Books - Alcoholic Drinks
Party Drinks |
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Purists nearly gag at the mention
of currently popular cocktails such as chocolate martinis. Nevertheless,
bartenders today offer up a host of new drinks to attract a younger, more
adventuresome clientele. Wisniewski's formulas for Party Drinks follow
classic bar proportions, but he intersperses the new Cosmopolitan and
Nutty Martini and their ilk among classics along the lines of the Perfect
Manhattan, Old Fashioned, and Mint Julep. This is a useful tool to update
an aging or neglected beverage collection. |
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The Perfect Drink for Every Occasion |
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Introducing the world’s first
practical guide to booze: Just pick the occasion and we’ll select
the libation—complete with recipes, secrets, and tips. Your daughter
told you she’s getting married? Drink this. Got a new job? Cheers,
and drink this. Been a long day? Drink this, and make it a double. Traveling
to London? Need to lose weight? Want to impress your co-workers? Don’t
worry. Alcohol aficionado Duane Swierczynski will give you the recipes
and rationale behind every mixed drink imaginable . . . and then some.
Chock-full of Margaritas, White Russians, Gin Rickeys, Harvey Wallbangers,
Cosmopolitans, Hot Toddys, Jungle Juice, Eggnog, Sex on the Beach, and
142 other favorites, The Perfect Drink for Every Occasion is comprehensive
enough to be the only bar book you’ll ever need. |
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Classic After-Dinner Drinks |
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From the world's best bartender,
the perfect companion to his bestselling Classic Cocktails. Finish off
a delicious dinner with drinks luxurious (brandies, armagnacs, and cognacs),
smooth and earthy (malt whisky), and rich and distinguished (port). Linger
with liqueurs sweet and luscious to the palate, and savor the ideal partner
to all these drinks: a fine cigar. Along with the recipes for such classic
treats as the Blanche Cocktail and the Blushin' Russian, plus his own
much-praised originals, Calabrese dishes up delicious history, definitions
of the different varieties, and advice on choosing a brand, tasting and
testing, and serving. Throughout, there are boxed sidebars and a multitude
of color photographs showing the regions from which these liquors come,
their processing, and a range of delightful vintage posters, advertisements,
and drawings. |
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Sexy City Cocktails |
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Funny and informative, March 5,
2004
Reviewer: A reader from Jamaica Plain, MA United States
I love books with anecdotes in the margins! They make all the recipes
that much more appealing. The notes themselves are fun to read, and they
make it easy and fun to select a recipe. I also like how the book is organized.
I will recommend this book to others. |
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Wine Lover's Drink Book |
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Supplies more than 300 recipes
for a variety of punches and mixed drinks combining wines with fruit juices,
liquors, liqueurs, and other ingredients. |
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Home Made Beverages |
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Home Made Beverages: The Manufacture of Non-Alcoholic and Alcoholic Drinks
in the Household
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After-Dinner Drinks |
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After-Dinner Drinks: Discovering,
Exploring, Enjoying
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Booze |
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From an award-winning contributing
writer to Esquire, Wine Enthusiast, and Time Out's Eating & Drinking
Guide comes a colorful guide to the beverages of choice for today's sophisticated
drinker. Find out how to choose, buy, taste, and even surf the web for
wine. For spirits: whether tequila or whiskey, all the facts are distilled
into neat shots of essential information. Check out the brewing department,
which details the differences between stout, porter, lager and ale. Cheers! |
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Cocktail |
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Paul Harrington, a.k.a. "The
Alchemist" of www.cocktailtime.com, HotWired's popular cocktail Web
site, amuses and enlightens, while making the reader feel like an insider
in today's swinging, hip cocktail culture in Cocktail. It is true that
there is a bit of the mixologist in each of us, and this book provides
all the information you need to produce a perfectly blended Gibson, Petit
Zinc, or any other drink your friends are likely to request. Harrington
presents a well-organized and thorough guide to drink making, beginning
by explaining the intricacies of mixers, spirits, garnishes, glassware,
and how to stock a home bar. He goes on to recount the history behind
64 classic cocktails (the Lemon Drop may have fern bar origins, but it
still meets with the Alchemist's approval), giving proportions for each
drink, with precise instructions and a mouthwatering illustration of the
finished result. Harrington finishes with a comprehensive list of drink
recipes, and a glossary that clarifies obscure cocktail jargon. (How does
Chartreuse get its color, anyway?) His voice is authoritative but witty
throughout; he comments with sarcastic affection on this era that he terms
the "Revival of American Drinking". Slip on your smoking jacket,
grab a copy of Cocktail, and mix up a pitcher of Gimlets tonight. |
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