Drink & Tell is just that -- a cocktail historian's tour of Boston, a city he knows and loves. Included are over 500 drink recipes created and served by more than 40 bars and restaurants in Boston. While there are plenty of recipes inside from heavy hitters like Eastern Standard and Drink who have basked in well-deserved international attention, the author also hopes to bring to light the other establishments which have crafted amazing drinks through the years to help make Boston a cocktail town. Drink & Tell is perfect for the home bartender, for the Boston barfly looking for a memento, and for trade bartenders near and far for inspiration on improving the cocktail scenes in their cities.
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"Drink & Tell is an excellent tour of Boston's cocktail world, and a fine look at local dedication to quality and innovation. Some of the best bartenders in the country are working in Boston, and they deserve a wider spotlight. Cheers to Yarm for providing it." - SeriousEats
"Drink & Tell is not a big, glossy, coffee table cocktail book. It doesn't have to be. What Fred Yarm has done... is assemble a personal modern history of drinks around Boston. Basically, he has used his years of research... and given it to us in one concise reference." - BostonGlobe
"Compiling more than 500 recipes from some 40 bars throughout the city, the book is a great tool for the home bartender looking to branch out." - Metro
"It's an excellent cocktail book... there are plenty of "basic" or "classic" cocktail books out there, but Drink & Tell goes a different direction and features new or evolutionary cocktails from bartenders all over Boston. What you get is 500 recipes that expand your repertoire and offer inspiration. If you feel like 'you've tried them all,' Drink & Tell will suggest otherwise." - PutneyFarms
"Drink & Tell is not a big, glossy, coffee table cocktail book. It doesn't have to be. What Fred Yarm has done... is assemble a personal modern history of drinks around Boston. Basically, he has used his years of research... and given it to us in one concise reference." - BostonGlobe
"Compiling more than 500 recipes from some 40 bars throughout the city, the book is a great tool for the home bartender looking to branch out." - Metro
"It's an excellent cocktail book... there are plenty of "basic" or "classic" cocktail books out there, but Drink & Tell goes a different direction and features new or evolutionary cocktails from bartenders all over Boston. What you get is 500 recipes that expand your repertoire and offer inspiration. If you feel like 'you've tried them all,' Drink & Tell will suggest otherwise." - PutneyFarms
About the Author
Fred Yarm is a blogger, author, and cocktail enthusiast living in Boston, Massachusetts. His work researching the recipes of the Boston cocktail scene for the Cocktail Virgin blog recently took book form as a 500 drink retrospective of the city's cocktail renaissance entitled Drink & Tell: A Boston Cocktail Book.
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Fred Yarm is a blogger, author, and cocktail enthusiast living in Boston, Massachusetts. His work researching the recipes of the Boston cocktail scene for the Cocktail Virgin blog recently took book form as a 500 drink retrospective of the city's cocktail renaissance entitled Drink & Tell: A Boston Cocktail Book.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Excellent collection of modern cocktail recipes for the well-stocked bar
October 2, 2012
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As the owner of several cocktail books, Yarm's 'Drink and Tell' has made a great addition to the my library. If you follow his Cocktail Virgin blog, you'll find this book to be a nicely edited version of 500 or so recipes that have been blogged there throughout the years. The drinks are mostly created by several Boston-area cocktail bars or Yarm himself, and they are of an exceptionally high quality. These represent some of the best modern cocktail crafting going on today. Be warned that many of the drinks require some specific and varied spirits and modifiers so you may have trouble creating a lot of them at home without a decent bar.
Beyond the recipes, the book begins with a lengthy description of the Boston bar scene. Having never been to Boston, this wasn't all that interesting to me, but it would provide a good guide for a cocktail tour of the city if you live there or are planning a visit. The book also includes a quick look at the mechanics and techniques involved, but this is covered in far more depth in books like Regan's 'Joy of Mixology'. The end of the book includes a large list of recipes for various homemade syrups used with a handy index of which cocktails each is used in.
The cocktails are high-quality, the instructions are clear, and the alphabetical layout is nice for quick browsing. Most recipes contained in the book have much longer and insightful tasting notes and photos on the blog. Since those aren't in the book, I encourage readers to look up drinks they make for this extra information - it will be well worth it. My only complaint is that there is no index by spirit/ingredient, only by creation or serving location.
This is a book home mixers and bartenders alike will find themselves going to time and time again.
Beyond the recipes, the book begins with a lengthy description of the Boston bar scene. Having never been to Boston, this wasn't all that interesting to me, but it would provide a good guide for a cocktail tour of the city if you live there or are planning a visit. The book also includes a quick look at the mechanics and techniques involved, but this is covered in far more depth in books like Regan's 'Joy of Mixology'. The end of the book includes a large list of recipes for various homemade syrups used with a handy index of which cocktails each is used in.
The cocktails are high-quality, the instructions are clear, and the alphabetical layout is nice for quick browsing. Most recipes contained in the book have much longer and insightful tasting notes and photos on the blog. Since those aren't in the book, I encourage readers to look up drinks they make for this extra information - it will be well worth it. My only complaint is that there is no index by spirit/ingredient, only by creation or serving location.
This is a book home mixers and bartenders alike will find themselves going to time and time again.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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If you have read the basic books from Regan, Degroff, Wondrich, Haigh, etc, then this book is a great next-step. 500 recipes- some new, some evolutions on familiar themes. Most can be made at home. Clear instructions. Only downside is that we would love some color photos...but those are on the author's blog. A great book for the cocktail aficionado looking for new recipes.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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The recipes are NOT the standard stuff that those endless ( and frankly tiresome) run of the mill recipe books that merely reprint the usual recipes found almost everywhere but a complete departure - this is art in cocktail form.
While the book is somewhat humble in form, no fancy binding, impressive drink porn pictures, etc., the recipes are pure alchemical gold. Most of the recipes are fairly easy without overly exotic, hard to find, or very expensive ingredients. Also very useful is the recipes for all the various syrups
While the book is somewhat humble in form, no fancy binding, impressive drink porn pictures, etc., the recipes are pure alchemical gold. Most of the recipes are fairly easy without overly exotic, hard to find, or very expensive ingredients. Also very useful is the recipes for all the various syrups
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