diffordsguide Cocktails 6 - Hardcover

Simon Difford

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0954617487 ISBN 13: 9780954617486

Publisher: Sauce Guides Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

Published annually: This edition `#6' published October 2006
contains 2,000 easy to follow cocktail recipes. The instructions are
simple, the list of ingredients is clear, the correct glass and/or garnish
is stipulated - and each recipe is accompanied by a colour photograph to
show how the drink should look once it is made. Many also include the name
of their creator or notes on their historical background. Besides the
recipes, the publication includes detailed instructions for beginners, as
well as tips for professionals.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Previously titled 'Sauceguide to Cocktails', this is the sixth
edition of a book that's widely regarded by the press and the drinks
industry as the most complete and authorititive cocktail publication
available.

From the Inside Flap

Introduction │ Simon Difford
Whether you're a three star chef or just enjoy making dinner for the
family, you're bound to have built up a collection of favourite recipes.
Some are probably begged and borrowed from friends, others clipped from
magazines and cookery books, while a good few are probably your own
creations, attributable to inspired luck.
The same is true both for the professional cocktail bartender and for the
home mixologist. This tome is a comprehensive compilation of the 2,000
cocktails I've collected to date and published over the past year in our
diffordsguide quarterly bookazines.
I'd like to thank the many amateur cocktail makers and professional
bartenders who've emailed me their recipes and suggestions. Some of the
drinks I've included may have originally been created using brands other
than those stated, or with slightly differing proportions. Occasionally
I've 'adapted' recipes in order to make them simpler or to avoid obscure
ingredients. I have endeavoured to credit drink inventors while making it
clear that my adaptation varies slightly from their original creation.
I'd be the first to admit that some of the recipes are better than others
(most definitely including my own). Thus I've graded cocktails on a scale
of one to five and discreetly indicated this score by dots above each
drink's name.
Anyone looking to start a cocktail cabinet at home should begin with the
fourteen 'Key Ingredients' featured in the opening pages. These are the
most frequently used cocktail ingredients and by combining them with such
easy-to-find ingredients as fruits and juices you will be able to make
literally hundreds of drinks.
This guide is intended not only to encourage more people to make and enjoy
cocktails at home but to help them appreciate them when drinking out. A
great cocktail is as luxuriously satisfying as a fine wine, a vintage
champagne or a family reserve cognac. However, while many have had the
opportunity to taste a great wine, fairly few have ever experienced a truly
great cocktail.
Cheers
Simon Difford

Edition details

• Publisher: Sauce Guides Ltd
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0954617487
• ISBN 13: 9780954617486
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400