The Essential New York Times Book of Cocktails

More than 350 drink recipes old and new with great writing from the writers fromThe New York Times.

The ritual and refined atmosphere of cocktail mixing has made a glamorous return. The cocktail hour has re-emerged as one of America's favorite pastimes and one of our favorite ways to entertain. And what more urbane repository of great cocktails is there, than the New York Times?

Steven Redicliffe, the well-known New York Times drinks columnist, brings his signature voice and expertise to this compendium of influential and delicious recipes from mixologists and bartenders from everywhere, especially Manhattan and its boroughs. Cocktail aficionados will find the many treasured recipes they have mixed for years—the classics with a modern twist like the Martini, an Old-Fashioned, the French 75, a Negroni —as well as favorites from the new generation of elixirs borne of the new craft distilling boom.

Redicliffe has carefully curated this essential collection of 300-plus recipes, and his chapter introductions showcase the history of American and International mixology. Witty and fascinating headnotes, sprinkled throughout, make the collection special. The Essential New York Times Cocktail Book though is also filled with great writing from New York Times famed journalists such as Frank Bruni, Florence Fabricant, Eric Asimov, Rosie Schaap, Robert Simonson, William L. Hamilton, William Grimes and many more.

This complete compendium is arranged by cocktail type, with fabuous essays interspersed throughout. Included are notes on how to set up your bar, stock, and run it. Filled with tips and tricks of the trade, from famous writers and mixologists from aorund the world, The Essential New York Times Book of Cocktails is the only compendium you will ever need to entertain at home, whether it's just for two, or for pleasing a crowd.

Steve Reddicliffe writes the "Quiet Drink" column for The New York Times, where he is the deputy Travel editor. Before joining The Times in 2004, he was the editor-in-chief of TV Guide and Parenting magazines. He also has been an editor at Entertainment Weekly, Self and Us. He is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and the Moody College of Communication at the University of Texas at Austin.