Bar Guides
 Cocktails & Amuse-Bouches
Daniel Boulud & mixologist Xavier Herit
Chef Boulud will soon be our neighbour on the block as early as next year when the new Four Seasons Hotel opens with a Cafe Boulud ensconced inside. We're also hoping for a great bar for end of day drinks! Meantime.....this is a lovely boxed set, one book Cocktails for Her, one Cocktails for Him with recipes for little nibbles included in each book. Hardcover, 152 pp. $49.95.
Just Martinis
The good news is that you will find the classic martini and its variations such as the gimlet and the gibson. But can a drink called "winter wonderland" or "pineapple upside-down cake" really be a martini? Color photo with every drink. Softcover, 138 pp. $12.95.
 The Bartender's Black Book
Stephen Kittredge Cunningham
The 9th Edition of this quintessential book for bartenders near and far offers an updated and easy-to-follow guide on how to make every drink under the sun. Entertain friends with classic drinks from way back when, or try out gutsy, new cocktails developed in the past couple years. Every aspiring bartender or mixologist should seriously consider picking up a copy of this book. Coil-bound, 288 pp. $16.95.
 Mr.Boston Summer Cocktails
Anthony Giglio & Jim Meehan
Cool down and get some noursihment at the same time. Most of these colourful drinks are flavored with fruit or herbs. To help perfect your bartending skills, the book features a guide to equipment and glassware along with trade secrets scattered through the book. Hardcover, 106 pp. $18.95.
Rum Drinks
Jessica B. Harris
Rum Drinks offers 50 recipes for rum based cocktails guaranteed to make you feel sunshine and warmth, even if it's the middle of a Canadian winter. On offer are classics like rum punch and daiquiris, as well as tropical takes like the rum daisy or yellowbird. All that rum would be a bad idea on an empty stomach, so there are recipes for carribean snacks such as plantain chips and coconut crisps, spicy fried chickpeas, and carribean style devilled eggs. There is also an interesting introduction detailing the history of rum. Lots of colour photos. Hardcover, 168 pp. $23.95.
 Asian Cocktails
Holly Jennings
With its refreshing images and even more refreshing flavours this is definitely a vibrant take on the art of cocktails. With 90 recipes featuring the classic cocktail spirits, plus shochu and sake combinations, are accompanied by a selection of asian influenced bar snacks. Hardcover, 112 pp. $23.50.
 Calypso Coolers
Arlen Gargagliano
Bring the Caribbean to you with this cheerful book of tropical cocktails and appetizers, both classic and inventive. Daiquiris get there own chapter, with island appropriate flavours like papaya and guava. Mango or pineapple martinis continue the emphasis on fruit, but not all of the drinks are fruity. Colour photos. Hardcover, 120 pp. $20.95.
 Field Guide to Cocktails
Rob Chirico
Though compact, this cocktail guide contains the formula for virtually every
mixed drink known to man. There are line drawings of the different glasses and
colour photos of each drink.
Softcover, 313 pp, $19.95.
 The Art of the Cocktail
Ben Reed
Along with classic and contemporary mixed drinks (many variations on the martini),
Reed serves up a selection of mocktails for the designated driver. Beautiful
photos. Hardcover, 190pp, $36.95.
 The Complete Home
Bartender's Guide
Salvatore Calabrese
780 recipes for the perfect drink! Contains a comprehensive list of tools and
equipment (including glassware and bar essentials), easy techniques and flavours
and garnishes. Hardcover, Spiral-Bound, 256 pp., $22.95.
 Retro Happy Hour
Linda Everett
If you have ever wondered how Ward and June survived day after day
of living with Wally and the Beaver, here is the answer: alcohol with high
sugar, high salt, high fat snacks. Roast up some Smoky Mountain almond nibbles,
mix the Singapore slings and get back to the future. Vintage illustrations.
Hardcover, 128 pp, $26.95.
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