TY - BOOK AU - Whitaker, Julie. AU - Whitelaw, Ian. TI - The concise guide to cocktails: the essential pocket book of cocktail recipes SN - 9781405473453 AV - TX 951 .C748 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Bath, UK PB - Parragon KW - Alcoholic beverages KW - Cocktails N2 - Serves as guide to delicious and invigorating drinks, from non alcholic thirst- quenchers to cool and sophisticated concoction for the high - on life party goer.Provides cocktails for all occasions from contemporary to classics. Colored pictures show distinction and preparation of one cocktail to another. Reviews the history of cocktails from the 16th century to the present, emphasizing its earlier patrons as the " style conscious and the wealthy " as contrasting to its contemporary client dubbed as anyone. .Defines cocktail as " simply combining the prescribed ingredients at the perfect temperature and in the right order, serving the delicious result in the correct glass with a little flair" ER -