Spirits of Latin America: A Celebration of Culture & Cocktails, with 100 Recipes from Leyenda & Beyond

Product Description

A James Beard Award-nominated bartender explores the historical past and tradition of Latin American spirits on this stunningly photographed travelogue—with 100+ irresistible cocktails that includes tequila, rum, pisco, and extra.
TALES OF THE COCKTAIL SPIRITED AWARD® WINNER • IACP AWARD WINNER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY POPMATTERS
“Ivy’s distinctive mixture of style, expertise, and tenacity make her the best ‘spirit’ information.”—Steven Soderbergh, filmmaker, skilled drinker, and proprietor of Singani 63
By its in-depth take a look at consuming tradition all through Latin America, this attractive e-book affords a wealthy cultural and historic context for understanding Latin spirits. Ivy Combine has devoted years to touring south, attending to know Latin tradition, partly by what the locals drink. What she particulars on this e-book is the invention that Latin spirits echo the Latin palate, which echoes Latin life, emphasizing spiciness, vivaciousness, power, and variation. After digging into tequila and Mexico’s different conventional spirits, Ivy Combine follows the sugar path by the Caribbean and past, winding up in Chile, Peru, and Bolivia, the place grape-based spirits like pisco and singani have been made for generations.
With greater than 100 recipes which have garnered acclaim at her Brooklyn bar, Leyenda, together with enjoyable spins on conventional cocktails such because the Pisco Bitter, Margarita, and Mojito, plus drinks impressed by Ivy’s travels, just like the Tia Mia (which mixes mezcal, rum, and orange curacao, with a splash of lime and almond orgeat) or the Sonambula (which options jalapeño-infused tequila, lemon juice, chamomile syrup, and a splash of Peychaud’s bitters), together with mouthwatering images and lovely journey photographs, that is the last word e-book on Latin American spirits.

From the Writer

Writer ‏ : ‎ Ten Pace Press (Might 26, 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0399582878
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0399582875
Merchandise Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.7 kilos
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.8 x 1.04 x 9.3 inches