Summary
A favorite drink-mixing guide-more than 350,000 copies sold in previous editions!With easy-to-follow guidance on bartending tools and techniques, thorough coverage of liquors and wines, and more than 1,000 terrific cocktail recipes, Bartending For Dummies has become a must-have entertaining resource. Now this bestselling guide is updated to cover the very latest cocktail trends and innovative libations. It includes more than 40 new recipes featuring flavored rums and vodkas, cordials, and champagne, plus today\'s coolest martini variations, 15 hottest hot drinks, and expanded coverage of high-end whiskeys.
Author Biography
Ray Foley, a former Marine with over 20 years of bartending and restaurant experience, is the founder and publisher of BARTENDER Magazine, the only magazine in the world specifically geared toward bartenders and one of the very few primarily designed for servers of alcohol. BARTENDER Magazine is enjoying its 27th year and currently has a growing circulation of over 150,000.
Ray has been published in numerous articles throughout the country and has appeared on many TV and radio shows, including David Susskind, ABC-TV News, CBS News, NBC News, Good Morning America, Joe Franklin, Patricia McCann, WOR-TV, and Live with Regis and Kathie Lee. Ray has also been featured in major magazines, including Forbes and Playboy.
Ray is the founder of the Bartender Hall of Fame, which honors the best bartenders throughout the United States not only for their abilities as bartenders but for involvement in their communities as well.
Ray serves as a consultant to some of the United States’ foremost distillers and importers. He is also responsible for naming and inventing new drinks for the liquor industry, the most popular being the Fuzzy Navel.
Ray has the largest collection of cocktail recipe books in the world, dating back to the 1800s, and is one of the foremost collectors of cocktail shakers, with 400 shakers in his collection. He is the author of The Ultimate Cocktail Book, The Ultimate Little Shooter Book, Advice from Anonymous, The Irish Drink Book, and Jokes, Quotes and Bartoons.
Table of Contents
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How This Book Is Organized |
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Part II: Short Shots from American Whiskey to Wine |
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Part IV: The Part of Tens |
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Just for Openers: The Right Tools and Glasses |
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Opening Wine and Champagne Bottles |
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Champagne and sparkling wine bottles |
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Keeping your bar in or near the kitchen |
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Other supplies for your bar |
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How much liquor should you buy? |
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How many supplies should you buy? |
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Bottle-Related Measurements |
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Bar Measurements and Their Equivalents |
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Serving Temperatures for Wine |
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Calories and Carbohydrates |
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Part II: Short Shots from American Whiskey to Wine |
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American and Canadian Whisk(e)y |
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Storing and Serving Suggestions |
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Aperitifs, Cordials, and Liqueurs |
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Aperitifs: Great Ways to Whet Your Appetite |
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Storing and Serving Suggestions |
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Brandies from Around the World |
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Storing and Serving Suggestions |
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What are all those letters on the label? |
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Storing and Serving Suggestions |
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What Makes Irish Whiskey Taste So Yummy |
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Storing and Serving Suggestions |
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Rummaging through Rum History |
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Popular Blended Scotch Whiskies |
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Storing and Serving Suggestions |
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Storing and Serving Vodka |
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Wines from Around the World |
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Part IV: The Part of Tens |
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At Least Ten Cures and Lores |
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Ten Thousand Web Sites and Other Resources |
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319 | (12) |
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319 | (12) |
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Non-alcoholic beverage sites |
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| Recipes Index |
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