Home Cocktail Bible

Name: Home Cocktail Bible
Brand: Arotahi Agency
SKU: 9781787138056
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Every Cocktail Recipe You'll Ever Need - Over 200 Classics and New Inventions

By Olly Smith

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Summary

Home Cocktail Bible by Olly Smith is your ultimate guide to mixing over 200 cocktails from the classics like Martinis and Margaritas to inventive new variations. This book covers everything from essential spirits and mixers to syrups and bar tools, helping you craft drinks that are simple to make, visually stunning, and delicious. Beautifully illustrated with colour photographs and flavour wheels, it offers clear instructions for perfect results every time.
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Home Cocktail Bible

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Your go-to guide to making cocktails at home, from acclaimed drinks writer Olly Smith

Description

With over 200 recipes, Home Cocktail Bible tells you everything you need to know – from the essential spirits, mixers, syrups and kit that will open up the world of cocktails, to every recipe you could possibly ever want.

Great cocktails should be simple to make, look fabulous and taste extraordinary. Award-winning drinks writer Olly Smith offers up all the classics (Martinis, Collins, Manhattans, Margaritas, Cosmopolitans and beyond), plus some delectable new concoctions and variations to make you feel truly special.

Illustrated with colour photography and handy flavour wheels throughout, and with clear instructions for the flawless cocktail, Home Cocktail Bible is an indispensable addition to your home bar. Time to take your taste buds into orbit!

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781787138056

Publisher: Quadrille Publishing Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 02 December 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Quadrille Publishing Ltd

Illustration: Full-colour photography throughout

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 32.0mm

Width: 182.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 1198g

Pages: 320

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Cook Books & Recipes Cooking & Food Non-Fiction Olly Smith Wine, Cocktails, Tea, Coffee and more

About the Author

Olly Smith is a multi-award-winning drinks writer and TV and radio presenter. He writes a weekly wine column for You magazine in the Mail on Sunday. His popular podcast, A Glass With, is in its tenth season and reaches an audience of 150,000, featuring guests from Pink and Sam Neill to Sting and Kylie Minogue. Olly won Drinks Writer of the Year at the 2016 and 2018 Great British Food Awards. Olly’s press, TV and film credits are too numerous to list; he’s currently the regular drinks expert on BBC1’s Saturday Kitchen and his own range of glassware will be released in 2021.

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