Book Description
The number-one, best-selling drink recipe book is updated in this new edition and has 100 new drinks; an expanded martini section (200 total) with tips, techniques and secrets (and a salute to the Big Apple); a huge list of dessert drinks and a piece on the world's finest Cognac; a philosophical discussion on, and inventory of, Flavored Vodkas, Gins and Rums; and drinks that take a new slant on Floaters, Shooters and Layered Drinks.
That brings the complete drink count to 2,700. That's well over a thousand more than any other pour book.
This new edition also has an expanded wine section with Robert M. Parker's, Jr. "Wine Vintage Guide," "Parker Speaks on Wine," and Parker's glossary of wine terms.
Of course this book still has all its good old features: an index by ingredients, in depth mixing instructions, metric conversion tables, a list of every possible garnish, sections on hot drinks, frozen drinks, beers, ales, lagers, and "malternatives," and S.K.C.'s "Glossary of Club, Restaurant and Bar Terms, and Slang." (Sample Below.)
Weisenheimer(n): slang, an obnoxious person; someone who thinks their banter is clever or humorous, even though others may not.
Wounded Soldier (n): a beer that has been opened, partially consumed and left to die. See Soldier, and Dead Soldier.
Customer Reviews:
It's Really Interesting........2007-10-06
Well, I must say. That I got my bartender's black book earlier than I expected it to arrived! That was cool. Thanks!
I am learning a lot of things from this new book of mine... I find it really interesting... I took it on my job, and my co-workers find it very interesting too... I do hope my review is good enough, for your business.
I am enjoying my book, thanks! I look forward to doing more business with you in the future!
Yours sincerely,
Ms. N. Sattaur
this book is awesome!.......2007-09-27
i bought this book for my fiance and he loved it. he had been looking for a good bartenders book. it has everything in it. we are enjoying it.
Everyman's Little Black Bar Book.......2007-09-04
I have bartended off and on for over 37 years and this is the only book you will ever need. Buy it. Read it. Commit it to memory and watch the tips double, triple, or even more depending on your basic personality and present expertise in the profession.
How to make a ton of drinks and much more!.......2007-06-11
A lot of useful information! Highly recommended for new and experienced bartenders.
AWESOME!.......2007-05-13
I applogize for using the word "awesome" to describe this book but that's all that comes to mind. I've worked in the club and club/resturant area a bit but never as bartender. This book brought back memories of the most fun I had, making the least money ever. If you're interested in being a bartender, being a better mixologist or just curious about mixing drinks, I highly recommend this book. It was the best $12.95 I ever spent. And again, Amazon, your service was amazing.
Book Description
A New York Times bestseller, Absolut Book is the behind-the-scenes account of the birth and growth of this award-winning campaign and provides a definitive illustrated history of one of the most successful ad campaigns ever. It is a collector's delight with nearly five hundred ads.
Customer Reviews:
Best coffee table book!.......2007-08-27
I love Absolut ad's and have always wanted to get one. They are expensive new , so I got an used copy from an amazon seller. It came quickly and I flipped through the book for about 20 min when it arrived 2 days later. I love all the ads and they are all so clever. I might not get some of the modern art ones, but I love the city ones in particular. Anyway, I got this book for my new house and new coffee table book, I think it is one of the best hardcover coffee table book (marketing story book) ever.
As advertised - a great buy.......2007-01-11
If you like the Absolut ads, this is a good book for you. It's what you'd expect - big pictures of the Absolut ads with explanations from the ad agency guys who made it happen. A fun coffeetable book.
shaken not stirred.......2006-09-03
Compulsory addition to the coffee table library. An excellent example of a clever, consistent, cutting edge branding campaign helping to position a generic product at the top of consumer mind. Absolut genius.
Absolut Book: The Absolut Vodka Advertising Story.......2005-03-19
Absolut is one of the best selling vodkas in the world and the advertsing for it is second to none. In this fabulous book were are told the inside story behind the marketing and selling of this tasty treat. The paper is first grade and the pictures are outstanding to say the least. Absolut original with a bottle looking like a Roman ruin is probably my favorite one but there are so many nice advertising ideas that have become stupendous posters. Absolute Enivironment is also a nice one. This is a good coffee table book and a nice gift for the person that likes vodka and to read.
