The Bloody Mary: A Connoisseur's Guide to the World's Most Complex Cocktail

by Christopher B. O'Hara

Book Overview

A beautiful full-color companion, with innovative recipes for 20 drink variations and directions for 15 gourmet garnishes. Suffused with charm and wit, "The Bloody Mary" will delight anyone who has... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155821786X
• ISBN13: 9781558217867
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.3" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

Bloody Good Reading!

The reader who picks up this book will find far more than a collection of recipes. The Bloody Mary provies a glimpse of life in Paris of the 20's and a peek into the drinking preferences of the American expatriate writers who frequented Harry's New York Bar. The photography is excellent, and whether or not the reader partakes of The Bloody, the book is fascinating. The organization, however, leaves something to be desired, with the much-sought recipe appearing about the middle of the book. Also, far too much of the book may have been dedicated to the application of the Bloody Mary toward the relief of hangovers. The best way to handle hangovers is probably not to get them, to begin with. Since hangovers occur after drinking, it may have been more reasonable to place this section at the end. I, too, enjoyed Hemingway's recipe for the Bloody Mary. It's a great read!

The only book for the serious Bloody aficionado!

This was an excellent read, with great recipes for bloodies and some solid info on combating hangovers. History section was interesting too, as was the recipe for Ernest Hemingway's bloody mary! I totally recommend it.