TEN COCKTAILS

The Art of Convivial Drinking

by Alice Lascelles

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What makes a G&T glow in the dark? Who threw the world’s first cocktail party? Why does a Bloody Mary taste best at 35,000 feet? And what’s the key to opening champagne with a sword?

These are just some of the questions answered in Ten Cocktails: The Art of Convivial Drinking, a spirited tour of the cocktail cabinet which uses ten of Alice’s favourite recipes to distil the stories, tips and expertise she has amassed in almost two decades travelling the world in pursuit of the mixed drink.

Join her as she dodges the washing lines of backstreet Havana in search of the perfect Daiquiri, scours the cocktail bars of Tokyo for the world’s best ice carvers, harvests juniper in the hills of Umbria, sips Sazeracs in New Orleans and unearths the mixological secrets of The Savoy. Marvel at the ice block that drew crowds in the streets of Victorian London, get a taste for Japanese whisky, and learn which 17th century punch caused a riot.

Published by Saltyard, 2015



*****

imaginative and inviting, artfully digressive”The Times Literary Supplement

“delectable” ­– The Sunday Telegraph

“I love it” – Mark Hix

“the quintessential guide to maxing and relaxing” – The Darkness