Cocktails for Wimps: Shake, Blend & Serve the Coolest Cocktails [Paperback]

Salvatore Calabrese (Author), James Duncan (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 28, 2002 | Series: For Wimps

Help is here to remedy your lack of skills at mixology! Salvatore Calabrese, the world's top bartender, takes you on a visual tour through what to stock, presentation skills, harmonizing flavors and, of course, superb recipes: Blue Monday (with gin, Cointreau, and soda water in a highball filled with ice); a classic Bloody Mary for brunch; a Kiss on the Lips (bourbon and apricot juice), and a Manhattan, Negroni, Seabreeze, and lots more.

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From the Back Cover

Cocktail wimps will become cool mix masters with the superb recipes and trade secrets of the maestro, Salvatore Calabrese. Feel in control knowing the essential equipment to use and the glassware that is right for every drink; how to mix, shake, blend, and layer drinks, including nonalcholic ones; and even create unique concotions for your favorite people.
Become an expert at preparing familiar cocktails like a Bellini, Bloody Mary, Cosmopolitan, and Piña Colada. Entice guests with such exciting exotics as an Amalfi Dream and Sydney Sling. And delight a party with punches, including an Italian Spritzer. Then sit back, relax, and kick off your shoes--it's cocktail hour!

About the Author

About the Author
Salvatore Calabrese has been mixing cocktails since he was a young man working in a bar on Italy's glorious Amalfi coast. Moving to London he quickly established himself as one of the most imaginative bartenders around. He's been Bartender of the Year, Vice President of the UK Bartenders' Guild, and a much sought after expert on Cognac, and the author of the wordwide bestsellers, Classic Cocktails, Classic After Dinner Cocktails, and Classic Summer Cocktails. He is the acclaimed Bar Manager at the posh Lanesborough Hotel, at London's Hyde Park Corner.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Sterling (April 28, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806985097
• ISBN-13: 978-0806985091
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,203,984 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A nice addition to any collection, November 19, 2002

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Sheri Ann Johnson "paperback_princess" (Tampa Bay, FL, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cocktails for Wimps: Shake, Blend & Serve the Coolest Cocktails (Paperback)

This book contained a lot of recipes that I have not heard before, some real show stoppers! It gets into how to properly "layer" different liqueurs to create the "wow" effect. It has colored pictures to help you master the layering techniques. Any drink mixer would be proud to add this book to his collection.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great beginner book, August 17, 2003

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This review is from: Cocktails for Wimps: Shake, Blend & Serve the Coolest Cocktails (Paperback)

This is not a "cocktail bible." There are other books like Dale Degroff's that fill that slot. Instead, this is a fabulous picture book for beginners. If you get frustrated with how-to books with confusing written instructions, this is the coctail book for you.

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun, colorful, helpful book, January 4, 2011

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This review is from: Cocktails for Wimps: Shake, Blend & Serve the Coolest Cocktails (Paperback)

I bought this several years ago at a book fair at work and just bought another one for my sister-in-law. Most of the drinks are fairly simple and it has beautiful pictures and easy instructions. My friends love choosing drinks from it. Note: if you're looking for guava juice, Wholefoods has it in juice boxes.