Product Description

You can turn any event into an affair to remember with Party Drinks! How can this little book help you so much? Well, just for starters, by guaranteeing that the cocktail you select for your special occasion has smart, stylish flair. Whether you’re a party-thrower or a party-goer, you’ll enjoy these classic and new recipes, carefully chosen for their great taste, panache, and ease of preparation.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #598125 in Books
• Brand: HAROLD'S KITCHEN
• Published on: 2004-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 96 pages

Features

• Party Drinks! 50 Classic Cocktails and Lively Libations by A.J. Rathbun
• HAROLD'S KITCHEN

From the Inside Flap
"Party Drinks! entertains you while teaching you how to entertain with a minimum of hassle. Rathbun’s style and wit make this not only a helpful book, but a fun read, too."
—Mardee Haiden Regan, author of The Bartender’s Best Friend, and Gary Regan, author of The Bartender’s Bible

"If this fun, breezy book doesn’t get your party started, you should consider investing in a new set of friends."
—David Wondrich, cocktail columnist for Esquire

"The next time you’re looking to have some fun, turn to Party Drinks! for inspiration. From the classic Martini to a sexy Singapore Sling, Party Drinks! has the recipe to jump start any party."
—Colin Cowie, author of Dinner After Dark

"It’s so nice to get back to the classic recipes for today’s cocktails. Too many cocktails have been brutalized by know-it-all bartenders who think waving a bottle of vermouth over a glass of gin makes a martini—not! The martini recipe in this book passed the father-in-law test—and my father-in-law is the most discriminating cocktail drinker I know. That says it all."
—Tom Douglas, author of Tom Douglas’ Seattle Kitchen

About the Author
A.J. Rathbun is a freelance food and entertaining writer and poet. He has worked as a bartender and director of the Poetry After Hours program at the Seattle Art Museum. In addition to Party Drinks!, Rathbun is the author of a collection of poetry titled Want and the co-editor of the literary magazine LitRag.

Customer Reviews

This book wants to party all the time, party all the time
Before I met Party Drinks by A.J. Rathbun, I would literally host my gatherings at the bar down the street, because I was incapable of mixing anything other than vodka and orange juice in plastic cups. A.J., friend to cocktailers everywhere, took me to school with his great book, and showed me how to easily make lavish libations on a cheapskate's budget and to make 'em look like a million bucks. The Summer Beer (beer, vodka, and lemonade) is a treat, even in wintertime. The recipes have little tales about the drinks so you can really "act like ya know" when serving them up. Don't weep for the bar down the street, though. Until A.J. can fit a pinball machine in his jam-packed guide, there's always time for a occasional tavern call. Bottoms up!

The prettiest, wittiest cocktail book I've seen
I love this book! It has so much more to offer than the book I bought at Crate and Barrel for 5x the price. It's quirky and fun and filled with unusual recipes. Great selection of drinks for summer days, cold nights, casual get togethers or swanky cocktail parties. Plus it's filled with tons of hilarious footnotes that are worth quoting while you mix. My favorite drinks (not just because the names are great): the Red Carpet, the Presidential, Silk Stockings, and the Slow Comfortable Screw. You have to try the mojito. This really is the prettiest cocktail book I've seen. Perfect gift item--just tie a bow around it and add a bottle of your friend's favorite alcohol.

LIGHT LIBATIONS OF EXTRAORDINARY CHARACTER
Ne'er have the pleasures of contemporary pleasure-drinking been so lucidly and persuasively and clearly set forth with not only the time and liver tested recipies but also the literary, social, and personal contexts of a true, rare spirit such as Mr. Rathbun, whose fine poetry is as intoxicating as the pewter cupped juleps, the spiraling highballs, and the mystifications of the orange buck, known in the southern hemisphere as le mâle orange. I am buying a copy for every (over-21) friend this Christmas.