Kate Krader

I'm not sure about these... all the ingredients makes them expensive and difficult to make. The photographs are very inviting and the crystalware is very lah-di-dah expensive....Martha Stewart make a statement type.

Table of Contents:
Top 100 American Bars
The Food Guide
Barware Guide (very helpful)
Vodka
Gin
Tequila (and Mezcal, which in no way is Tequila)
Rum
Whiskey (Scotch)
Brandy
Punches (the coffee & milk one sounded interesting)
Mixologist All-Stars
Chefs' Cocktails
Mocktalis (alcohol free)
Party Food (Freid goat cheese ball w/ honey & pistachios got my attention)
Recipe Index

I am a drinker... I love a good cocktail (bet you Never would have guessed that about me), preferably a kicking Margarita or a mixed coffee drink. But I stick to the basics and I know from waaaaaay back that a Martini IS Gin & Dry Vermouth w/ an olive or a pearl onion. A Martini is NOT Vodka.....

But this book of 2011 Cocktails is full of recipes for the new dilettantish drinking set.… (más)