The Bartender's Best Friend: A Complete Guide to Cocktails, Martinis, and Mixed Drinks

387 Pages·2002·0.98 MB·English

by  Mardee Regan

The
Bartender’s
Best Friend
a complete
guide to cocktails,
martinis, and mixed drinks
Mardee Haidin Regan
The Bartender’s Best Friend
The
Bartender’s
Best Friend
a complete
guide to cocktails,
martinis, and mixed drinks
Mardee Haidin Regan
This book is printed on acid-free paper.
Copyright © 2003 by Mardee Haidin Regan. All rights reserved
Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey
Published simultaneously in Canada
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This book is for my husband, Gary Regan,
light of my life and this bartender’s
very best friend.
Acknowledgments
Oh my, I’m not very good at remembering everybody who has
impressed me, blessed me, or obsessed me. Susan Wyler, my
friend and editor, knocked my socks off with her generosity,
enthusiasm, and tender loving care—huge thanks for that.
Andrea Johnson and the production team were the soul of
patience as I dug my way through the manuscript, mucking
things up or not, querying too much or not—more thanks to
you. Then, too, I heartily thank the sage though curmudgeonly
Stephan Wilkinson, who named this book; I heartily thank my
husband, Gary Regan, for smilingly withstanding the tumult I
create in our lives; and I heartily thank every single person I
ever met, just because each moment and each encounter is
that important. Now, turn the page, the rest is much more fun
and interesting.
Contents
Introduction: About This Book 1
Bartending Basics 2
Equipment 2
Ingredients 6
Glassware 34
Basic Garnishes 37
Bartending Techniques 38
Drink-Making Techniques 40
The Home Bar 46
Stocking a Home Bar 47
The Cocktail Party Bar 49
Drinks A to Z 51
The Professional Bartender: How to Be the Best 334
A Bartender’s Glossary 342
Bibliography 349
Index 353