The Southern Foodways Alliance Guide to Cocktails

Nice cover on this one. Perfect representation of the content found within. Good composition and title work as well.

I gotta say I kind of LOVED this book. I'm not a huge drinker, but when I do indulge, I like to try cocktails seeped in tradition and history. There is just something about knowing you are drinking a little piece of history that makes it go down smoother.



Not only was this book chocked full of drink recipes you also get a brief history, background, and tips for each drink recipe. The recipes are well laid out and easy to follow, and there is a nice array of photographs sprinkled throughout. The book opens with three introductory chapters (List of Sidebars, Preface, Introduction) and then we dive into the drink recipes with them being divided into the following sections (Day Drinking. Shake It Up, Top with Bubbles, Juleps, Cobblers, and Their Kin, Have Fun with Your Drink, Stirred and Boozy, Spirits, Enhanced, Potent Prescriptions, Strong Finishes, Enough to Go Around). After the drink recipes, we then have the following extra chapters that offer us, even more, information for your drinking pleasure (Vishwesh Bhatt's Cocktail Bites (food recipes), Tools, Techniques, Glassware, Drink Categories).


Here are just a few examples of the many drink recipes you will find within...

– Brandy Milk Punch– Michelada– Gunshop Fizz– Ruby Slipper– Seersucker– Seelbach Cocktail– Snake-Bit Sprout– Ticonderoga Cup– Absinthe Frappé– The Moviegoer– I'm Your Huckleberry– Canebrake Cooler– Li'l Liza Jane– Spaghetti Western– Cab Calloway– Watermelon Sangria– Twelfth Night PunchA few of the “foodie” recipes you will find within...– Catfish Rillettes– Deviled Ham– Pickled Shrimp– Snackbar Pimento Cheese– Sweet Potato, Ham, and Cheese Biscuits