Drinks Recipes

This handy, must-have guide is perfect for bartenders from novice to the most experienced! Besides providing recipes for over 1,200 tasty drinks, this book contains sections on basic bar equipment and the fundamental liquors, wines, and liqueurs that every bartender should have on hand. Includes three indexes to look up recipes by name, main ingredient, or type of drink.

Newly revised and expanded, The New York Bartender's Guide includes even more tips, trends, and tasty recipes from the hottest bars in New York City. Featuring more than 1,300 alcoholic and non-alcoholic drink recipes, there's something here for everyone, whether it's the hottest vodka cocktail or the most traditional egg cream. Find out the latest trends from top bartenders, get tips on how to serve drinks either professionally or at home, and make some of the most delicious potables New York City has to offer.

Bruce Weinstein is a guy who knows how to party. And his key to partying is choosing the right drink. Spiked or zero proof, Bruce has shaken, stirred, blended, or ladled concoction for every occasion and everyone on your guest list.

The cocktail traditionalist will savor Bruce's world-class Bloody Mary, while those on the cutting edge will sip one of his twelve exotic and tasty variations of this favorite libation. His classic martini comes with no fewer than fifteen spin-offs. Got a crowd coming over? No problem. Just pull out the punch bowl and fill it with Groovy Banana Wine Punch or teetotaling Pink Plum Lemonade. On a hot summer day, serve a blended tropical Papaya Smoothie or Orange Jewelious. Or blast away winter's chill with a warming coffee, tea, or fruit juice toddy.

From an intimate dinner for two to a block-party bash, raise your glass and celebrate with Bruce Weinstein's The Ultimate Party Drink Book.

Velvet Kiss.
Brain Hemorrhage.
Maui Breeze.

Not to mention The Perfect Martini. Even if you don't know your swizzles from your shooters, you'll be mixing cocktails like a pro in no time with The Everything Bartender's Book, 2nd Edition. Designed for mixologists of every skill level, this behind-the-bar handbook boasts more than 700 recipes for shots, cordials, and punches along with classic, mixed, coffee and hot, blended, and nonalcoholic drinks.

You'll also learn how to:

- Master bartending basics
- Choose and use glassware, mixers, and tools
- Deal with unruly imbibers
- Cure nasty hangovers
- Wow `em with bar tricks and jokes
- The history of the cocktail: A brief history of wine, champagne, beer and all the liquors

Completely revised, updated, and reorganized for easy reference, The Everything Bartender's Book, 2nd Edition reveals the secrets that every great bartender knows. So don your bartender's apron with confidence and say, "The bar is open!"

This is the best collection of rum recipes ever compiled. Filled with over 400 exotic, delicious, and thirst-quenching drink recipes, it also includes descriptios and tasting notes of over one hundred of the finest rums from the Caribbean. Beautifully illustrated in four color, it will leave you in a tropical state of mind.

Robert Plotkin has been a writer and consultant to the beverage industry for over twenty years. He is a highly respected expert in the field of spirits and beverage management. He has authored ten books on mixology trends and beverage management issues.

"Rum is the tequila of the new millennium...the secrets of its success lie within these pages." -- Restaurant Marketing Magazine, June 2001

"Robert Plotkin has created the best drink guide ever written on Caribbean rums and the drinks associated with them." -- American Mixologist Online, June 2001

Smoothie stands are popping up like espresso bars all over the country, but these refreshing drinks are a cinch to make at home. It takes just minutes to whip up a smooth concoction of succulent blackberries, sweet blueberries, chilled grape juice, and rich vanilla yogurt. Or to savor a juicy mango combined with ambrosial buttermilk, zesty fresh ginger, and tart lime juice. Smoothies is bursting with tempting suggestions for adventurous mixtures of fruits, flavorings, sorbets, yogurts, soy milks, and other deliciously healthful ingredients zinging with energy.

Any Time and Any Place: that's when and where to enjoy a smoothie. It takes just minutes to blend one - making them the perfect treat for any moment of a busy day. And nothing is more healthful and refreshing than the daily dose of fresh fruit they provide.

Smoothies is full of creative suggestions for adventurous mixtures of fruits and nectars, sorbets and ice creams, yogurts and soy milks, and for special occasions, a little champagne or rum!

To start your day off right, enjoy a Smoothie Classico - the time-honored blend of orange juice, strawberries, and bananas that we've all come to know and love.

