Mr. Boston Holiday Cocktails - Hardcover

Mr. Boston; Jim Meehan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470185414 ISBN 13: 9780470185414

Publisher: Wiley, 2009

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Mr. Boston Holiday Cocktails has the perfect drink for entertaining in every season.  From hot winter toddies to festive, refreshing punches, seasonal cocktails are all the rage in bars and at get-togethers. Now you can entertain your guests at home with drinks tailored for every holiday season, from the experts at Mr. Boston, America's favorite drink-mixing guide. Mr. Boston has been the go-to manual for bartenders and spirits professionals since the repeal of the Prohibition, and with this collection of stylish all-new drink recipes, Mr. Boston Holiday Cocktails puts the expertise of world-class mixologists at your fingertips.

Mr. Boston Holiday Cocktails helps you get the festivities rolling with seventy-eight celebratory recipes, collected from the best cocktail creators in the country. Illustrated with mouth-watering, full-color photographs, these recipes range from classic (Hot Buttered Rum) to trendy (Dreamy Dorini Smoking Martini) to surprising and unique (Lancaster On Hudson, with bourbon and apple butter). You'll appreciate the Trade Secrets sprinkled throughout the book for preparing and serving the perfect drink, along with Mr. Boston's attention to the purity and flavor of fresh ingredients in your cocktails.

With visually appealing, eminently sippable, crowd-pleasing cocktail recipes for every possible occasion, Mr. Boston Holiday Cocktails offers simple instructions for

• Hot and steamy drinks to warm up long winter nights or apr?s ski
• Rich and creamy nogs for Christmas and New Year's
• Highly spirited drinks with cool heft for hot parties
• Perfect punches for when you'd rather be mixing with your guests than tending the bar

So, send out the invitations! With Mr. Boston Holiday Cocktails by your side, you are ready to party, with recipes and serving ideas that will enhance your holiday entertaining and make you the toast-or should we say, host-of the town. Needless to say, it's also the perfect gift for a friend.

Recipe Excerpts from Mr. Boston: Holiday Cocktails

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The go-to source for bartenders since the repeal of Prohibition, Mr. Boston is widely recognized for putting the expertise of world-class mixologists at the fingertips of every home bartender. Now, in Mr. Boston Holiday Cocktails, America's favorite drink-mixing guide helps every host add sparkle to holiday entertaining year-round—from hot winter toddies to chilled sips for the dog days of summer.

Mr. Boston Holiday Cocktails helps you get the festivities rolling with celebratory recipes from the best cocktail creators in the country. Recipes range from the classic Hot Buttered Rum to the au courant Dreamy Dorini Smoking Martini to the modern and unique Lancaster-on-Hudson, with bourbon whiskey and apple butter.

With visually appealing, eminently sippable, crowd-pleasing cocktail recipes for every possible occasion, Mr. Boston Holiday Cocktails offers simple instructions for

• Cocktails with seasonal ingredients

• Hot and steamy drinks

• Rich and creamy nogs and flips

• Highly spirited drinks

• Perfect punches

Every recipe has been carefully composed with Mr. Boston's attention to the purity and flavor of fresh ingredients in your cocktails.

"Trade Secrets" throughout the book reveal professional techniques for preparing and serving the perfect drink, from keeping punch cold for hours without diluting it to making real grenadine at home. With top-shelf advice from Mr. Boston, you can add that "how did they do that?" touch to your entertaining.

So, send out the invitations and start chipping the ice! With Mr. Boston Holiday Cocktails by your side, you are ready to party, with recipes and serving ideas that will enliven your holiday entertaining and make you the toast—or rather, the host—of the town.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0470185414
• ISBN 13: 9780470185414
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128