Miss Charming's Book of Crazy Cocktails: Over 200 Outrageous Drink Recipes to Turn Any Night into a Party [Paperback]

Cheryl Charming (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 14, 2002

Why mix the same old vodka tonic when you can try a Stubborn Moscow Mule? Have some vodka with ginger beer and a dash of lime juice—just the thing for an extra kick. Tired of bourbon and soda? Then spice up your Jack Daniel’s with a half jig of Yukon Jack, a little root beer schnapps, and some cola, and slam down a Jackhammer! When you’ve had enough of the trendy Cosmopolitan, shake things up a bit with an Agent Orange—this concoction of mandarin-flavored vodka, Grand Marnier, Cointreau, and orange juice is sure to put you on guard. With more than 200 recipes for out-of-the-ordinary and out-of-this-world beverages, Miss Charming’s Book of Crazy Cocktails is a one-way ticket to your own private Margaritaville, offering such creative concoctions as:

* Bumblebee Stinger: one of Miss Charming’s Amazing Critter Cocktails that will surely create a buzz
* Disco Ball Inferno: a tempting shot that pops and rocks (Pop Rocks not optional)
* Scarlett O’Hara: a little comfort for that Southern belle in all of us
* Midsummer Night’s Dream: what could be better on a sultry summer evening?

If you’re ready to ditch Daddy’s martinis and Mommy’s Manhattans for something a little more interesting, or you want to make your next shindig one that everyone will remember, Miss Charming’s Book of Crazy Cocktails is sure to pay the tab—and serve up a pitcherful of fun to boot.

Editorial Reviews

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Why mix the same old vodka tonic when you can try a Stubborn Moscow Mule? Have some vodka with ginger beer and a dash of lime juice?just the thing for an extra kick. Tired of bourbon and soda? Then spice up your Jack Daniel?s with a half jig of Yukon Jack, a little root beer schnapps, and some cola, and slam down a Jackhammer! When you?ve had enough of the trendy Cosmopolitan, shake things up a bit with an Agent Orange?this concoction of mandarin-flavored vodka, Grand Marnier, Cointreau, and orange juice is sure to put you on guard. With more than 200 recipes for out-of-the-ordinary and out-of-this-world beverages, Miss Charming?s Book of Crazy Cocktails is a one-way ticket to your own private Margaritaville, offering such creative concoctions as:

* Bumblebee Stinger: one of Miss Charming?s Amazing Critter Cocktails that will surely create a buzz
* Disco Ball Inferno: a tempting shot that pops and rocks (Pop Rocks not optional)
* Scarlett O?Hara: a little comfort for that Southern belle in all of us
* Midsummer Night?s Dream: what could be better on a sultry summer evening?

If you?re ready to ditch Daddy?s martinis and Mommy?s Manhattans for something a little more interesting, or you want to make your next shindig one that everyone will remember, Miss Charming?s Book of Crazy Cocktails is sure to pay the tab?and serve up a pitcherful of fun to boot.

About the Author

CHERYL CHARMING has spent more than twenty years entertaining people around the world with her bartending skills (and her black book of crazy cocktails—a much-coveted item wherever she works). She is the author of Miss Charming’s Book of Bar Amusements, and she formerly taught a mandatory bartending course at Walt Disney World. She lives in Florida.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press; 1 edition (May 14, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0609809148
• ISBN-13: 978-0609809143
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,504,609 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Miss Charming Does it Again!, May 21, 2002

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Robert Hess (Lake Forest Park, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Miss Charming's Book of Crazy Cocktails: Over 200 Outrageous Drink Recipes to Turn Any Night into a Party (Paperback)

Cheryl has a creative, as well as an obvious mischievous soul. First she mentally entertained us with her "Book Of Bar Amusements", and now she provides us with some liquid entertainment in order to lull us into complacency.

With such unique and individually named drinks as "Who Let The Salty Dogs Out", "Butter Me Up Scotty", and "Somewhere Over The Rainbow", you know that things are going to get interesting. She breaks her drink recipes not by style, but by overall concepts involved with their names, with such categories as "Amazing Critter Cocktails" (Flying Pink Squirrel), "Famous Picture Show Cocktails" (Thunderball Rum Collins), and "Totally Cool College Cocktails And Shooters" (Husky Rooter Shooter). Even her approach to describing the recipes as well as the instructions for making (and drinking) these concoctions lets you know that Cheryl enjoys having fun with us on many different levels.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you're HIP, you gotta have this party book!!, July 4, 2002

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Carolyn Moor "cmoor" (Orlando, FL (a big party town)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Miss Charming's Book of Crazy Cocktails: Over 200 Outrageous Drink Recipes to Turn Any Night into a Party (Paperback)

If you're throwing a party and want it to be unique, the drinks and presentation in this book will take you there!!

There's something for everyone.....like "How Now Brown Cow" to "Buttery Pierced Nipple".

And for the COLLEGE CROWD...you really need to check out the Totally Cool College Cocktail and Shooters section......your college colors in a refreshing drink may be there. But most of all, it is actually interesting reading to imagine what the mixes will taste like and to pick up some cool bar lingo along the way.

My friends always grab the book and read it while I'm trying to mix a drink because of its fun entertainment level.
So if you want a unique, interesting Restoration Hardware/IKEA/Martha Stewart with an edge type of bar book.......this is it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome, June 19, 2002

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DeWana Falks (Gainesville, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Miss Charming's Book of Crazy Cocktails: Over 200 Outrageous Drink Recipes to Turn Any Night into a Party (Paperback)

What an outrageously FUNNY and imaginative way to deliver drink recipes....I have already tried several of Miss Charming's recipes and can't wait to try them all....I also enjoyed Miss Charming's book of bar tricks and can't wait to see what comes next...you can bet I will be first in line to get it.