WOW!!.......2003-06-19
This is a wonderful, informative, and beautiful book.
This book is about the Absolut Vodka advertising campaign. How it began, and what it is about. There are many beautiful, and breath taking images which makes you see the entire light of the campaign which looks so simple from the outside. Now, you get the inside looks and it isn't simple at all but an amazing experience.
WOW!!
Book Description
Ultimate Bar Book is the first and only guide to classic and new drink recipes. Loaded with essential-to-know topics such as barware, tools, and mixing tips, this book has it all. As a mistress of mixology, the author has the classics down to a T the Martini, the Bloody Mary, plus the many variations (the Dirty Martini, the Virgin Mary). And then there are all the creative new elixirs the author brings to the table, like the Tasmanian Twister Cocktail or the Citron Sparkler. Illustrations show precisely what type of glass should be used for each drink. With dozens of recipes for garnishes, rims, infusions, and syrups; punches, gelatin shooters, hot drinks, and non-alcoholic beverages; and let's not forget an essential selection of hangover remedies, Ultimate Bar Book is nothing short of top-shelf.
Customer Reviews:
Very good help.......2007-10-03
It's a very good bar book. It has helped me a lot. The only problem is that it should have and index for each liquor and its definition. Sometimes I have the name of a liquor and is hard to find where it says what it is. But the rest is perfect!
Great looking book.......2007-08-13
I'm new to drinking. I love this book. It has a picture and description of different glasses and bar equipment. Each recipe shows what glass to use. Some recipes have other names the drink is known by or the history of the drink. This is an excellent book!
The best bar book out there.......2007-06-19
I have over ten books that contain drink recipes and this is by far the best. It has tons of drink recipes. The drinks are all the standard names, rather than the crazy names in many books. It also has lots on information that is really unobtrusive, because what you really want when you buy a book like this is drink recipes.
It has a very nice cover. I've spilled stuff on it, and it's wiped right off. Plus, this book is nice enough that no matter how fancy-schmancy your bar is, then this book will fit right in.
It has illustrations of the kind of glass for every drink, which is very cool, because I can never remember what an old-fashioned glass is.
Also, it has sketches of all of the different kinds of bar equipment out there. I never knew there were five different kinds of wine openers, and they are a butler's friend, classic corkscrew, lever pull, screwpull, sommelier's corkscrew and a winged corkscrew. My new goal is to collect all five.
It also has different, cool information about the different alcohols. Like it talked about how Don Jose Maria Guadalupe Cuervo was the one who invented tequila in 1795. I love Cuervo tequila, so it was cool to know how it got started.
Expansive Mixology Guide.......2007-04-14
The Ultimate Bar Book, at 450 pages, is as comprehensive as you are likely ever to need. It provides recipes to the classics and all of their variants, newly fashionable drinks, and provides rational commentary on the ingredients--whether to use the pricey ones or not, and what equivalents you might use. It even provides a guide to the barware for each drink.
The book is well constructed and attractive. Its enjoyable just to thumb through it, and to see what is in so many drinks. The mixing trends come out after a brief review of the many drinks--you can easily expand your cocktail repertoire without the fuss of mixing and failing several times.
I recommend the book as a basic bar staple. If you enjoy the art of "mixology," this is a fun sourcebook.
Best book to start with or add to collection.......2007-04-04
This was my first book I bought to do with making drinks and I couldn't be happier. First of all, the book itself is amazing, great hard cover and beautiful pages. Next, the author really spends some time going over 101 of making drinks. Lastly, the recipes are very well put together along with side notes for variations and suggested substitutes. At the end, the author even gives drink recipes for morning after remedies. And again, I must point out the beauty of the book, sure it's hard to keep it open, but unless you are actually a professional bartender needing a spiral book, the Ultimate Bar Book is beautiful enough to just be a decorative item in the kitchen. It's also nice how the author will stop and take a minute to discuss the classic cocktails and their histories, etc. The author also takes breaks in the book to talk about the individual alcohol's themselves using elegant page colors and patterns. Funny enough, having this book now makes me want to go out and buy another bar book, but I actually can't find another one that meets the beauty, elegance, sophistication, amount of knowledge, insights gained, and completeness as the "Ultimate Bar Book: The Comprehensive Guide to Over 1,000 Cocktails".
