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Category: Books - Food & Drink - Cocktails

Take a master class in bartending with this luxe cocktail cookbook featuring 400+ recipes covering 15 essential categories!

Cook’s Illustrated experts share all the hallmark techniques, formulas, science, and lore behind your favorite spirited and nonalcoholic libations.

Unleash your inner bartender with a demystifying dive into the world of classic and contemporary cocktail making. Cocktails Illustrated is that rare book: coffee-table gorgeous with hundreds of photographs and illustrations; comprehensive, instructive, and practical; and as fun and playful as a great cocktail should be. Organized around categories including martinis, Manhattans, highballs, sours, flips, tropical, and more, it’s the ultimate “how-to” cocktail cookbook.

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Customer Reviews (4.6 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Isabella ★★★★★

Finally, a cocktail book that actually explains the *why* behind each step, not just a list of ingredients. The 15 essential categories are perfectly organized, and the techniques for shaking versus stirring finally make sense to me. I've already made three new recipes that turned out better than an

Olivia W. ★★★★★

I've tried a handful of cocktail books and this one actually explains the why behind each technique instead of just listing ingredients. The 15 categories make it easy to jump to whatever spirit I've got on hand, and the formulas for balancing a drink have already improved my margaritas.

Miles ★★★★★

The section on syrup formulas alone was worth it, and the 400+ recipes mean I'll never run out of ideas. The technique notes are genuinely instructive rather than just filler.

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