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The American Cocktail

50 Recipes That Celebrate the Craft of Mixing Drinks From Coast to Coast

INTRODUCTION

COCKTAIL BASICS
Tools
Techniques
Garnishes
Glassware

CHAPTER ONE: SOUTH
Seelbach Cocktail, Louisville, Kentucky
Farmer’s Choice, Gabriel Orta, Florida Room, Miami, Florida
Across the Board, Jenni Pittman, Proof on Main, Louisville, Kentucky
Big Bay Storm, Shannon Healy, Crook's Corner, Chapl Hill, North Carolina
Charleston Tea Punch, Jason Hall, Charleston Grill, Charleston, South Carolina
Comfortably Old Fashioned, Lu Brow, Swizzle Stick Bar, New Orleans, Louisiana
Copper Fox Cooler, Todd Thrasher, PX, Arlington, Virginia
Dixie Cup, Timothy Faulkner, Sauced, Atlanta, Georgia
Kelso Daiquiri, Josh Habiger, The Patterson House, Nashville, Tennessee
Pig on the Porch, Darlene and Joe Clarke, American Grocery, Greenville, South Carolina
La Vida Naranja, Danny Valdez, Cure, New Orleans, Louisiana
Sinister Proposal, Nick Hearin, Restaurant Eugene, Atlanta, Georgia

CHAPTER TWO: NORTHEAST
Ward Eight, Boston, Massachusetts
Boston Bog, Misty Kalfoken, Drink, Boston, Massachusetts
Blacklock’s Demise, Jeff Becher, Up Top Tavern, Vergennes, Vermont
Camden Hike, Tom Laslavic, Camden Harbour Inn, Camden, Maine
Comfort Coffee, Leah Houghtaling, Felicia's Atomic Lounge, Ithaca, New York
Cordova Cocktail, Kip Waide, Southwark Restaurant, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Old Neighborhood, Damon Boelte, Prime Meats, Brooklyn, New York
Maple Syrup Toddy, John Ginnetti, 116 Crown, New Haven, Connecticut
Mint Apple Crisp, Jim Meehan and Karen Fu, PDT, New York, New York

CHAPTER THREE: MIDWEST
Bitter Branch, Pip Hanson, Marvel Bar, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Cherry Rumble, David Turkel, Viceroy, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Escape from Alcatraz, Lynn House, Blackbird, Chicago, Illinois
The Good Life, Benjamin Schiller, Boka, Chicago, Illinois
St. Louis Southside, Matt Seiter, St. Louis, Missouri
O’yahderhay, Chad Doll, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Rittenhouse Inn Wassail Punch, Julie Phillips, Rittenhouse Inn, Bayfield, Wisconsin
Tom and Jerry, Ira Koplowitz and Nicholas Kosevich, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The Urban Prairie, Charles Joly, The Drawing Room, Chicago, Illinois

CHAPTER FOUR: WEST
Agave Way, Chris Milligan, Secreto Lounge, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Desert Trio, Sean Bigley, Fontana Bar in the Bellagio, Las Vegas, Nevada
Dr. Scola, Bobby Heugel, Anvil, Houston, Texas
Hotel 43, Pat Carden, Hotel 43, Boise, Idaho
Loquacious, David Alan, Tipsy Texan, Austin, Texas
Rattlesnake, Evan Faber, Salt, Boulder, Colorado
Prickly Ricky, Robert Byrd, St. Francis, Phoenix, Arizona
Verde Maria, Katie Dembs, Criollo Latin Kitchen, Flagstaff, Arizona
Rocky Mountain Handshake, Kevin Burke, Colt & Gray, Denver, Colorado

CHAPTER FIVE: WEST COAST
Briar Patch, Jeffrey Morgenthaler, Clyde Common, Portland, Oregon
1022 Martini, Chris Keil, 1022 South, Tacoma, Washington
El Colibri, Vince Lund, San Francisco, California
Eva Peron, Darren Crawford, Bourbon & Branch, San Francisco, California
Miss Pettigrove, Suzanne Allard, Portland, Oregon
Murasaki Geisha, Ikaika Villa, Doraku Sushi, Honolulu, Hawaii
North by Northwest, Evan Zimmerman, Portland, Oregon
Persimmon Margarita, Tim Staehling, The Hungry Cat, Los Angeles, California
Strawberry Fields, Erika Frey, Cyrus, Healdsburg, California
Stumptown Vanilla Flip, Andrew Friedman, Liberty, Seattle
California Bubble Bath, Matt Biancaniello, Library Bar, Los Angeles, California

RESOURCES
DISTILLERIES ACROSS AMERICA
GLOSSARY
INDEX
LIQUID MEASUREMENTS