Bravo! And I will be waiting for what will come next from Mittie Hellmich.
Book Description
From pre–Civil War bartending to the night clubs of the 1940s, these bar books document the trends and mores of their respective eras. Beginning with the first known recipe book compiled for those seeking to serve sophisticated beverages, through the birth of many of the 21st century's drink standards and the tales of those who consumed them, these drink guides provide an insider's glimpse into the excess and splendor of the pre- and post-Prohibition eras.
Based on the actual bar book used by the Waldorf-Astoria prior to Prohibition, this collection of cocktails serves up more than 350 recipes. In addition to documenting the origin of many cocktails and mixed drinks still commonplace today, the book chronicles the background of their creation and the antics of some of the cronies—Buffalo Bill Cody and Bat Masterson, among others—who were regulars at the bar.
Customer Reviews:
A great buy for cocktail enthusiasts!.......2006-02-25
Albert Crockett's The Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book belongs on the shelf of any curious mixologist or cocktail enthusiast. This version is basically a reprint and repackaging of the original 1935 (1934?) edition. The quality of the typefaces and illustrations is pretty decent and the hardcover binding is great. For $10 this is a real value!
Mr. Jasper's review seems to miss one key element: Yes Mr. Crockett sounds a bit old and crusty and like he's telling your grandfather's stories...this book was published in 1935! Not only that, his assumed title on the first page is "Historian of the Old Waldorf-Astoria." And yes, by no means is this a good book for those wishing to mix modern drinks for a run-of-the-mill bar crowd. There are countless others out there for that purpose. However, it is an excellent read on the origin of modern cocktails, and spins some intriguing stories of the pre-Prohibition era. Perhaps it will inspire modern imbibers to seek out things like orange bitters, Benedictine, and a complement of glassware. Oh and by the way, Mr. Crockett recommends rye whiskey for the Manhattan. ;)
A related book (written 60 years later or so) is the excellent Cocktail: The Drinks Bible for the 21st Century (Harrington, Moorhead). It contains small essays on all the classic coktails as well recipes, background information, mixing techniques, etc. For some reason this book is still out of print, leading to ridiculous prices of $65 or more in the used market. If you can't score a copy you can read most of it at the Hotwired Cocktailtime web site.
Cocktail Archaeology.......2005-05-28
To start, this book isn't bad - but it's not useful. Basically this is like hearing long stories from your grandfather's "glory days" as a young man. My impression or guesses about the author is that he's an older gentleman who finds today's chain restaurant and trendy, "theme" bars an abomination when compared to the days of "real" cocktail drinking from the early days of the 20th century and those nasty days of prohibition. To some degree, he's right - anyone who orders a chocolate martini should be shot dead on the spot. Many of the acne-scarred kids behind the bar of a Friday's or whathaveyou have no more an idea of what a Manhattan is, other than a big city somewhere in New York State. That said, there are some interesting eye-witness accounts on what it was like to drink during prohibition - who knew? Scary sounding stuff.
On the whole, this is like listening to an older person's windy stories about "when I was your age..." There's much value and merit in that - don't get me wrong. Cocktail recipe-wise, the recipes are too old and outdated to be of any use to anyone, unless you're trying to open a theme bar under the prohibition theme - in which case you're probably more concerned about decor and finding a life-size cardboard Al Capone than authentically mixed cocktails. That brings us to what I took to be the author's point - there are too few "real" bartenders are out there - those who know a Manhattan should be made with bourbon, not blended whiskey and should always use a dash of bitters. Our world has changed and to some degree, sadly passsed the need for that kind of bartender by. People today are too interested in seeing a silly juggling act behind the bar and tastes have changed away from people who enjoy the taste of spirits to those who want to cover up that nasty alcohol taste with candy. Kiddie drinks are now the norm, and this book laments the passing of the real cocktails - those that don't include whole fruit or blenders.
