The Little Book of Cocktails

Author: Rufus Cavendish
Publisher: Summersdale
ISBN: 1786853329
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 122

Book Description
Get into the party spirit with a masterclass in mixology Swap the drab for the dazzle with this concoction of moreish recipes and nifty tips that will equip you with everything you need to create a delicious array of incredible drinks. This book is the perfect companion for every cocktail lover. Whether you’re a budding bartender or a maestro mixologist, this handy guide will teach you everything you need to know to host an unforgettable soirée. In this book, you will find: Delicious and crowd-pleasing cocktail recipes, including the Margarita, Tom Collins, Piña Colada, Negroni and Mai Tai Expert tips, tricks and techniques on blending the perfect drink Essential equipment for stocking the ultimate home bar Ideas and instructions for creating your own party décor Insights into the history and origins of each cocktail Shaken or stirred, flaming or fizzy, let these cocktails make any occasion all the more memorable and marvellous.

The Essential Cocktail Book

Author: Editors of PUNCH
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
ISBN: 039957932X
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 354

Book Description
An indispensable atlas of the best cocktail recipes—each fully photographed—for classic and modern drinks, whether shaken, stirred, up, or on the rocks. How do you create the perfect daiquiri? In what type of glass should you serve a whiskey sour? What exactly is an aperitif cocktail? A compendium for both home and professional bartenders, The Essential Cocktail Book answers all of these questions and more—through recipes, lore and techniques for 150 drinks, both modern and classic.

An Illustrated Guide to Cocktails

Author: Orr Shtuhl
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101620196
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description
Shaken or stirred, on the rocks or straight up, every cocktail has a unique history. Bringing this rich lore to life, An Illustrated Guide to Cocktails showcases the often romantic origin of classic and modern mixed drinks and the fascinating characters who made them famous. From the crooked gangster who inspired the Jack Rose (a drink often served in Manhattan's gilded Astor mansion during the Jazz Age) to the legendary Margarita (associated with the Tijuana dancer now known by her stage name, Rita Hayworth), the spirited blend of alcohol and alchemy is showcased on each beautifully illustrated page. The drink recipes include favorite classics (such as Old Fashion, White Russian, Sidecar) alongside forgotten standards such as the Blood and Sand. With guides to various spirits, suggestions for stocking your home bar, and mixing tips and techniques, An Illustrated Guide to Cocktails brings the marvels of mixology to every home bartender.

The Pocket Book of Cocktails

Author: Ryland Peters & Small
Publisher: Ryland Peters & Small
ISBN: 9781788792059
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Whether you’re planning a cozy night in, or some “pre-drinks” with friends, The Pocket Book of Cocktails has all the classic and contemporary cocktail recipes you’ll need to enjoy at home. Fun, glamorous, and always delicious, cocktails have had a tremendous come-back into fashion and, with more and more innovative blends of spirits available, the time is ripe to join the cocktail revolution and become the bartender of your own home. Grab your shaker to mix up a sassy Cosmopolitan, imagine yourself in an uptown bar as you muddle a sophisticated Old Fashioned, or hark back to 1920’s pizzazz with the wonderfully sour, sugar-rimmed Sidecar. At the beginning of the book you’ll find handy descriptions of all the tools and tips you need to master each recipe and, after a whistle-stop tour of the best choice of glassware, you’ll be well on your way to relishing in your own irresistible creation. Each chapter then reveals the best and boldest cocktails of each spirit; vodka takes the lead, followed by gin, whiskey, and rum, before some surprises from tequila, brandy, and all things bubbly! So, ready your shaker, strainer, and swizzle sticks, and delight in the sours, slings, punches, and fizzes this book has to offer.

The Little Black Book of Martinis

Author: Nannette Stone
Publisher: Peter Pauper Press, Inc.
ISBN: 1441300171
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 145

Book Description
Get acquainted with the classic cocktail of James Bond, speakeasies, and three-martini lunches (not recommended!). This ''Essential Guide to the King of Cocktails'' serves up the lore and allure of the martini, garnished with pithy quotations and etiquette tips. More than 80 recipes will satisfy both purists and the playful. Covers martini history, the well-equipped martini bar, recipes, and the morning after. The perfect book for every imbiber!

