Cocktails Made Easy

500 Recipes - 14 Key Ingredients
Armed with only 14 readily available spirits and liqueurs, you can create over 500 cocktails - as delicious as those made by the best bartenders the world over, from Montreal to Manhattan to Milan. Cocktails Made Easy gives amateur mixologists all the information needed to create tasty drinks for any occassion. Along with a chapter on bartending basics - everything from shaking and muddling to igniting and rimming - Simon Difford includes a glassware glossery to ensure proper presentation of all your cocktails. He also recounts the history of each of the 14 key spirits and liqeuers.

Each cocktail is presented with color photographs and an easy-to-follow recipe that lists ingredients measures, directions, garnish, recipe variations and the type of glass used. Plus, when available, fascinating information on the cocktail's orgin is included.