You'll get better history out of Cocktails in New York. This is an archaeological work - you'll need to know your subject before digging in. You won't be gleefully making drinks from this book for your friends - I dare you to find 8 people who will drink any of these without complaint that they're too strong or aren't sweet enough. These are not drinks for anyone who has ever had a frozen anything or mixes anything with Coke, Sprite, etc. If anyone tells you "I like Chambord" or any of the zillion fakey, flavored schnapps, they will not like these cocktails. Cocktail drinker eschew those sugary, candy flavored liquids. I'm a bar manager and refuse to even stock them. Kiddie drinkers can go drink at a kiddies bar.
A great Bar Book.......2003-10-23
This is a unique book. It will give you much pleasure to read a brief and humorous history of the Prohibition years in America, with a collection of pre and post-prohibition cocktail drunk at the old Waldorf Bar, followed by a listing of pre-war mixed drinks. For each drink, you are treated with a delightful and humorous anecdote that will make great cocktail conversation.
For historians, there is a brief explanation of the origin and meaning of names given to each drink.
This book will make a great gift for anyone who appreciates a drink at cocktail time.
Great addition to my Bar Book Collection.......2003-10-20
This beautifully reproduced book brings back a joyful recollection of history wrapped around the practical drink recipes that all my friends enjoy while I make them drinks in my home bar.
Customer Reviews:
Love this book!.......2007-06-11
We recently had a cocktail party, and put this book on the bar so people could check it out and try something new. It was a hit with all, which included 20-somethings to 50-somethings.
Love this little book!.......2004-08-06
I got this gift for a best friend's 21st birthday (in addition to the Little Black Book for Smoothies). Such a great book! It is hardcover spiral and has an elastic band so you can store it wherever without bending the pages. Cute cover: black book (of course) with circular green label that says the title (whereas the Smoothie book has a pink label). Very chic, cute design, something anyone would absolutely love! Had to buy another set for me!
Stired, not shaken.......2004-05-20
I was really impressed with this little book. It wasn't just a cookbook for drinks. Rather, it emphasizes the elegance of mixing drinks. Some people might think this book is a little pretentious, but then again, mixing cocktails is sort of a pretentious thing to do. The book does a good job of making the art of mixing cocktails seem very grown-up and swanky.
I'm a pleased beginner........2004-01-28
I picked up this book because it's small and it's spiral bound and lays flat when open. What is actually in the book I found to be very useful.
This book covers essential barware, glassware (with drawings), mixers/garnishes, and techniques (including how to flame a drink & how to properly layer drinks). The drink recipes are broken down into these categories: Cocktails Classique, The Martini, Urban Chic, Punch Up That Party, From the Tropics, Naughty Drinks, and Finishing Touches. The drinks I have tried so far have been very good, and have a good jumping board for alcohol to mixer ratio in each recipe.
There is also a glossary with some brief descriptions of the liquors, types of cocktails (ie Sling, Rickey), and various other terms associated with mixing.
Perhaps the most helpful part of this book is the index. This lists all the drinks first by name, then by primary alcohol, and finally by color/flavoring. Very handy when you have only one particular liquor on hand. Overall, it's perhaps the only book needed for a casual at home mixing experience.
Book Description
Cocktails in Tahiti is a visually stunning, full color showpiece combining a playful yet sophisticated look at Tahiti's magnificent luxury resorts and their most delicious, flirtatious, and slightly decadent cocktails. Filled with unusual insights, folklore, and facts about Tahiti and her islands,
Cocktails in Tahiti has something to tempt and delight all tastes.
Over 50 sumptuous cocktail recipes blend exotic fruits, juices, and liquors providing a flavorful and vibrant palette from which to capture the fun and often elegant mood of these captivating islands. You'll learn the history of the legendary Mai Tai, Tahiti's most famous cocktail, and discover the secrets of the intriguing rums, vodkas, and distinctive liqueurs used in creating Tahiti's most celebrated libations.
A special section features the signature cocktail recipes from Tahiti's most outstanding luxury resorts along with spectacular photographs and overviews of these renowned hotels.