For a quick lunch, try the Black Beauty, a lucious melange of succulent blackberries, sweet blueberries, chilled grape juice, and creamy vanilla yogurt.

To boost your energy for a trip to the gym, savor a glass of Mango Madness, juicy tropical gruit combined with ambrosial buttermilk, zesty fresh ginger, and tart lime juice. And wow your dinner guests with an elegant Golden Girl - sweet dessert wine paired with fresh pears and apricots.

Twin sisters Mary Corpening Barber and Sara Corpening Whiteford have whipped up yet another yummy title with Super Smoothies, a lusciously illustrated collection of 50 healthy drinks perfect for folks who do not cook but do look after their health.

The sisters give explanations of everything - such as how to peel and cut up all the fruits and vegetables involved - while introducing such unfamiliar ingredients as wheat-grass juice and calming kava. The easy-to-follow advice includes all sorts of tips, like using only the ripest seasonal fruit and crushing ice cubes before placing them in the blender.

Not only are these smoothies delicious, they're packed with serious nutrients, all assessed by a registered dietitian. Protein Jolt provides 10 grams of protein from milk, yogurt, and tofu, plus 717 milligrams of potassium. Hydro-Tonic, designed to send you into a workout full of energy, meets 95 percent of your daily need for vitamin C and is a mere 112 calories, thanks to its blend of honeydew melon, green grapes, and Gatorade.

But these recipes aren't just for health nuts; kids, moms, and guys will find their drinks of choice here, too. School-Bus Breakfast fortifies youngsters with six grams of protein and other important nutrients from yogurt, strawberries, and bananas. Bone Builder gives Mom 283 milligrams of calcium, plus needed magnesium, phosphorous, and vitamin D. Men can choose from various virility and libido builders, while would-be dads can slurp down before intercourse Dr. Shettle's Secret with caffeine, which research shows can increase the odds of producing a son.

From the authority on bartending, The Ultimate Little Frozen Drinks Book delivers the best blender recipes for great summer drinks. Collected from bartenders around the country, this is the guide everyone needs for the essential blended and frozen cocktails.

Contains more than 1'000 of the best blender recipes from America's favourite restaurants and bars.

Can sports drinks improve the way you play and exercise? Athletes-both competitive and recreational-turn to the consumption of sports drinks to optimize their performance. A volume in the Nutrition in Exercise and Sports Series, Sports Drinks: Basic Science and Practical Aspects provides a review of current knowledge on issues relating to the formulation and consumption of these popular drinks. The only single volume that addresses these subjects, this text also covers in depth the science that underpins the physiological, biochemical and nutritional roles of the sports beverage.


University Medical School, Aberdeen, Scotland. Provides a review of current knowledge on issues relating to the formulation of sports drinks and the physiological responses to their ingestion during physical activity. Also covers the science underlying the physiological, biochemical, and nutritional roles of sports beverages.

Protein is a vital part of nutrition.

A portion of this vital energy source is lost every day and needs to be replenished. The drinks recipes here create a "power" week of great tasting drinks. As the fat melts away, you're vitality will increase!

This collection of more than 60 tantalizing and tasty non-alcoholic beverages presents both traditional and innovative refreshment. The recipes, from great Canadian cafes and restaurants across the country, demonstrate the creative approach taken by chefs and bartenders to serve mocktails, iced teas and coffees, fresh fruit shakes and original variations on punch and lemonade.

It's a welcome - and a healthy - alternative to store-bought cold drinks.

All the recipes have been tested and adapted for home use. They employ fresh ingredients, and cover a wide variety of drinks for picnics, parties, afternoon sipping or fine at-home dining.

Recipes include variations on old favourites: Lemongrass Ginger Lemonade from The Dunes, Brackley Beach, PEI, Summer Fresh Tomato Juice from Rundles, Stratford, Lava Flow from The Teahouse Restaurant, Vancouver, and non-alcoholic Sangria from Chives Canadian Bistro, Halifax. Almost forgotten drinks, including Raspberry Vinegar and Ginger Beer can be re-discovered, while coffee lovers will find the secrets revealed of a great Iced Moccachino.

The collection of recipes has something for everyone, with milkshakes and smoothies, spritzers and non-martinis.

"This collection of more than 60 tantalizing alcohol-free beverages provides a welcome alternative to store-bought cold drinks. Summer Drinks has a thirst-quencher for everyone." -- East coast Living