America's Test Kitchen is a very real 15,000-square-foot kitchen that publishes award-winning cookbooks along with Cook's Illustrated and Cook's Country magazines and produces public television's top-rated shows, America's Test Kitchen and Cook's Country. It brings 25 years of expertise in kitchen-equipment testing and recipe development to the table (or in this case, to the bar) in creating How to Cocktail.
"Foolproof and high proof, this thoroughly researched and easy to
follow volume will steady the hand of any home mixologist."
--Publisher's Weekly
"Fledgling bartenders should run, not walk, to borrow the first
cocktail-focused guide from America’s Test Kitchen (ATK). Without a
doubt, it’s one of the most comprehensive introductions to a
centuries-old art and science, beginning with nearly 10 critical
principles of cocktailing, such as using higher-quality ingredients
and always measuring (never just eyeballing it)." --Booklist
"As their name suggests, the folks at America’s Test Kitchen are
sticklers about testing recipes, and their first-ever cocktail book
takes the same rigorous approach. Organized by method of
mixing, How to Cocktail not only offers up a slew of
classic recipes and a handful of originals, but also explains how
to properly use bar tools, breaks down the most common base spirits
and mixers, and provides instructions for DIY syrups and infusions.
It’s a perfect beginner’s guide for the cocktail-curious."
--Imbibe
"The team at America's Test Kitchen has finally brought their
thoughtful, stright-forward, obsessively-tested sensibility to the
world of tipples with this instructive cocktail tome. Not only does
it cover all of the basic cocktail techniques and gear you'll need
to perfect both classic and experimental cocktails from the book,
it's also packed with recipes for syrups, liqueurs, garnishes, and
tons of handy tips and tricks to take your home cocktail game up a
notch." --MSN
"America’s Test Kitchen has finally come out with an encouraging
bar manual that’s as trustworthy as its cookbooks. Packed with
straightforward, unromantic, no-nonsense information, this
technique-driven tome offers perfect clarity for the home
bartender." --Chicago Tribune
"A thorough and helpful introduction to cocktail making from the
perspective of the home cook." --Library Journal
"How to Cocktail is a road map for the curious.." --Wall Street
Journal
“How to Cocktail” (America’s Test Kitchen, 262 pages,
$24.99) is written by the earnest experimenters at America’s
Test Kitchen, which has produced dozens of cookbooks written in the
no-nonsense approach of a high-school chemistry lab manual. “We
start the process of testing a recipe with a complete lack of
preconceptions,” they write by way of introduction, “which means
that we accept no claim, no technique, and no recipe at face
value.” --Wall Street Journal
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