COCKTAILS: The New Classics

Beautiful book and great recipes

This big, heavy book is so impressive in person! I would recommend it as a gift. With 500 recipes and beautiful visuals, it's sure to be useful and fun for the recipient. Worth it.

Beautiful book. Proud to display it on my coffee table. Gorgeous photos and good recipes.

This is a very pretty and nice thick coffee table book. I was so surprised. Will buy again

I bought this as a gift and it was so pretty and fun to look at I got one for myself too. Yummy recipes but often odd ingredients. Pictures are beautiful too!

First, I'll echo all the other reviews: this is a gorgeous book, outside and in. My benchmark in elegant coctail books is "The Aviary Cocktail Book", and CTNC is easily equal to that book. In addition to the aesthetics, the recipes are imaginative and complex, and that's where the challenge comes in. I have what I believe is a large collection of spirits, bitters, cordials, etc. and I enjoy making complex and attractive cocktails at home. However, many (probably most) of the recipes call for esoteric spirits and modifiers. Granted, there are specs for all of the syrups, tinctures and what-nots called for. But for example when 2+ cups of fresh galangal juice is required for one modifier for one cocktail, we've kinda run off the rails. To me, this in no way negates the value of this book; just be aware that unless you are super-hardcore, you're unlikely to make 90% of these drinks.

Beautiful book. Great delivery.

Beautiful pictures and well made