"...a practical guide to those long, languorous and decorative drinks. In addition to recipes for recognizable classics like the Mint Julep, Mojito, Salty Dog and Screwdriver...Calabrese...also offers recipes of his own...also includes 15 equally sexy-looking nonalcoholic drinks that will delight children and abstemious adults alike...sensuous photos of these brightly colored, lavishly garnished and carefully chilled drinks should inspire potential hosts of all stripes to roll out the bar and start composing their guest lists."--Publishers Weekly.
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From Publishers Weekly
For those who prefer a somewhat more demure (and gender-neutral) approach to summer party-throwing, Salvatore Calabrese (Classic Cocktails) offers Classic Summer Cocktails, a practical guide to those long, languorous and decorative drinks. In addition to recipes for recognizable classics like the Mint Julep, Mojito, Salty Dog and Screwdriver (created, Calabrese tells us, in the 1950s when an American oil man stationed in Iran allegedly stirred his vodka and juice with a screwdriver), he also offers recipes of his own, like the Velvet Rosa, named after his mother in Maori. The book also includes 15 equally sexy-looking nonalcoholic drinks that will delight children and abstemious adults alike, from the indulgent mango drink Allegria (which means "happiness" in Italian) to the healthy Ginger Alert. The sensuous photos of these brightly colored, lavishly garnished and carefully chilled drinks should inspire potential hosts of all stripes to roll out the bar and start composing their guest lists.
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From Booklist
Summer's arrival evokes images of lazy days spent in shaded hammocks with ever-flowing pitchers of cooling drinks. Anyone looking for a novel way to slake summer thirst will find both old and new drinks in Calabrese's Classic Summer Cocktails. The parched may choose not only from the classic Collins brothers, Tom and John, but also from decidedly contemporary drinks with names such as Sex on the Beach and Cosmopolitan. Drier cocktails on the order of the original Margarita attract some, and Mai Tai and similar tropical drinks offer tastes of exotic locales. So that no one need feel left out, Calabrese has invented delightful, imaginative, liquor-free cocktails, including the fresh berry-based Forest Fizz. Mark Knoblauch
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Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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