Book review: Cocktails ‘09

Wow! What a terrible job someone had to do, scouring the best bars and restaurants coast to coast to decide what to include in this 2009 guide from Food & Wine!  A terrible job, but someone had to do it!

In Food & Wine Cocktails ‘09, the 150 recipes included here are the deemed the best of the best, with a wonderful at-a-glance type of guide to let you know how complicated, what type of liquor, and what shape of glass for each.  There is also an entire section of Mocktails, which I really appreciate since I found out anew that I am a lightweight when it comes to mixed drinks!

Being a Campari lover, I decided to try out the Negroni (page 123), a delightful mixture of gin, sweet vermouth, and Campari.  My only problem was that the drink ended up being 3 full ounces, with no fillers, and that was TOO MUCH for me!  Next time, I’ll mix it up and split it with my sweetie instead of making us one each 

Negroni

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