Spirited: Cocktails from Around the World

• Author: ADRIENNE STILLMAN
• Publisher: Phaison Press
• Language: English
• Publication date: 09/2020
• Number of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 28 x 20 cm
• Weight: 1500g
• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9781838661618

Overview:

The ultimate cocktail guide for every home and host – a lavish, fully illustrated global celebration of classic and cutting-edge cocktails, packed with fascinating historical detail as well as over 600 foolproof recipes

This definitive cocktail recipe book for the home bartender includes 610 cocktail recipes from 6 continents and 60 countries, with a historical span of more than 500 years. With most of the included cocktails requiring just three or four ingredients, there’s something within its covers for every novice drink-maker and expert bartender.

Featured drinks range from renowned iconic classics to lesser-known regional specialties and influential bespoke beverages – each reflecting the era, place or bar that inspired them. In Spirited, you'll also learn how to set up your home bar, with practical advice on bar tools, glassware, syrups, garnishes, and much more. Specially commissioned photography captures the glamour, elegance, and fun of the hundreds of drinks included.

This beautiful companion for every home bar is bursting with personality – each easy-to-follow recipe also provides fascinating historical and cultural information about the drink and its origins. With Spirited, you learn so much more than just how to make the drink itself.

Recipes are organized by cocktail style, with notes on country of origin and era of invention, along with infographic icons that highlight ingredients and identify low Alcohol By Volume (ABV) drinks. Essays are interspersed throughout the more than 430 pages of this beautifully designed book, with topics ranging from cocktail history, the culture surrounding aperitivo drinks and more.

Spirited, this most useful guide, concludes with comprehensive indexes by name, spirit, and ingredient, ensuring this will be the book you reach for again and again every time you want to relax, entertain, or celebrate. Cheers! Santé! Chin Chin! Skål! Salud! Prost! Bravo!

The author:

Adrienne Stillman is the author of "Spirited: Cocktails From Around the World" and "Where Bartenders Drink", both published by Phaidon. A lifelong cocktail enthusiast, she enjoys bringing people together over exceptional food and wine experiences. One of her great passions is discovering – and sharing – the rich social history that underpins our drinking traditions.

A graduate of Barnard College and the Culinary Institute of America, Adrienne is a certified sommelier. Originally from New York City, she lives in Napa Valley, California, with her husband Jake Krausz and their dog Arwen. Her favorite cocktails are the Mai Tai and the Bamboo.

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