The Jabberwock Cocktail Project
During American Prohibition the bartender Harry Craddock, an Englishman who had become an American citizen, sailed back to London and set up shop in the American Bar at the Savoy Hotel. It was 1920, and Craddock would go on to become one of the most famous bartenders in history. His stylish compendium of drinks, “The Savoy Cocktail Book” published in 1930, remains in print today as an invaluable source of the classics. One cocktail in particular from the book is the inspiration for all of the drinks found in the following pages, which take further inspiration from the Lewis Carroll Puzzle Project.
A large rose-tree stood near the entrance of the garden: the roses growing on it were white, but there were three gardeners at it, busily painting them red. Alice thought this a very curious thing, and she went nearer to watch them, and just as she came up to them she heard one of them say, `Look out now, Five! Don't go splashing paint over me like that!’
"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
"I don't much care where –" said Alice.
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.
Once of the more memorable scenes from Alice in Wonderland (and there are many) is her intrepid sampling of strange food and drink, each labeled with entreaties to try them. They lead to all sorts of occurrences and you would think that Alice would learn her lesson but there she goes again.
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;