W. C. Whitfield's Mixed Drinks and Cocktails (eBook)

An Illustrated, Old-School Bartender's Guide

W. C. Whitfield (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2015
144 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5107-0074-1 (ISBN)

Infos

We may go to Europe for our chefs, but Europe comes to us for our bartenders. W. C. WhitfieldIn the Gay Nineties, the American bartender was considered an institutionhis fame spread across the globe and, according to Whitfield, visitors to America bowed before his skill in concocting tempting mixtures.Whitfield felt this attraction and admiration of the American bartender was because Americans will try anything once. We enjoy experimenting and, when it comes to mixing drinks, we stop at nothing. This led to much creativity behind the bar.W. C. Whitfields Mixed Drinks & Cocktails combines two fully-illustrated books of recipes from this time periodJust Cocktails (published in 1939) and Heres How: Mixed Drinks (1941)to teach readers everything they need to know about mixing drinks. In addition to information about equipment and measurements, this collection includes more than six hundred recipes, including:The Bronx ExpressLadies DelightCorpse ReviverBrandy BlazerUncle Sam HighballAnd many more!Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Good Books and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of cookbooks, including books on juicing, grilling, baking, frying, home brewing and winemaking, slow cookers, and cast iron cooking. Weve been successful with books on gluten-free cooking, vegetarian and vegan cooking, paleo, raw foods, and more. Our list includes French cooking, Swedish cooking, Austrian and German cooking, Cajun cooking, as well as books on jerky, canning and preserving, peanut butter, meatballs, oil and vinegar, bone broth, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Autor

W. C. Whitfield was born in 1879. He was the author of Here’s How: Mixed Drinks and Just Cocktails, both originally published by Three Mountaineers, Inc., a small woodshop in Asheville, North Carolina.Joaquín Simó has done it all in his fifteen years in the food and beverage industry. He spent more than five years at New York’s acclaimed cocktail bar Death & Company, serving guests the colorful stories and hallowed history of classic spirits and cocktails. He served as deputy editor for the 2009 and 2010 Food & Wine Cocktail books, was named one of Playboy’s Top 10 Mixologists in 2009, and was awarded the 2012 Spirited Award as American Bartender of the Year. Joaquín is also currently a partner in Alchemy Consulting and can be found behind the stick at their NYC New York City flagship bar, Pouring Ribbons.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.11.2015
• Illustrationen: Tad Shell
• Vorwort: Joaquin Simo
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken ► Getränke
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Schlagworte: 21st birthday • Alcoholic Beverages • America • barkeep • Bars • bartending • bitters • books on alcoholic beverages • books on bitters • books on cacaos • books on classic cocktails • books on curacao • books on garnishes • books on grenadines • books on home bars • books on hospitality industries • books on mcdonnell • books on mixed drinks • books on mixologies • books on ponies • books on prohibitions • books on shaker • books on spirits • books on vodkas • Cacao • classic cocktails • cocktail bar • cocktail culture • cocktail recipes • cocktail world • concoctions • cracked ice • Creme • Curacao • dash • drink recipes • duggan • elastic band • Europe • garnishes • glassware • grenadine • home bar • Hospitality Industry • jigger • lays flat • Lemon • liquor cabinet • liquors • Martini • mcdonnell • mix drinks books o • mixed drinks • mixing cocktails • mixing drinks • mixologist • Mixology • orange juice • ounces • pineapple • Pony • recipes call • saloons prohibition • San Francisco • Shaker • sloe • spiral bound • Spirits • squeezer • syrups • Tristan • Tropical • United States of America • Vermouth • vodka • Whiskey • whitfield
• ISBN-10: 1-5107-0074-9 / 1510700749
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5107-0074-1 / 9781510700741