Whether served from a coconut or elegantly chilled in a martini glass of fine crystal, the flowering and colorful cocktails of Tahiti have an undeniable presence all their own. If you are dreaming of a future trip or reliving special memories from a past visit to these beautiful islands, this wonderful collection of delightful drink recipes, dazzling hotel photographs, and distinctive insights will put you in a tropical, tranquil mood as you sip your way to our magical paradise.
Al Keahi, Managing Director, Tahiti Tourism Bureau N.A:
A must have book of fun and facts for anyone who has visited or dreams of visiting Tahiti.
New Book Resources, October 2006:
We can't wait to try out the recipes and imagine that we are at one of the featured, dreamlike hotels.
Vincent Guerin, Director of Sales, Starwood Hotels & Resorts French Polynesia:
The finest collection of resort photographs and cocktail recipes from across Tahiti.
Customer Reviews:
What a fun and entertaining book!.......2007-08-05
Not only does this book have a wealth of information on a destination we long to travel to, but it offers a wide variety of fun and DELICIOUS drinks.
We love to entertain and it has been great having 'Cocktails in Tahiti' out at our parties...quite a conversation piece! Everyone loves the stunning photos of Tahiti, the scrumptious drinks, and the intriguing facts of the islands. Thank you!
Experience a whole new world of Cocktails!.......2007-04-28
Always looking for new and exciting cocktails to try, I purchased this book. Each page became more interesting, not only for the drinks presented but for the knowledge that Mr. Bondurant shares about Tahiti, it's culture, local accomodations, etc.
The photos are exceptional and each drink I have mixed has been better than the last. I have bought several as gifts for coworkers and friends. You won't be disappointed!
Cocktails from paradise at your fingertips.......2007-02-06
"Cocktails in Tahiti" is a must have for any lover of spirits with a tropical flair. The author has artfully put together a wonderful collection of cocktails, both old and new, from the scenic paradise of Tahiti. Colorful photographs and descriptions of each drink will have your mouth watering to imbibe several of these treats from the South Pacific. If you are looking for something new to bring some tropical flavor to your cocktail library, then you need this book!
This book will make you fall in love with Tahiti.......2006-12-18
I have always wanted to go to the Tahitian islands but have never had the opportunity. Now, after reading "Cocktails in Tahiti", I am planning a trip to Tahiti for next Summer. I originally thought "Cocktails in Tahiti" would give me some good ideas for entertaining, but soon found out it contained many intersting nuggets about the islands and their history. To sum it up, I am packed and ready to go to these beautiful islands.
If you've ever dreamed of a tropical vacation or just need to brighten up your winter, you should read this book.
Beautiful Book.......2006-12-09
I have never been to Tahiti, but after reading the fun, informative facts about Tahiti, seeing the beautiful pictures, and sampling some of the excellent cocktail recipes, I am ready to go!
Mr. Bondurant's love and knowledge of Tahiti come through clearly in the book, which is very well laid out. It provides enough information and explains things in such a way that an amateur can make delicious Tahitian cocktails as well as the most experienced bartender. The fun facts about Tahiti, along with summaries of the total hotels and the gorgeous pictures, makes this book a must have.
Until I can take my first trip to Tahiti, this book will help bring a little Tahiti to my home.
Book Description
On the rocks or frozen, with lemon or lime, with salt or without, nothing conjures up the festive spirit of Mexico and the Southwest quite like a margarita—especially one made with the best tequila. Al Lucero, owner of Maria's Restaurant in Santa Fe, has served up his nationally acclaimed, authentic margaritas for nearly 20 years. In this revised edition of THE GREAT MARGARITA BOOK, Al offers more than 85 of his special formulas along with profiles of more than 75 premium tequilas, including discussions of the all-important blue agave and methods of tequila production, classification, and labeling. Also featuring recipes for spicy dishes from Maria's and other great tequila drinks, THE GREAT MARGARITA BOOK is the quintessential guide to America's most festive cocktail. ¡Salud!
Customer Reviews:
Fair book; lousy service.......2007-07-31
I just visited Maria's Restaurant, owned by Al Lucero, in Santa Fe, NM, and have never, in all my world travels, experienced such bad service as I did this evening. The waitor was horrid, rude and incompetent. The food was cold and dry, and the margarita was fair at best.
