Infused: 100+ Recipes for Infused Liqueurs and Cocktails [Hardcover]

Susan Elia MacNeal (Author), Leigh Beisch (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 21, 2006

Infused liqueurs are the hot new ingredients for cocktails. With more than 30 infusions plus dozens of drinks to use them in, Infused combines spirits like vodka and rum with fruits, flowers, herbs, and spices to create superior liqueurs. Take the Gibson and give it a kick with Onion Vodka. Cool down with Watermelon Martinis on warm summer days, or get the heat going with Hot Mint Chocolate spiked with Mind Vodka, a perfect antidote to cold winter nights. Many infusions pair with multiple recipes: herb-infused vodkas enliven both the Rosemary Martini and the Strawberry Basil Martini. Chocolate Vodka is the indulgence in the Chocolate Martini, Brandy Alexander, and the Grasshopper. The versatility of each infusion makes giving a bottle of homemade liqueur a unique gift for any drink connoisseur. With tips on how to shake, stir, and chill, and enough recipes and ideas to reinvent any party, this colorful little book is the ultimate infusion of fun.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Susan Elia MacNeal has worked in book and magazine publishing for over a decade. She lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York.

Leigh Beisch is a San Francisco-based photographer whose work has appeared in Chronicle Books' Viva Vodka and Viva Margarita.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 152 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books; First Edition edition (September 21, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811846008
• ISBN-13: 978-0811846004
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #637,980 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Susan Elia MacNeal's debut novel, Mr. Churchill's Secretary, will be published in by Bantam Dell/Random House in April of 2012, and the sequel, Princess Elizabeth's Spy, in August 2012. She is currently working on as-yet untitled books #3 and #4 in the Maggie Hope series.

Susan is married and lives with her husband, Noel MacNeal, and young son in Brooklyn, New York.

www.susaneliamacneal.com

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great starter book on creating infusions and liqueurs, May 11, 2007

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D. J. DeRochier "eclectic audiophile" (Edmonds, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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I picked up this book on a recent trip to Powell's Books in Portland, Oregon. I've made liqueurs in the past and this book rekindled my interest in this culinary hobby. One aspect that I especially like about this book is that most all of the infustion recipes can are adaptable to making infused spirits (sans sugar syrup) or liqueurs (sweet libations). Many of the recipes have variations. For instance, the Elderflower Liqueur recipe lists variations on adapting the recipe to create Lavender, Rose, or Violet liqueuers.

The book is very nicely designed and pictures of the liqueurs and the cocktails they enhance are likely to make your mouth water. (They did mine.)

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars intresting book but misleading, June 14, 2008

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As there are only 23 recipies for creating infused liquors and sprits the rest is a regualr cocktail book which was a bit disapointing but would work if you do not own any other cocktail books

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars More cocktail recipes than infusions, March 21, 2008

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mjwalrus (Louisiana) - See all my reviews

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I ordered this book hoping for an in depth look at the infusion process and infusion recipes. I was disappointed. I am aware infusions are basically soak whatever you want in whatever liquor you like for 4 in weeks in a dark place... but I was hoping for a bit more discussion on the topic.

I wanted more pictures of the process! For goodness sake, there were tons of pictures in this book anyway.

This book gives 14 pages of instruction, discussion and recipes for infusions. The rest of the 148 page book are cocktail recipes. Additionally, some of the recipes for infusions are for "elderberry infusion", "truffle infusion", and "lychee infusion." I don't know many people who have everyday access to elderberries, truffles or lychees.

If I wanted a book on cocktail recipes with a nod to infusions, I could have purchased one of the million new trendy, throwaway, cocktail books out there now.

Granted, the pictures in the book are beautiful and inspirational. The cocktail recipes look great. But I feel as if the book is misrepresented as a infusion book when I feel as if it focuses on cocktails to mix with your infusions.