About the Author
Mittie Hellmich is a photographer and former columnist for the Oregonian . Her photographs have appeared in Highballs, High Heels (0-8118-3017-9) and Atomic Cocktails (0-8118-1926-4). She is the author of Sangria (0-8118-4290-8), Paradise on Ice (0-8118-3302-X), and Party Shots (0-8118-3950-8), all from Chronicle Books. She lives in Portland, Oregon.
Ultimate Bar Book is the original and only guide to classic and new drink recipes. Loaded with essential-to-know topics such as barware, tools, and mixing tips, this book has it all. As a mistress of mixology, the author has the classics down to a Tthe Martini, the Bloody Mary, plus the galore variations (the Dirty Martini, the Virgin Mary). And then there are all the originative new elixirs the author brings to the table, like the Tasmanian Twister Cocktail or the Citron Sparkler. Illustrations show precisely what type of glass will have to be employed for each drink. With dozens of recipes for garnishes, rims, infusions, and syrups; punches, gelatin shooters, hot drinks, and non-alcoholic beverages; andlet?s not forgetan necessary selection of hangover remedies, Ultimate Bar Book is not one thing short of top-shelf.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #2864 in Books
- Brand: Chronicle Books
- Published on: 2006-06-23
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 1.46? h x 5.33? w x 6.89? l, 1.67 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 476 pages
Reviews
22 of 22 people found the following review helpful.
Written especially for beginners and teaches the basics and techniques of the mixed drink, assuming no prior knowledge
By Midwest Book Review
If it?s only one big book you want covering all the cocktail recipes, leaving the glitz of color photos for the depth of practical coverage, make it ULTIMATE BAR BOOK: THE COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO OVER 1,000 COCKTAILS. Here are all the classics plus new cocktails such as Bali Highball. Here also are recommendations for home bars, coverage of utensils and mixers, sections on non-alcoholic drinks, and tips for entertaining with cocktails. Novices shouldn?t be put off by the volume, either: it?s written especially for beginners and teaches the basics and techniques of the mixed drink, assuming no prior knowledge.
Diane C. Donovan, Editor
California Bookwatch
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful.Expansive Mixology Guide
By NDB
The Ultimate Bar Book, at 450 pages, is as comprehensive as you are likely ever to need. It provides recipes to the classics and all of their variants, newly fashionable drinks, and provides rational commentary on the ingredients?whether to use the pricey ones or not, and what equivalents you might use. It even provides a guide to the barware for each drink.
The book is well constructed and attractive. Its enjoyable just to thumb through it, and to see what is in so many drinks. The mixing trends come out after a brief review of the many drinks?you can easily expand your cocktail repertoire without the fuss of mixing and failing several times.
I recommend the book as a basic bar staple. If you enjoy the art of ?mixology,? this is a fun sourcebook.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful.Every person, bar and country should own one.
By Jean A. Ufford
This book surpasses any other book on drinks. It runs the gamut of drinks from alcohol to non-alcoholic. There?s a section in the back for punches, and to boot, a section for hangover remedies. I?m sixty years old and this is the best bar book I?ve every ecountered.
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