A must-have shelf reference for home bartenders!
Go from novice mixer to expert in no time
Learn the ropes from bartender extraordinare Suzi Parker
-101 shot recipes for the perpetually 21
-Over 100 tropical drinks for your next backyard barbecue or beachfront luau
-Recreate the Hollywood glam of the Roaring Twenties and the Vintage Cool of Sinatra and the Rat Pack
-Martini recipes for the James Bond (The Original) or Carrie Bradshaw (The Cosmopolitan) in all of us
-A bartender's must-have list—from the essential ingredients to glassware and tools of the trade
-Drinks for New Year's, 4th of July, Christmas and every holiday in between
-Fun facts about some of your favorite drinks
Drinks for every time of day and every occasion—you'll never have to serve the same drink twiceFrom the tried-and-true classics you know to exotic new drinks you'll love
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Bartending 101
Glossary
Chapter One:
Breakfast Cocktails--
The All-Night Party Crowd’s Eye-Openers
Chapter Two:
Lounge Lizards’ Classic Cocktails--
Making Sinatra Proud
Chapter Three:
Champagne Concoctions--
Park Avenue Potions
Chapter Four:
Martini Madness
Bond and Babe Drinks
Chapter Five:
After Dinner Dreams--
Turn Your Lamp Down Low
Chapter Six:
Bahama Mama Tropical Drinks--
Hula ‘Til It Hurts
Chapter Seven:
Shots and Slammers for the Perpetual 21-Year-Old--
Sorority and Fraterntity Fantasia
Chapter Eight:
Vintage Cocktails--
GOne but Not Forgotten
Chapter Nine:
Tempting Tipples for Festive Frolics--
‘Tis the Season
Chapter Ten:
Virgin Jacks and Jills--
For the Sober One in All of Us
Eleven:
Cures without Cussing--
The Morning After
Index of Liquors
Index of Recipe Names
About the Author
Suzi Parker is a bartending school graduate as well as an award-winning journalist, focusing extensively on politics, Southern culture, and sexual mores in the Deep South. She is the author of the non-fiction book, Sex in the South: Unbuckling the Bible Belt (Justin Charles & Co., 2003).
