Drinking the devil's acre : a love letter from San Francisco and her cocktails

Drinking the devil's acre A love letter from San Francisco and her cocktails

Duggan McDonnell

Book - 2015

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Subjects
Cocktails.
Bars (Drinking establishments) > California > San Francisco > History.
Published
San Francisco : Chronicle Books [2015]
Language
English
Main Author
Duggan McDonnell (author)
Other Authors
Luke Abiol (photographer)
Physical Description
256 pages ; 21 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9781452135250
  • The Martinez
  • The Mai Tai
  • The Pisco Punch
  • The Highball
  • The Negroni
  • The Irish Coffee
  • The Scorpion Bowl
  • The Manhattan
  • The Bloody Mary
  • The Sidecar
  • The Mojito
  • 1,001 nights behind bars
  • The Margarita
  • The Sazerac
  • The French 75
  • The Smash
  • The Pisco Sour
  • The Daiquiri
  • The Lemon Drop
  • The Dark 'n Stormy
  • The Barbary coast barkeep
  • The Ginger Rogers
  • The Blood and Sand
  • The Sangria
  • Hetch Hetchy's pure water and the ice in every San Francisco cocktail
  • The Chartreuse Swizzle
  • The Basil Gimlet
  • The hands that taste
  • The Laughing Buddha
  • To create every cocktail with love
  • To hold thepast in the future
  • San Francisco cocktail route.
Review by Library Journal Review

The title of bartender and educator -McDonnell's book is misleading in that it would seem to confine interest in the work to a Bay Area audience. This is not the case, however. The recipes alone are enticing enough to anyone, building from a focus on core drinks (not all of which, the author acknowledges, originate in the city) and then spinning into variations and relations. Encouraging the use of better ingredients, McDonnell shares his professional blends for syrups as well as liquors such as vermouth and brandy. Each chapter incorporates anecdotes from his experience and from the history of an especially bar-laden part of San Francisco. These insights are fascinating, and, as a whole, the writing is respectful of the past and of the audience. Readers will find themselves yearning to have a drink with, take a guided tour from, or be taught cocktail making by -McDonnell. VERDICT Not just another cocktail recipe book but a great read peppered with drinks to be made. Highly recommended where books on cocktails are popular.-Peter Hepburn, Coll. of the Canyons Lib., Santa Clarita, CA © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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