Do you fancy a cocktail party? Then this book is the best basis for a successful evening with your friends. 124 classic and innovative recipes invite you to mix and experiment. Organized into the chapters Cocktails, Short Drinks, Frozen Cocktails, Shots, Long Drinks, Hot and After-Dinner Drinks, and Nonalcoholic Drinks, the book offers cocktails and mixed drinks for differing tastes and occasions. Each recipe comes with a short informative text with interesting facts about the drink’s history or other background information. Plus, there are tips for the presentation and modification of the recipes. Modern photographs show how to present the drinks originally and elegantly. The book Cocktails is completed with an informative appendix with a register for spirits and names and an overview table for the 58 most important liquors, their ingredients and flavors.

The Swede Eliq Maranik worked in gastronomy for five years before starting as a freelance Art Director for book production and then specialized in high-quality culinary publications as managing director. After her first book, Cocktails, which made the bestseller lists in her homeland immediately after publication and was awarded the Gourmand Cookbook Award as the best cocktail book in Sweden, she wrote more books on culinary topics, piquing a broad international interest.