New Book
A hip, accessible guide to batch cocktail-making for entertaining, with 65 recipes that can be made hours–or weeks!–ahead of time so that hosts and hostesses have one less thing to worry about as the doorbell rings.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BUZZFEED
As anyone who has hosted a dinner party knows, cocktail hour is the most fun part of the evening for guests–but the most stressful for whomever is in charge of keeping the drinks flowing. The solution, though, is simple: batch it! In this fun collection, Maggie Hoffman offers 65 delicious and creative cocktails that you don’t have to stir or shake to order; rather, they are designed to stay fresh when made ahead and served out of a pitcher. Recipes such as Tongue in Cheek (gin, Meyer lemon, thyme, Cocchi Rosa), Friendly Fires (mezcal, chile vodka, watermelon, lime), Birds & Bees Punch (rum, cucumber, green tea, lemon), and even alcohol-free options are organized by flavor profile–herbal, boozy, bitter, fruity and tart, and so on–to make choosing and whipping up a perfect pitcher of cocktails a total breeze.
Reviews
It’s a book that will at once simplify your entertaining while simultaneously making it so much more rewarding.”
– J. Kenji López-Alt, author of The Food Lab
Consult this booze bible for easy new twists on classic summer cocktails.
– Cosmopolitan
“These recipes bring two of my favorite food trends into the world of drinking: simplicity and seasonality. If I want a drink that requires twelve obscure spirits, I’ll order it at a bar. This book is coming with me to the farmers’ market.”
– Ari Shapiro, host of NPR’s All Things Considered
This is the kind of book that every home cocktail-maker should keep on their shelf.
– Niki Achitoff-Gray, Serious Eats
These inexpensive, easy recipes will make cocktail drinkers out of the non-believers.
– Epicurious
These are professional-grade tricks that can help even the most entry-level home bartender put a culinary cocktail in everyone’s hand.”
– Jeffrey Morgenthaler, author of The Bar Book
