Cocktails in New York: Where to Find 100 Classics and How to Mix Them at Home - Hardcover

Anthony Giglio; NYC & Company

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0847826643 ISBN 13: 9780847826643

Publisher: Rizzoli, 2004

Synopsis

What are you having? A crisp Martini at the Rainbow Room? A Manhattan at the Oyster Bar in Grand Central? Cocktail culture was invented in New York City, and nothing says elegance and excitement like a special drink in New York.
Cocktails in New York brings you all the classics as well as the hippest new drinks, with signature recipes from the city's 100 finest eating and drinking establishments. You'll learn the celebrity-studded history of the city's watering holes, from the furtive glamour of F. Scott Fitzgerald-era speakeasies to the frenetic glitz of Jay McInerney's hangouts. You'll discover where tomorrow's trendy concoctions are being served today. Also included are tips from top bartenders-or "bar chefs" as they are now often called. Cocktails in New York supplies you with all you need to imbibe in truly cosmopolitan style-during a visit to New York and at home.
What are you having? A crisp Martini at the Rainbow Room? A Manhattan at the Oyster Bar in Grand Central? Cocktail culture was invented in New York City, and nothing says elegance and excitement like a special drink in New York.
Cocktails in New York brings you all the classics as well as the hippest new drinks, with signature recipes from the city's 100 finest eating and drinking establishments. You'll learn the celebrity-studded history of the city's watering holes, from the furtive glamour of F. Scott Fitzgerald-era speakeasies to the frenetic glitz of Jay McInerney's hangouts. You'll discover where tomorrow's trendy concoctions are being served today. Also included are tips from top bartenders-or "bar chefs" as they are now often called. Cocktails in New York supplies you with all you need to imbibe in truly cosmopolitan style-during a visit to New York and at home.

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About the Author

Anthony Giglio is the editor of two of Master Sommelier Andrea Immer's popular wine books. His articles have appeared in Esquire, Details, Boston Magazine, Mademoiselle, Marie Claire, and Worth. He contributes to and lectures on behalf of Food & Wine magazine.

NYC & Company, the city's official tourism marketing organization, is a private membership-based nonprofit organization dedicated to building New York City's economy and positive image through tourism and convention development, major events, and marketing of the city on a worldwide basis.

From Booklist

Manhattan's storied bars still define the style for elegance, sophistication, and urban chic. Thanks to film and television, what their denizens choose to imbibe influences tipplers all over the world. In this volume of recipes and photographs, Giglio presents a single cocktail from each featured site. The martini may still hold pride of place among cocktails, but its preeminence faces a host of challengers. A new generation of barflies has turned to the cosmopolitan, which now holds sway in Midtown hot spots. The advent of flavored vodkas has complicated bartenders' repertoires with such quaffables as green-apple martinis, much to purists' horror but even more to the profit of liquor manufacturers. Appearance has become key to cocktails; sparkling glasses and dramatic lighting critical to a bar's popularity. Pisco sours and mojitos supplement the classic margarita as south-of-the-border favorites. And the once nearly forgotten sidecar has made a remarkable comeback. Giglio's cocktail recipes are explicit and simple to follow. Mark Knoblauch
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About this edition

• Publisher: Rizzoli
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0847826643
• ISBN 13: 9780847826643
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256