by Allan Gage (Author)
This is the definitive guide to the best cocktails and the bars that made them great - the world's hottest, and coolest, places to be seen. Imagine sipping a sophisticated Bellini while watching the gondolas glide by on Venice's Grand Canal, or swinging the night away in Seoul with the sounds of Nat King Cole in your ears and a Dizzy Gillespie on the tip of your tongue. Now you can recreate these amazing experiences for yourself with the cocktail-lover's ultimate accessory of the year. Delicious recipes feature alongside their creators, the movers and shakers who drank them, and the bars they are synonymous with, each one beautifully captured by historical and contemporary photography.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
Publisher: Hamlyn
Published: 15 Oct 2006
ISBN 10: 060061543X
ISBN 13: 9780600615439
Book Overview: Introduction. 1 Bars of Northern Europe. Includes: Three-berry Sour -- LAB, London, England. 2 Bars of Southern Europe. Includes: Bora Sangria -- Bora Bora, Ibiza, Spain. 3 Bars of Africa. Includes: Wartermelon Martini -- Eclipse, Cape Town, South Africa. 4 Bars of Northern Asia. Includes: Dizzy Gillespie -- Once in a Blue, Seoul, South Korea. 5 Bars of Southern Asia. Includes: Count Downer -- Bed Supper, Bangkok, Thailand. 6 Bars of Australasia. Includes: F.A.P. -- Tank, Sydney, Australia. 7 Bars of South & Cental America. Includes: Caipirinha -- Melt, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 8 Bars of the Caribbean. Includes: Goombay Smash -- Blue Bee Bar, Abacos, Bahamas. 9 Bars of North America. Includes: Boston Sling -- The Atrium, Boston, USA. Index. Acknowledgements.