Simon Difford

Making it easy to create delicious cocktails at home.

500 Recipes, 14 Key Ingredients

Cocktails Made Easy

This guide contains over 3,000 cocktail recipes, all stipulating the correct glass and coming with a colour photograph. Many even come with the name of their creator or a story attached. There is also an encyclopedic guide to cocktail recipes.

Diffordsguide Cocktails #10

We've trawled the globe and pulled together a compendium of quirky happenings, anniversaries, birthdays and traditional events and, using our vast knowledge of the cocktail world, paired each one with an appropriate cocktail. Celebrate everything from Mandela's inauguration to aliens' alleged arrival from outer space. Contents include: * Leninade on January 27, the day the siege of Leningrad was broken * Honey Bee Mine on February 14, Valentine's Day * Shamrock on March 17, St Patrick's Day * The Money Penny on April 13, James Bond's birthday * Darth Jäger on May 4, Star Wars Day * Dry Ice Martini on June 18, the Icelandic Independence Day * La Bicyclette on July 1, the day the first Tour de France started * Old Flame on August 24, the day Vesuvius erupted * Vacation Cocktail on September 27, World Tourism Day * Bitches' Brew on October 31, Hallowe'en * Berlin Sour on November 9, the day the Berlin Wall came down * Rosarita Margarita on December 1, the day Rosa Parks got on a bus ...and 353 more!

The perfect cocktail for every day of the year

Difford's Guide: 365 Days of Cocktails

Previously titled 'Sauceguide to Cocktails', this book is regarded by the press and the drinks industry as a comprehensive cocktail publication.

Difford's Guide to Cocktails

The Bartender's Bible

Diffordsguide Cocktails

The 7th edition of a book that is widely regarded by members of the drinks industry as the most complete and authoritative cocktail publication available. It contains 2,250 easy to follow cocktail recipes, each accompanied by a colour photograph. It also includes detailed instructions for beginners, tips for bar professionals, reviews of the top 100 international bars and a history of the cocktail.

Over 2250 Cocktails

Cocktails

Ian Cameron

All you need to know. Gin now has its own geek's bible, a heady cocktail of information, enthusiasm and authority. -- Observer Food Monthly All alcohols have a social history and this book tells the story of gin. The spirit has a long and lively history and its popularity has waxed and waned over the centuries. But it is in demand again -- and rising -- and many would say that only now is it getting the recognition it truly deserves. At the same time, new makers populate the scene, many of them small, craft distilleries. The great G&T (gin and tonic) has earned new respect and is more fashionable now than when it was created by the English during Queen Victoria's reign. From Glenfiddich Food & Drink Award-winning writer Simon Difford comes this beautiful guide to the 'juniper jewel.' Gin brings comprehensive coverage of the white spirit. It provides a detailed history of the rollercoaster ride gin has taken over the centuries, a full explanation of gin styles and production methods, in-depth reports on 16 distilleries, and production and tasting notes on nearly 175 different gins. It is a true celebration of arguably the world's most dynamic and fashionable spirit. Gin includes: A wealth of encyclopedic information for keen amateurs and drinks professionals alike A spotlight on the craft gin distilling movement as well as larger, more established gin producers Interviews and quotes from some of the most well-known characters in the world of gin Contrasting detail of cutting-edge production technologies with centuries-old techniques and traditions. For the great many aficionados of gin, new and veteran, Gin is a lively, informative and affectionate history of the heart and soul of the G&T.

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