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I am woman, hear me pour!
So you think a woman’s drink is some froufrou frappe sweet enough to melt your molars? Well, maybe, if you’re talking about Gidget, barhopping in Honolulu. But Highballs High Heels is for another kind of girl altogether: savvy, adventurous, even dangerous…with a great sense of humor, an eye for the killer garnish, and an insatiable craving for shoes. This classic and original drink collection comes with a female twist – not to mention an outrageous pomegranate martini and what may be the world’s first chocolate margarita. All this will cool cubes, sassy rims, and playful garnishes to make your next romantic conquest, dinner party, or blowout shindig a night to remember.
In the beginning there was whiskey and there was rye. A real drink was a guy’s drink. Girls just got a parasol. But now there’s a new cocktail hour. Pink Ladies, step aside!
Highballs High Heels is your guide to transforming traditional cocktails into sensational sips for the female soul. Put that type A to good use, and nail the perfect Cosmopolitan. For the hostess with an inner love child, start things off with a Blissed Out Blackberry-Pineapple Daiquiri, then bring on the real kicker, a sultry Stiletto Cocktail.
Looking for a romance sparkplug, a bachelorette party punch, or the ultimate summer cooler? Highballs High Heels has you covered with inspiration for every celebration. Don’t miss the cheat sheets for bar essentials, cocktail styling, and how to personalize your own drinks.
So slip into a pair of slingbacks and sling one back, girl-style, with art and attitude. Is there any better way?
• Hardcover
• Great color photographs from the 50s & 60s!
• 96 pages
• Authors: Karen Brooks, Gideon Bosker, & Reed Darmon
Publishers Weekly
The '50s-style cocktail party is back in style, and it's not your father's grumpy, whiskey-sodden affair. In Highballs and High Heels: A Girl's Guide to the Art of Cocktails, the authors of Atomic Cocktails show us just how feminine this nostalgic art form can be. Karen Brooks, Gideon Bosker and Reed Darmon demystify the requisite "gadgets and gizmos" (from the cocktail shaker to the lemon zester), cocktail adornment (including the jeweled Turbinado Sugar Rim and the campy swizzle stick) and the hostess-to-die-for look (it's all about "killer heels"). Drink recipes range from now-trendy layered beverages with names like Blonde Bombshell and Stiletto Cocktail, margaritas (Venus Envy and Fallen Angelita) and others that resist easy categorization, like the grenadine-tinged Shirley Temple's Evil Twin or, for suburbanites who need soothing, the Minivan Mom Meltdown Mixer, with vodka, lemonade, Pimm's No. 1 and cucumber slices. ( June) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information. |
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