Destination: Cocktails bookcover

Destination: Cocktails

The Traveler's Guide to Superior Libations
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Description

Featuring hundreds of cocktail bars in dozens of cities across the United States and around the world, Destination: Cocktails is the traveler's guide to the craft cocktail movement. From New York to Los Angeles and London to Tokyo, this book is the ultimate reference to a network of fantastic bars providing their customers with only the best in gourmet beverages. Destination: Cocktails explores a variety of venues, and features urban lounges, dive bars, and five-star hotels alike. Some locations are brand new, and some have been serving drinks since the 19th century. What do they have in common? They all make quality cocktails, crafted with care, using only the best ingredients. For a bar to be included in this distinguished guide, all that mattered was what was in the glass. With drink reviews, insightful interviews with the proprietors and mixologists, fascinating historical trivia, and a bonus recipe section, Destination: Cocktails is an unrivaled reference book for the craft cocktail enthusiast. Your ultimate cocktail crawl begins here and now--don't forget to send us a postcard!

Product Details

PublisherSanta Monica Press
Publish DateSeptember 01, 2012
Pages416
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9781595800725
Dimensions8.5 X 5.6 X 0.5 inches | 1.2 pounds

About the Author

James Teitelbaum has been researching cocktail culture since the early 1990s, when he began working on his book Tiki Road Trip (Santa Monica Press). Teitelbaum has traveled the world to fully explore the art of mixing the perfect cocktail. Among the publications he's written for are Playboy, American Heritage, Film Threat, Tiki magazine, AAA World, and Beverage World. Teitelbaum also works in the music industry and teaches college classes in sound engineering. James' interest in cocktail culture began when he was researching Tiki Road Trip--a process that began in the early 1990s--as he began to dread the thought of yet another sugary, headache-inducing mai tai at each destination. Coming to truly appreciate the better examples of this usually-bastardized libation, his horizons soon expanded far beyond the tropical drink genre, towards a respect and enjoyment for all well-crafted beverages. He lives in Chicago.

Reviews

"The author . . . has done a wonderful job of not just listing bars and their offerings, but also slowly cultivating the perfect melange of context, history, humor, intrigue and information, much like a seasoned bartender would meticulously create a cocktail to remember." --"New York Amsterdam News" (December 2012)
"When it's time to belly up to the bar, you'll want to consult "Destination Cocktails" . . . by mixed-drink maestro James Teitelbaum. . . . All recommendations have quality ingredients, mixology smarts, and superior service in common." --"Boston Globe "(January 13, 2013)

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