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The Pocket Recipe Guide: Museum of the American Cocktail

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This book is as described. It is a small pocket guide of mostly recipes for classic cocktails. If you want a book with every drink ever in it, this is not for you. If you want a book with photos showing proper drink preparation, again this might not be your book.

If, however, you want a book filled with classic recipes for cocktails in a small size, this is your book! If you want a small book to leave around your shaker that makes you look cool for all of your drinking friends, this book is also good for that.

This is a good small book with the basics and enough of the main drink recipes to get you started. Since it is pocket size don't expect as much of a drink variety as some books but you will find all the most popular drinks in here. Robert Hess is one of the editors who put this together. He is a creative mixologist, and bar owner who also does a bartending video blog from time to time on the "small screen network." It's worth checking out because he knows a lot about cocktail history and what the best techniques are for authentic cocktail preparation.

This fantastic cocktail guide fits in your pant's pocket for easy use, provides all the classic cocktail recipes, and a history of the cocktail for several of the drinks. A must have for all those that pride themselves on serving great cocktails and learning the history behind the drink that they are serving. This is a little work horse for a boozehound. Also, hats off to the Museum of the American Cocktail! May 13 should become a national holiday.