In a stylishly dressed bar-top guide, renowned bartender Calabrese introduces a definitive list of 110 drinks you’ll want to make and imbibe, topped off with recipes, delicious background stories, and glorious photographs. Anecdotes and vintage images recall classic cocktail eras from the Prohibition speakeasy to the wartime lounge. In addition to expert instructions for mixing and stocking ingredients, find out whether martinis should be shaken (James Bond) or stirred (Somerset Maugham), how Trader Vic created the Mai Tai, and why a California surfer named Harvey banged his head against the wall.
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"A witty, well-presented cocktail manual...from one of London’s most respected bartenders. A must-have.”—The New York Times
“It has all the time-honored recipes, plus lots of interesting, celebrity-laced cocktail lore and abundant illustrations.”—Bon Appétit
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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gorgeous book, good recipes,
By Barefoot Contessa (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Classic Cocktails (Hardcover)
A must have for any cocktail or pop culture fan. See what this great American pleasure is all about. This gorgeous little book delivers recipes for, as the title reads, truely CLASSIC cocktails--ones you've heard of or had before, with old advertisements, posters, pictures, etc. from the earlier half of the twentieth century to along (and photos of drinks). The book's presentation is excellent and would make a great gift for someone new to cocktail culture (or already appreciative of it), or for yourself. Even if you never get around to making the drinks, you would be satisfied just looking through the book. Small size, hard cover, quality paper, good reproductions of pictures--nice for the coffee table where guests can take a peek at it.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Yummy,
By Jacob Victory (Nutley, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Classic Cocktails (Hardcover)
This book is classy. Gives the history with really posh photographs of both ads and cocktails. Recipes are listed in simple English. Colorful. Fun.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Smooth as Scotch,
This review is from: Classic Cocktails (Hardcover)
Salvatore Calabrese has complied a stylish and helpful cocktail book. The drink facts are fascinating and the pictures are top quality. Of course you get drink recipes and instructions on how to make them, but it is presented in a way that even if you never prepare one drink from the book, it is worth a look.
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