Most known for his iconic cocktail books which have regained traction as cocktails have become increasingly popular, Charles H. Baker started his career as a Magazine Editor inNew York Citysubmitting stories to smaller publications. In1932he met and married Pauline Elizabeth Paulson who was the heiress to the Paulson Mining Fortune. They lived in coconut GroveFloridain a house Pauline built for them where they remained for 30 years.
Baker spent most of his career traveling the world chronicling food and drink for publications like Esquire, Gourmet and Town & Country. It was for the magazine Gourmet that he wrote a column called “Here’s How” and it was these recipes he collected into his two volume Set: The Gentleman’s Companion.
