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Library of Congress Control Number: 2022021966

ISBNs: 978-0-7624-8263-4 (hardcover), 978-0-7624-4876-0 (ebook)

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CONTENTS

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Introduction

Tools

Glassware

Equipment

Techniques

Making a Drink

Decorating a Drink

Terms

Spirits

Liqueurs

Beer

Wine

Other Flavorings

Part 1
In Vino Veritas: The Classics

Romeo and Julep

Orange Julius Caesar

Paradise Sauced

Gulp-iver’s Travels

Rye and Prejudice

Drankenstein

The S(ide)carlet Letter

Moby-Drink

The Turn of the Screwdriver

Crime and Punish-mint

Gin Eyre

Howards Blend

Ethan Pom

The Pitcher of Dorian Grey Goose

The Count of Monte Cristal

The Yellow Wallbanger

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Breeze

One Hundred Beers of Solitude

Decline and Fall Down

A Rum of One’s Own

Brave New Swirled

Lord Pimm

Silas Marnier

The Old Man and the Seagram’s

The Malted Falcon

Part 2
Roll Out the Barrel: Bevvies for Book Clubs

One Flew Over the Cosmo’s Nest

Bloody Carrie

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margarita.

Frangelico and Zooey

A Confederacy of Ounces

The Hand-Mule’s Tale

Bridget Jones’s Daiquiri

The Joy Luck Club Soda

The Rye in the Catcher

Infinite Zest

The Adventures of Sherbet Holmes

Little Fireballs Everywhere

Black Leopard, Red Bull

Hazy Rich Asians

Big Little Limes

The Manhattan We Became

The Other Cognac Girl

Part 3
Just Add a Parasol: Summer Reading

A Midsummer Night’s Beam

The Lime of the Ancient Marnier

Remembrance of Things Pabst

Love in the Time of Kahlúa

Fahrenheit 151

The Joy of Sex on the Beach

Lord of the Mai-Tais

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Aperol Spritz

Part 4
Read ’Em and Weep: Beautiful Books to Make You Ugly-Cry

A Cocktail of Two Cities

A Farewell to Amaretto

The Sound and the Slurry

Tequila Mockingbird

Call Me by Your Nectarine

The Song of a Chile

Unlike Water for Chocolate

Interpreter of Midoris

Part 5
Hold the Sauce: Mocktails for the Sober Set

Rip Van Drinkle

The Wonderful Blizzard of Oz

Cherry Poppins

Pat the Tummy

Firekeeper’s Tonic Water

The Phantom Tolljuice

Pear the Wild Things Are

Charlie and the Chocolate Fake-tini

Part 6
A Loaf of Bread and Thou: Bar Bites for Book Hounds

Prawn Quixote

Alice’s Adventures in Wonder Bread

Olives ’n’ Twist

Fear of Frying

The Deviled Egg Wears Prada

I Know This Munch Is True

The Mustard Yellow House

Red, White & Royal Bleu

Bonus!
Drinking Games

Drinking All by Your Lonesome

Drinking with Friends

Formulas for Metric Conversions

Acknowledgments

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About the Author

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