The Complete Idiot's Guide to Mixing Drinks

By Players, Alan Axelrod, The Players

Book Overview

Explains how to stock a home bar, create and garnish professional-looking cocktails and non-alcholic creations, and plan drinks for parties and special occassions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0028619412
• ISBN13: 9780028619415
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Alpha Books
• Length: 361 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Ignore the idiot

This is a great book, despite the illiterate review below. I've never looked for a drink at home to make that I couldn't find in this book -- and the other drink/recipe "bibles" leave out the interesting information on the various spirits and histories. It's a staple on my cookbook shelves where more than a few "idiot's" or "dummies" book sit next to the French Laundry Cookbook.

the perfect companion to a recipe book

"The Complete Idiot's Guide to Mixing Drinks" is a wonderful book, filled with anecdotes, tips, and histories of spirits. It takes a basic, straightfoward approach to bartending that is easy to understand and use. The book is very thorough, and is best used in conjunction with a simple recipe book. It is NOT simply a book of recipes, however. I find it to be far superior to similar books (i.e. "Bartending for Dummies.")