The book of cocktail ratios The surprising simplicity of classic cocktails
Book - 2023
"A back-to-basics cocktail book--and affable tribute to the pleasures of the cocktail--is organized around five best-known, beloved, classic families of cocktails, providing a simple ratio for each from which myriad variations can be built"--
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New York :
Scribner
2023.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition
- Physical Description
- xiv, 267 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-248) and index.
- ISBN
- 9781668003398
- Introduction
- The Power of Ratios
- A Brief History of the Cocktail
- On Mixing Cocktails
- Practical Matters
- Bar Tools
- Glassware
- Vermouths
- Amari
- Liqueurs
- Bitters
- Simple Syrups
- Garnishes
- The Cocktails
- Chapter 1. The Manhattan
- The Manhattan
- The Rob Roy
- The Palmetto
- The Star
- The Distrito Federal
- The Martinez
- The Little Italy
- Notes from Audrey Saunders on the Little Italy
- Chapter 2. The Negroni
- The Negroni
- The Boulevardier
- The Cynar Negroni
- The Cynar Boulevardier
- The Sbagliato
- The Kingston Negroni
- The Mezcal Negroni
- The White Negroni
- The Old Pal
- A Word about Batching Cocktails
- Chapter 3. The Daiquiri
- The Daiquiri
- The Sour Orange Daiquiri
- The Gimlet (with variations)
- The Rosemary Gimlet
- The Bee's Knees
- The Lemon Drop
- The Tommy's Margarita
- The Whiskey Sour
- Batch Whiskey Sours
- A Word about Egg Whites
- The Clover Club
- Variation on the Clover Club
- Chapter 4. The Margarita
- The Margarita
- The Sidecar
- The Derby
- The Beachcomber
- The White Lady
- The White Lady Jubilee
- The Pegu Club Cocktail
- The Cosmopolitan
- The Original Cosmopolitan by Toby Cecchini, 1988
- The Between the Sheets
- Chapter 5. The Martini
- The Martini
- The Wondrich Martini
- The DeGroff Martini
- The Obituary
- The Vesper
- The Gibson
- Chapter 6. The Highball
- Part One: Fizzy Highballs
- The Gin and Tonic
- The Chartreuse and Tonic
- The Moscow Mule
- The Dark and Stormy
- The Paloma
- The Rickey
- The Ramos Gin Fizz
- Part 2. Vodka-and-Juice Highballs
- The Screwdriver
- The Cape Codder
- The Greyhound
- The Madras
- The Seabreeze
- Chapter 7. Miscellaneous Cocktails
- The Mai Tai
- The Trader Vic's Mai Tai
- The Contemporary Mai Tai
- The Rusty Nail
- The Stinger
- The Last Word
- The Division Bell
- Classic Cocktail? Says Who?
- The Paper Plane
- The Sun Also Rises
- The Brandy Alexander
- The Hot Toddy (with variations)
- The Improved Whiskey Cocktail
- Cocktail Coda
- Acknowledgments
- Selected References and Recommended Reading
- Appendix 1. Cocktails, listed alphabetically
- Appendix 2. Cocktails, listed by spirit
- Appendix 3. Cocktails, listed by chapter, with ratio