Cocktails for Wimps: Shake, Blend & Serve the Coolest Cocktails

By Salvatore Calabrese

Help is here to remedy your lack of skills at mixology! Salvatore Calabrese, the world's top bartender, takes you on a visual tour through what to stock, presentation skills, harmonizing flavors and, of course, superb recipes: Blue Monday (with gin, Cointreau, and soda water in a highball filled with ice); a classic Bloody Mary for brunch; a Kiss on the Lips (bourbon and apricot juice), and a Manhattan, Negroni, Seabreeze, and lots more.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806985097
• ISBN13: 9780806985091
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Sterling
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.6" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Great beginner book

This is not a "cocktail bible." There are other books like Dale Degroff's that fill that slot. Instead, this is a fabulous picture book for beginners. If you get frustrated with how-to books with confusing written instructions, this is the coctail book for you.

A nice addition to any collection

This book contained a lot of recipes that I have not heard before, some real show stoppers! It gets into how to properly "layer" different liqueurs to create the "wow" effect. It has colored pictures to help you master the layering techniques. Any drink mixer would be proud to add this book to his collection.