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Stylish in form and content, this A-Z encyclopaedia of 200 classic cocktails serves up intriguing origin stories alongside inspiring recipes.
Written and curated by London bar expert Cas Oh, whose impressive CV includes helming The Club at The Ivy, this gorgeously-produced book (think black-and-gold art deco elegance) represents the distillment of tens of thousands of cocktail recipes into 200 classics - nice work if you can get it! Chicly presented and organised A-Z, it covers everything from the Absinthe Frappé that originated in New Orleans in 1874, to the Espresso Martini of the 1980s, to the triple-rum Zombie of 1930s Hollywood.
With the provenance and recipes of many cocktails keenly contested, this seeks to set the record straight, with beautiful reproductions of pages from recipe books of the past revealing the origins and evolution of each concoction. Alongside learning about well-known favourites like Margaritas, Mai Tais, Piña Coladas and Daiquiris, I loved discovering new bizarre brews, such as The Black Velvet, a blend of Guinness and champagne created to commemorate the death of Prince Albert in 1861.
Designed to inspire and guide professional bartenders and home-mixers alike, CO-Specs will certainly add more than a dash of glamour to coffee tables. It’s a book to be dipped into, sipped and savoured, rather than downed in one.
Joanne Owen, A LoveReading Ambassador
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CO Specs: Recipes & Histories of Classic Cocktails Synopsis
Whether you're a professional bartender or a home enthusiast, CO Specs is an indispensable A to Z guide to all the essential classic cocktails.
With tens of thousands of cocktails in existence, how many of those could be considered classic, essential, or even tasty? — CO Specs distills down to the 200 true classics everyone should know. Just the essentials. The best, not the rest.
There’s always debate and discussion about the “correct” way to make a classic drink. The aim of CO Specs is to illuminate the answer, and the reasoning behind it. CO Specs is unique among cocktail recipe books — it takes you on a tour of the history & fable underpinning each classic drink, revealing the original provenance of its appearances in print, as if torn straight from the pages of these (sometimes ancient) recipe books.
For Bartenders, it’s a thorough field manual of all the classics you should know. A one stop shop. The book the author wished he’d had (and spent far too long creating). For the Home Enthusiast — whether it's shaking up a few cocktails after a long day, or mixing something to impress dinner guests, you’ll find all of your favourite cocktails (as well as many gems yet undiscovered) among the CO Specs. Have confidence you’re making the classics correctly, and impress your friends with insightful trivia.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781916215504 |
| Publication date: |
28th September 2020 |
| Author: |
Cas Oh |
| Publisher: |
Cazerac Ltd |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Primary Genre |
Cookery, Food and Drink
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