a list of cocktail recipes

Grapefruit Julep

Zero Proof: 90 Non-Alcoholic Recipes for Mindful DrinkingMore than 100 years after Prohibition was enacted, bartenders are actually excited about people not drinking again.

From Dry January and alcohol-free bars opening around the country to people interested in abstaining from drinking for better health, the no-proof movement is one of today’s fastest-growing lifestyle choices, as consumers become more mindful and re-examine their relationship to alcohol.

The no-proof drinker could be anyone, and even traditional bars have taken note with no-alcohol offerings. What do the world’s most talented bartenders concoct when they can’t use booze?

This book answers that question with 90 lush and sophisticated recipes that take the craft to new heights. Veteran reporter Elva Ramirez interviewed the biggest names in cocktails and collected recipes for vibrant no-proof drinks from the world’s top bars in Paris, London, and New York. This is the start of a new era in no-proof drinking.

Zero Proof: 90 Non-Alcoholic Recipes for Mindful Drinking is available at Amazon.com and Indigo.ca.  (more…)

The Teriyaki Burger
The Teriyaki Burger

The Teriyaki Burger, The Japanese Art of the Cocktail by Masahiro Urushido, Michael Anstendig. Photography copyright © 2020 by Eric Medsker.

The Japanese Art of the Cocktail by Masahiro Urushido, Michael Anstendig.Katana Kitten, one of the world’s most prominent and acclaimed Japanese cocktail bars, was opened in 2018 by highly-respected and award-winning mixologist Masahiro Urushido. Just one year later, the bar won 2019 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Award for Best New American Cocktail Bar.

Before Katana Kitten, Urushido honed his craft over several years behind the bar of award-winning eatery Saxon+Parole. In The Japanese Art of the Cocktail, Urushido shares his immense knowledge of Japanese cocktails with eighty recipes that best exemplify Japan’s contribution to the cocktail scene, both from his own bar and from Japanese mixologists worldwide.

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