- Hardcover: 432 pages
- Publisher: Murdoch Books (1 Nov 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1740453603
- ISBN-13: 978-1740453608
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 18.6 x 4.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 635,021 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A bold design and stunning photography are the key drawcards of this fun, quirky book. The photography sets the scene on a groovy, funky world of cocktail parties. With over 200 cocktail recipes from classics to contemporary, there's as many martinis, coladas, shooters, fizzes, daiquiris and mixed drinks as any reader could want. With many of the drinks shot in glorious details, there is colour, flair and style. There is a fun introduction to all the cocktails.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
This is the best cocktail book I have seen in ages! It has a really classy retro stlye and about 200 recipes! I was really pleased with it and will not need to buy another cocktail book for ages.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
A stylish book with photographs, this would make a nice gift for cocktail-lovers.
The cocktails are listed one to a page and instructions are given on how to mix, serve and garnish each one. There are some classic cocktails, such as White Lady or Margarita (both shaken and frozen), but to me the appeal of this book is the more unusual offerings. These include Pomegranate Martini, Berry Collins, and Watermelon and Rosewater Martini (all of which I have tried and liked). Depending on where you live, some of the ingredients may be difficult to get hold of (e.g. Aperol, Parfait Amour, lychee liqueur), but these are used in a few cocktails only.
There are a few pages on infusing spirits and using fruit purees, and basic cocktail-making methods. A chapter of mocktails is also provided. It is indexed alphabetically by name, as well as by dominant base spirit/type, but not cross-referenced by secondary ingredient(s). For this reason I give the book four stars (picky, picky)!
Note, this book is published in the U.S. under the title Shaken: 250 Classic Cocktails With A Twist.
The cocktails are listed one to a page and instructions are given on how to mix, serve and garnish each one. There are some classic cocktails, such as White Lady or Margarita (both shaken and frozen), but to me the appeal of this book is the more unusual offerings. These include Pomegranate Martini, Berry Collins, and Watermelon and Rosewater Martini (all of which I have tried and liked). Depending on where you live, some of the ingredients may be difficult to get hold of (e.g. Aperol, Parfait Amour, lychee liqueur), but these are used in a few cocktails only.
There are a few pages on infusing spirits and using fruit purees, and basic cocktail-making methods. A chapter of mocktails is also provided. It is indexed alphabetically by name, as well as by dominant base spirit/type, but not cross-referenced by secondary ingredient(s). For this reason I give the book four stars (picky, picky)!
Note, this book is published in the U.S. under the title Shaken: 250 Classic Cocktails With A Twist.
"Shaken" presents us with quite a decent selection of cocktails, but lacks useability. Rather than a logical grouping by main ingredient as many other cocktail books use, this decides to give us sections called "bubbles", "chic", "jungle juice", "frou frou", "tropicana", "muddled", "club lounge", "mellow" and "virginal". There is an index grouped by main ingredient as well as one by cocktail name, but people want to be able to easily browse cocktails with a given ingredient rather than have to flip back and forth between index and random parts of the book.
More pictures wouldn't go amiss either. Recipes are on a single page wasting plenty of space and padding out the book to an excessive size, and only some of the recipes are given photographs. The book can't be opened out flat for ease of perusal whilst you are actually making the cocktails, which is a major pain.
I don't think I have one particular cocktail book which stands out head on shoulders above the rest which I can recommend as the best. 501 Must-drink Cocktails as its name suggests has more recipes but not necessarily a better selection, but can be laid open flat. The Classic 1000 Cocktails has more recipes than you'll ever need but can't be laid open flat. Cocktails (Concise Guides) has a reasonable selection but like "Shaken" has a non-logical arrangement and can't be laid open flat.
More pictures wouldn't go amiss either. Recipes are on a single page wasting plenty of space and padding out the book to an excessive size, and only some of the recipes are given photographs. The book can't be opened out flat for ease of perusal whilst you are actually making the cocktails, which is a major pain.
I don't think I have one particular cocktail book which stands out head on shoulders above the rest which I can recommend as the best. 501 Must-drink Cocktails as its name suggests has more recipes but not necessarily a better selection, but can be laid open flat. The Classic 1000 Cocktails has more recipes than you'll ever need but can't be laid open flat. Cocktails (Concise Guides) has a reasonable selection but like "Shaken" has a non-logical arrangement and can't be laid open flat.
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