This restaurant has a reputation for being wonderful. It is NOT! Don't waste your time visiting the restaurant, or buying the book. There is no information in the book that can't be found quite easily elsewhere, and after my experience with the author and his family restaurant, I will burn the first book I've ever burned in my long life.
The Great Margarita Book.......2007-01-06
This book was just what I needed. I own a Liquor store in southern oregon and was looking for some kind of book with the background and information about Tequila. A very informitive book with the background of the best tequilas. I have since stoked the store with most of those referenced in the book. Friends and I have a joyeous time using the recepies in the book. If you are looking for a great margarita then this is the book for you.
The complete book of one recipe.......2005-11-01
This book has very good chapters regarding the origins of the margarita and about the different types of tequila. But, as far as margarita recipes... well... it's the same recipe over and over substituting different brands of tequila and orange liqueur. The proportions of tequila to liqueur to lemon (or lime) juice are itentical for each "recipe."
But, I must give some credit to the author... he does clearly state on page 30: "Although the mixing procedure is essentially the same for each margarita, the tequila and orange liqueur--or combination of the two--change from recipe to recipe." But, with that said, the whole book could have been reduced to a one-page chart with all of the tequilas listed on the page with "best mixed with" liqueur type listed next to it. Instead, we are treated to a whole book with identical "recipes" where the quantities remain the same, only the tequila brand names and liqueur brand names change.
Regarding the different types of tequila, the author likes to use the example of maple syrup. You have different grades of syrup that all taste different, then there's the syrups that are mixed with corn syrup. True, this is a good analogy for how different tequilas are made (100% agave vs. mixtos), but I think this analogy best fits the recipes in this book! For example, this book is similar to that of a pancake book that lists the same pancake recipe over and over, only the reader is instructed to use a different type of maple syrup for each "recipe." Yup, that's how this book reads!
I have a very good margarita recipe at home, it calls for the use of tequila, sweet & sour mix, Grand Marnier, Cointreau, and fresh orange juice. It makes an excellent margarita! But, there's nothing like it in this book... just the same basic recipe over-and-over-and-over again.
There are other books that are better at explaining how tequila is made and the differences between the brands... I would recommend buying those books to learn about tequila. Once you have a solid underatanding of tequila, then search the Internet and try various recipes.
True Aficionados Handbook on Margaritas.......2004-06-02
Having tried many "authentic" margaritas, Maria's is truly the pinnacle. Don't buy this book if you are trying to duplicate a Chile's "premium" frozen margarita. If you go to Maria's and ask for a frozen margarita, they just might throw you out of the place. True the three ingredients are almost always 100% agave tequila, triple-sec (Bols, Cointreau, & Grand Marnier), and lemon juice (for its year-round consistency) or lime juice, but they have matched different tequilas to go with different triple-secs. Throw away all your preconceptions of what a margarita should tastle like, and really try one of these great recipes. Better yet hit Marias's in Santa Fe for a couple of their super premium margaritas. Enjoy!
A One Recipe Book.......2003-07-21
If all you want is one recipe for a margarita this is the book for you. It takes the same formula over and over (tequila, triple sec and lime juice) then varies the type of tequila and triple sec. What a waste of good paper. But it is printed well, great layout, nice photos and illustrations.
Average customer rating:
- The best compilation I've seen yet.
- a unique guide organized by spirit type.
- GREAT all-round cocktail guide for bar tenders!
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Complete Book of Mixed Drinks, The (Revised Edition): More Than 1,000 Alcoholic and Nonalcoholic Cocktails
Anthony Dias Blue
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Book Description
With more than 100 new recipes for cocktails, mixed drinks, and nonalcoholic beverages, this revised edition of Anthony Dias Blue's classic guide fills us in on what we need to know:
- How to stock a bar, listing alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages by probable frequency of use.
- Bar and cocktail definitions -- learn the difference between a julep and a smash, a toddy and a flip.
- Calorie charts, mixology tips, and illustrated descriptions of glasses.
Organized by spirit, each chapter is introduced by an accessible and eloquent essay. Discover more than 1,000 recipes for cocktails, categorized by Classics, Creative Concoctions, Signature Drinks, and Tropical Drinks -- everything from the popular Martini and the Coco Loco to Trader Vic's West Indies Punch, a Midori Sour, and a Velvet Hammer.
