Classic Cocktails

By Salvatore Calabrese

Book Overview

Salvatore "The Maestro" Calabrese is one of the world's foremost cocktail experts--and drinks lovers will salut this expanded version of his classic guide. The New York Times called the original edition "a must-have," and now it contains even more: new chapters and loads of new images; up-to-the-minute information on the most exciting cocktail trends, tastes, and techniques; and newly uncovered historical tidbits (like the true origin of the Bloody Mary). Fifty new recipes include long-buried favorites like the turn-of-the-century New Orleans classic Absinthe Suissesse, a barrel-aged Blood and Sand, and the Prohibition-era The Angel's Tit. This elegant volume also includes DIYs for essential cocktail ingredients like Velvet Falernum, recipes for flavored syrups and homemade shrubs, and advice on throwing the very best at-home cocktail parties ever.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 140278628X
• ISBN13: 9781402786280
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

A Classic Book No Bar Should Be Without

Classic cocktails provides not only the history of many drinks, but some of the most refined ways of making them. His martini recipie alone is worth buying the book. I liked it so much that I bought copies for all of my relatives at Christmas.

gorgeous book, good recipes

A must have for any cocktail or pop culture fan. See what this great American pleasure is all about. This gorgeous little book delivers recipes for, as the title reads, truely CLASSIC cocktails--ones you've heard of or had before, with old advertisements, posters, pictures, etc. from the earlier half of the twentieth century to along (and photos of drinks). The book's presentation is excellent and would make a great gift for someone new to cocktail culture (or already appreciative of it), or for yourself. Even if you never get around to making the drinks, you would be satisfied just looking through the book. Small size, hard cover, quality paper, good reproductions of pictures--nice for the coffee table where guests can take a peek at it.

Yummy

This book is classy. Gives the history with really posh photographs of both ads and cocktails. Recipes are listed in simple English. Colorful. Fun.

Smooth as Scotch

Salvatore Calabrese has complied a stylish and helpful cocktail book. The drink facts are fascinating and the pictures are top quality. Of course you get drink recipes and instructions on how to make them, but it is presented in a way that even if you never prepare one drink from the book, it is worth a look.