The Little Black Book of Cocktails

Author: Virginia Reynolds
Publisher: Peter Pauper Press, Inc.
ISBN: 1441300139
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 161

Book Description
Cheers! Here's to the handiest handbook ever written about cocktails! How to mix them, how to drink them--and how to enjoy them. Included are over 150 recipes for drinkables both classic and modern. The Glossary covers spirits from A to Z. Anecdotes are included about famous drinks, drinkers, and watering holes!

The Little Book of Gin

Author: Orange Hippo!
Publisher: Orange Hippo!
ISBN: 9781911610984
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
A compendium of facts and sayings about the superior spirit, Gin.

Cocktail Codex

Author: Alex Day
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
ISBN: 160774970X
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 322

Book Description
From the authors of the bestselling and genre-defining cocktail book Death & Co, Cocktail Codex is a comprehensive primer on the craft of mixing drinks that employs the authors’ unique “root cocktails” approach to give drink-makers of every level the tools to understand, execute, and improvise both classic and original cocktails. JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER • WINNER OF THE TALES OF THE COCKTAIL SPIRITED AWARD® FOR BEST NEW COCKTAIL OR BARTENDING BOOK • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY CHICAGO TRIBUNE “There are only six cocktails.” So say Alex Day, Nick Fauchald, and David Kaplan, the visionaries behind the seminal craft cocktail bar Death & Co. In Cocktail Codex, these experts reveal for the first time their surprisingly simple approach to mastering cocktails: the “root recipes,” six easily identifiable (and memorizable!) templates that encompass all cocktails: the old-fashioned, martini, daiquiri, sidecar, whisky highball, and flip. Once you understand the hows and whys of each “family,” you'll understand why some cocktails work and others don't, when to shake and when to stir, what you can omit and what you can substitute when you're missing ingredients, why you like the drinks you do, and what sorts of drinks you should turn to—or invent—if you want to try something new. Praise for Cocktail Codex “Learn the template, and any cocktail you can think of is within reach.”—Food & Wine “Too bad all college textbooks weren’t this much fun.”—Garden & Gun “A must for amateur and pro mixologists alike.”—Chicago Tribune “If Dora the Explorer turned twenty-one, split herself into three people, and decided to write the Magna Carta of booze books, this would be the result. And, unlike every other book you’ll read this year, Cocktail Codex is packed with actual knowledge you can use in the real world. Please, please, can Cinema Codex be next?”—Steven Soderbergh, filmmaker

The Little Black Book of Shots and Shooters

Author: Eric Furman
Publisher: Peter Pauper Press, Inc.
ISBN: 1441300465
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
Here's all you need to know to become a master of mirth and mixology! Featuring recipes for more than 100 shots and shooters, etiquette tips, and bartenders' favorites, this is the quintessential ''Drinker's Guide to the Sport of Spirits.'' So go on, enjoy the most spirited of spirits, get jiggy with those jigglers, and have an all-around good time. Cheers!

The Little Book of Talent

Author: Daniel Coyle
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 034553669X
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 161

Book Description
A manual for building a faster brain and a better you! The Little Book of Talent is an easy-to-use handbook of scientifically proven, field-tested methods to improve skills—your skills, your kids’ skills, your organization’s skills—in sports, music, art, math, and business. The product of five years of reporting from the world’s greatest talent hotbeds and interviews with successful master coaches, it distills the daunting complexity of skill development into 52 clear, concise directives. Whether you’re age 10 or 100, whether you’re on the sports field or the stage, in the classroom or the corner office, this is an essential guide for anyone who ever asked, “How do I get better?” Praise for The Little Book of Talent “The Little Book of Talent should be given to every graduate at commencement, every new parent in a delivery room, every executive on the first day of work. It is a guidebook—beautiful in its simplicity and backed by hard science—for nurturing excellence.”—Charles Duhigg, bestselling author of The Power of Habit “It’s so juvenile to throw around hyperbolic terms such as ‘life-changing,’ but there’s no other way to describe The Little Book of Talent. I was avidly trying new things within the first half hour of reading it and haven’t stopped since. Brilliant. And yes: life-changing.”—Tom Peters, co-author of In Search of Excellence