500 COCKTAILS

the only cocktail compendium you'll ever need!

by WENDY SWEETSER

New hardcover book with dustjacket, 288 pages including very comprehensive index and over 200 colour photos.

Cocktails are where drinks get creative. Imagine trying out the cocktails you've only ordered at bars or in restaurants and making them your own. Whether you want to host a sophisticated gathering before a formal event, or invite a few friends over for a casual get-together, there is a cocktail in this volume for every occasion.

Recipes include: Singapore Sling, Between the Sheets, Classic Martini, Passion Fruit Bellini, Caipirinha, Cosmopolitan, Viva Sangria, Jamaican Rum Punch, Spiced Hot Toddy, Hair of the Dog, Pussyfoot, Shirley Temple plus 488 more.

This comprehensive cocktail compendium will inspire even the most reluctant hosts to play bartender. If you've always wanted to mix a cocktail at home but don't know where to start, this book takes the guesswork out of fixing drinks. With tips on everything from preparing the glasses to stirring, shaking, and pouring, 500 Cocktails will ensure success every time.

With 500 cocktails, punches, hot toddies, sours, virgin cocktails and hangover cures, you're sure to find exactly what you're looking for, making it the only cocktail and drink compendium you'll ever need. The 500 recipes reflect many different spirits and liqueurs as well as mixers and garnishes. This volums will allow you to experiment as well as create forgotten favourites.

A mouthwatering collection of cocktails and drinks with shots and shooters like the flaming sambuca, tall cool refreshers like the tequila sunrise and hot toddies like buttered rum, this is one book that has it all. The 500 detailed recipes will take the guesswork out of fixing drinks.

Chapters in 500 Cocktails include:

• Introduction
• Long tall classics
• Chic and cool
• The marvelous martini
• Sparkle and fizz
• Shots, shooters and sours
• Summer sizzlers
• From the tropics
• After-dinner drinks and winter warmers
• Virgin cocktails aka mocktails
• Hangover cures

All measurements are in metric and imperial.

About the Author
Wendy Sweetser trained at the Cordon Bleu Cookery Schools in London and Paris and with the Wine and Spirit Education Trust in London. Wendy has spent many years developing cocktails on a professional basis, and is the author of 15 food and drink books.

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500 Cocktails by Wendy Sweetser