Whether entertaining, bartending, or simply relaxing with a favorite drink, this is the must-have bar book.
Customer Reviews:
The best compilation I've seen yet........2002-01-20
This was my first cocktail book I ever bought, and it's still my favorite. Anthony Dias Blue goes into detail about bar setup, the do's and don'ts of making drinks, and even the history of the different alcohols and liqueurs. My favorite sections are the signature drink sections, where famous bars have their well-known drinks described in detail. There is a large portion of non-alcoholic drinks to boot.
I recommend this book to everyone, and even may buy myself a new one, as my current copy is water-stained. :D
a unique guide organized by spirit type........2001-11-30
this book is unique among bartending/mixed drink books because it's organized by type of spirit. in other words, if you have tequila in the liquor cabinet and nothing else, you can go to the section marked "tequila" and see what mixed drinks are available to you. it also includes an informative and interesting introduction to each spirit explaining it's history, distillation, and other tidbits. this is my favorite guide i've come across.
GREAT all-round cocktail guide for bar tenders!.......2000-08-03
As a bar tender, I found this book an excellent resource in my line of work. I do live in Australia and although some of the metric conversions might be difficult for the average home buyer of this book, most people who work in this industry know what an Oz is and can follow the measuring units easily. Great layout, with easy to follow steps and illustrations. Also a GREAT selection of non-alcoholic drinks (the most I've seen) to satisfy the non-drinkers out there. An excellent size, so it is handy if you do plan to use this in a bar to store under the counter. Good value book for the busy bar tenders out there, or for the home user who likes to impress friends.
Book Description
From pre–Civil War bartending to the night clubs of the 1940s, these bar books document the trends and mores of their respective eras. Beginning with the first known recipe book compiled for those seeking to serve sophisticated beverages, through the birth of many of the 21st century's drink standards and the tales of those who consumed them, these drink guides provide an insider's glimpse into the excess and splendor of the pre- and post-Prohibition eras.
A famous oasis after the ravages of Prohibition, the Stork Club was the place for celebrities to see and be seen. This bar book offers a historical glimpse into the high life in New York City at this legendary spot and who was drinking which concoctions. Penned by a legendary wit and bon vivant, this book contains recipes, humor, and stories about the rich and famous who frequented this elegant club, and sly essays on such subjects as the mint julep and the zombie.
Customer Reviews:
Fantastic New York Nighlife Collectible.......2003-11-28
There is simply no other Bar Book out there that matches this truly rare book in recipes and commentary threaded with a colorful history. It is simply a "MUST HAVE" for anyone who collects Bar Books or Stork Club memorabilia.
From the Roaring Twenties to the chaotic Sixties, The Stork Club (Owned by Sherman Billingsley) was New York's hottest nightclub. It was a glittering world where celebrities, politicians and millionaires congregated.
Return to the glory days of New York long since gone and browse the club's legendary bartender's manual.
Book Description
Once found only in sushi bars and Japanese restaurants outside its native land, sake now lines the shelves of our gourmet food shops, liquor stores, supermarkets, and restaurants of all types. And as sake increasingly becomes a part of the way we dine and entertain, people everywhere are looking for guidance in sorting out the confusing and intimidating array of choices available.
In
The Book of Sake, brew master Philip Harper provides all the information anyone needs to discover the many pleasures of Japan's national tipple. Harper, the only non-Japanese to rise to the official rank of Master Brewer, describes
- how to find each sake's sweet spot
- how to distinguish all types of sake
- how to enjoy their distinctive flavor and bouquet
- what makes a good sake
- how to match sake with food
- where sake is made, and its regional flavor
- how sake is made
- how professional tasters judge sake
- how to have a home sake-tasting party
and much more.
Harper also introduces tidbits of sake lore (as only an insider can), a groundbreaking new tasting chart, and a selection of sakes for all palates and pocketbooks by the esteemed sake journalist Haruo Matsuzaki. To round out the volume, Harper offers a fascinating tour of Japan's sake regions, then presents the most intriguing view of the sake brew master's art ever to be published in English.
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