Cocktails for the Apocalypse is a compact hardcover of drink recipes by best-selling author Jennifer McCartney, bound in an orange linen-textured cover with gold title lettering. Inside, cream and off-white pages carry vintage black-and-white illustrations, orange rules, and full-page color plates, including a tornado and a toasting frog. Chapters are organized by disaster, with one given over to natural catastrophes, and the recipes mix new inventions with classics.
The humor is dry and a little dark. Drink names such as the Martian Martini, the Virtual Cosmo, the Nuclear Sunrise, and the Monsoon Mule do the joking, while the instructions stay short and easy to follow. The old-engraving artwork recalls mid-century bar manuals, which gives the whole book the feel of an official handbook for a very unofficial emergency.
Keep it on the bar cart, in the kitchen with the cocktail shaker, or on a shelf of drink books you actually cook from. The recipes call for ingredients most home bars already hold, so a weeknight round for two works as well as a party. It also suits a host gift for anyone who likes their end-of-the-world talk served over ice.
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Cocktails for the Apocalypse is a compact hardcover of drink recipes by best-selling author Jennifer McCartney, bound in an orange linen-textured cover with gold title lettering. Inside, cream and off-white pages carry vintage black-and-white illustrations, orange rules, and full-page color plates, including a tornado and a toasting frog. Chapters are organized by disaster, with one given over to natural catastrophes, and the recipes mix new inventions with classics.
The humor is dry and a little dark. Drink names such as the Martian Martini, the Virtual Cosmo, the Nuclear Sunrise, and the Monsoon Mule do the joking, while the instructions stay short and easy to follow. The old-engraving artwork recalls mid-century bar manuals, which gives the whole book the feel of an official handbook for a very unofficial emergency.
Keep it on the bar cart, in the kitchen with the cocktail shaker, or on a shelf of drink books you actually cook from. The recipes call for ingredients most home bars already hold, so a weeknight round for two works as well as a party. It also suits a host gift for anyone who likes their end-of-the-world talk served over ice.
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