Memorising all those drink recipes can make a bartender downright tipsy. The completely revised and updated "The Everything Bartender's Book, 2nd Edition" is a must have tool for anyone standing behind a bar. Packed with 750 recipes for classic drinks, shots, cordials, and non-alcoholic beverages, this compact guide also offers: the history of the cocktail; bartending 101 basics; a breakdown of ice, glassware, mixers, terms, tools, and more; more than 15 chapters filled with recipes organised by major liquor ingredients; bar tricks and jokes; a designated driver FAQ; and an easy-to-find drink index.As a nightcap, this book also offers a wealth of extras, such as how to deal with unruly imbibers and nasty hangovers.
Cheryl Charming aka Miss Charming™ has been heavily steeped in the cocktail culture for more than 30 years. Her current claim-to-fame is having the most published bar & cocktail related books than anyone in the world.
She has tended bar for 30+ years, maintains a 13 year old info-rich website (misscharming.com), Charming Cocktails blog (http://charmingcocktails.wordpress.com), 5000 question iPhone drink trivia app (http://www.misscharming.com/app.htm), hand crafts fun cocktail jewelry (http://www.misscharming.com/jewelry.html), collects drink seen in film (http://www.misscharming.com/bartender/silverscreencocktails.html), and performs bar magic and tricks (http://www.misscharming.com/tricks/tricks.htm).
In high school, at age 16, she worked as a pizza waitress then quickly progressed to cocktail waitress, barback, bartender, and head bartender. With a penchant for travel, Cheryl tended bar many places around America, a cruise ship in the Caribbean, and Walt Disney World. While working at WDW she became the bar trick/bar magic instructor for Disney's F&B training program, Quest for the Best.
Cheryl is involved with hosting and participating in events for Tales of the Cocktail and teaching "Edutaining" cocktail classes for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line passengers. She is also a member of The Bartenders Guild and The Museum of the American Cocktail.
Cheryl is computer savvy and very easy to follow or contact through Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/cherylcharming), Facebook groups Cocktail Cinema (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=41239441432&ref=ts) and Miss Trivia (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=92027526133&ref=ts), as well as Twitter, MySpace, iChat, Skype, Windows Live, Yahoo, LinkedIn, and Amazon. Looking to meet her at Tales? Then text her on her iPhone | 407.924.6234.
Cheryl studied Graphic and Interactive Communication at Ringling College of Art & Design and works as a freelance graphic artist, often creating cocktail menus.
Currently, she lives in the French Quarter.
