The Cocktail Handbook

by David Biggs (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2002

  $109.64

  This handbook is for those interested in mixing their own alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. The book begins with a history of cocktails from America's prohibition period to their transformation into a chic, modern drink, and looks at famous cocktail bars today. It features the glasses, equipment, base spirits and mixers necessary to create a wide range of classic and unusual cocktails. There is also a short section of hangover cures and non-alcoholic cocktails. The selection of recipes includes all the classics plus more unusual and exotic concoctions, including hot and cold punches, shooters, shakers and flamers, liqueur coffees, ice-cream cocktails and non-alchoholic cocktails.

• Used

  Paperback
  2003

  $3.25

• Used

  Hardcover
  1999

  $3.25

  They're fun to mix and fun to drink- these more than 140 cocktails and mixed drinks range from classics such as the martini and the Bloody Mary to exciting, fiery little shooters such as Love Bite and Cactus Flower. This definative guide, chockfull of witty quotes and photos, looks back at the history of cocktail-making, highlights world-famous bars and bartenders, and offers invaluable ideas for stocking your own bar, hangover cures for the over-indulgent, and non-alcohol versions for drivers, children, and non-drinkers. But, the recipes are the pieces de resistance, and they include the Sidecar, Widow's Kiss, Singapore Sling, Volga Boatman, Rattlesnake, and Death in the Afternoon-a champagne-based trear. Along with the instructions for whipping up these delicious drinks, there are entertaining accounts of their origins and suggestions for garnishes.