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Books : Cocktail: The Drinks Bible for the 21st Century |
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Books : Cocktail: The Drinks Bible for the 21st Century |
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Dewey Decimal Number: 641.874 EAN: 9780670880225 ISBN: 0670880221 Label: Viking Adult Manufacturer: Viking Adult Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: May 01, 1998 Publisher: Viking Adult Sales Rank: 292016 Studio: Viking Adult Editorial Review: Related Items:
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 Rating:  - WARNING! There is an edition that does not match the description!CAREFUL! Amazon describes "Cocktail: The Drinks Bible for the 21st Century," as being 9.5" X 8.5". The book I received was 8"X6". It's clearly a "pocket" edition or something; the text is tiny and the first section of the book is printed on lightweight paper w/ B&W illustrations instead of color. The book sells for $285 and I got it for $48, and I wondered about that, but Amazon makes no mention of a lesser edition. Disappointing. I probably would have gotten the cheaper version, even knowing that it's a smaller, hard-to-read version, but there is NO information out there that there is even a different edition available! So watch out...if you are paying the $30-to-$70 price, you are probably NOT getting the real thing. Aside from all that....the content of the book is great, if you can read the miniscule font size. Rating:  - The Cost is ridiculous....I am willing to buy this book $25 used, $35 new...that's it. If you want to sell your copy of this book to me for that price, just reply back to this review. Rating: - Best Single Cocktail PrimerI was lucky enough to get this book a few years ago, with the author signing the inside cover. He even answered an email regarding the best type of gin for a given drink. I think this book has everything that one needs to start enjoying cocktails. I first mixed the Aviation, enamored as I was of the beautiful illustration and text. What an amazing drink! Since then, I have tried most of the highlighted drinks (the ones Paul considers worth imbibing first). Just last night we had the Picon Limon. I have many cocktail books, and I enjoy reading those, and I turn to Paul's book when it comes to mixing. Eventually I will branch out, but I have a few of his illustrated cocktails to go. I hope a second edition comes out or a second volume. This should be an inexpensive one volume introduction or masterful summary of cocktail basics. You'll get more books, but this is one book to which you will return. I also recommend Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktals by Ted Haigh. It's not a replacement, but it seeks to revive some classics, which Paul does with the Aviation, for instance. Rating: - The definitive book on making and enjoying cocktailsThis is, without a doubt, the finest book ever written on cocktails. It is both contempory and classic, authoritative without being stuffy. If you were to own only one book on making and/or enjoying cocktails, this should be the one. It was a sad day indeed when it went out of print. But even at the going rate of $75-$100 for a used copy, it is worth every penny.
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