Anyone can master the art of mixing the perfect drink--with all the confidence, style, and panache seen in the world's finest bars and restaurants. How? Ask the professionals. Now, for the first time, today's leading bartenders from the 50 best bars in the world reveal: the secrets of the classic cocktail (with special variations)recipes for rare and exotic drinksspecial secrets and tips of the professionalsand other tricks-of-the-trade that characterize the best mixologists Every home bartender will be mixing, shaking, and pouring drinks to please the most discerning guest: tropical drinks from award-winning Caribbean bartenders, hearty drinks from Irish pubs, and specialty cocktails from Montreal, Seattle, Key West, Beverly Hills, Boston, Hong Kong and dozens of other cities--and from the very best bars and bartenders.
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This book has everything you need to properly tend bar at home. More than just recipies, it contains explinations of terms and what makes Bourbon different from Southern Comfort and Scotch from Irish Whiskey. It tells you what liquers you need to stock, and which ones you might want to try. The whole book is writen with a sense of humor, but it never losses sight of what is important. I highly recomend it!
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Anything with the pluck to call itself "the best" has to stir up your suspicions, right? Well . . . "The World's Best Bartenders' Guide" is exactly that - the best. The premise is simple. If you want to know how to mix the best drinks, ask the world's best bartenders. That is exactly the objective authors Joseph Scott and Donald Bain set for themselves and the result is nothing short of . . . well the world's best bartenders' guide. Along with identifying what their exhaustive research has determined to be the world's 50 greatest bars and their keepers, Scott and Bain share their secrets of what and how. I mean this book doesn't just tell you how to mix the classic martini. It tells you that the secret to making a martini a la the bartender at Morton's in Manhattan is to pour out the brine from the olive jar and replace it with vermouth. Variations on the Manhattan? The book offers more than a half-dozen, and a tip from the bar manager at Jardines Jazz Club in Kansas City - pour in the vermouth first, then it's easy to adjust the whiskey to taste. Want to know how to stock your home bar? It's there, compliments of the experts. Want to know the secret to mixing any cocktail? "Make and serve every drink with love," says the most popular barman in the Dominican Republic. Want to know all there is to know about cognac? See Salvatore Calabrese in the Library Bar at the Lanesborough Hotel in London. Want to try a centuries-old cognac? Salvatore will oblige - if your pocketbook can take it. From Cuba to China, Mexico to Paris, all points in the U.S., all weigh in here. I knew I was tired of the same old fare when my wife and I went out, or even entertained at home. What to do, however, was the problem. Until now. "The World's Greatest Bartenders' Guide." Kudos Messers Scott and Bain.
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An excellent book.This book is a great read, and has a great format. For the drink recipes, it introduces the cocktail, describes its history, nuances about its construction, or interesting stories related to how it is made, then it provides a variety of different recipes and variations on how to make it. It is refreshing to see such a creative, and informational book on mixology. I've grown bored of the cocktail books that simply list recipes, without any background or even details about how to add that special "Quality" to the drink that makes them stand out. -Robert
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make the most popular drinks, mixing glass half, home bartender, professional bartenders, tequila mixture, mixing glass with ice, best bartenders, cocktail shaker with ice, bar spoon, greatest bars, chilled cocktail glass, olive brine, parts vodka, collins glass, perfect drink, cordial glass, highball glass, lemon twist, parts gin, sweet vermouth, blended whiskey, drink recipes, peach schnapps, light rum Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bloody Mary, New York, Triple Sec, United States, Mint Julep, New Orleans, Salvatore Calabrese, Grand Marnier, Marie Maher, San Francisco, The Green Parrot, Pete's Tavern, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Singapore Sling, Southern Comfort, Ward Eight, Black Velvet, Gary Egan, Pimm's Cup, Rob Roy, James Bond, Key West, Long Island Iced Tea, Ray Bond New!
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- Further Lane: A Novel by James Brady in Front Matter, page 13, and page 131
- Across The River And Into The Trees by Ernest Hemingway on page 89, and page 140
- Hong Kong (Where We Live) by Donna Bailey on page 129
- Fifth Avenue by Arthur Bartlett Maurice on page 16
- Treasure Island by Robert L Stevenson on page 38
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