglers Cove has everything you need to transform your world into a Polynesian Pop fantasia.
language: English
title: Smuggler's Cove: Exotic Cocktails, Rum, and the Cult of Tiki
publisher: Ten Speed Press