Excerpt From SHAKE by Eric Prum and Josh Williams
Excerpt From SHAKE by Eric Prum and Josh Williams
Excerpt From SHAKE by Eric Prum and Josh Williams
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introduction
We love cocktails. We have for a long time. But recently, we looked around and realized that, while
cocktail bars had sprouted up across the world, good drinks still couldnt be found in the place where
we had always mixed them: at home with friends.
So we set out from our workshop in Brooklyn, New York, to come up with a solution. What resulted is one
part instructional recipe book, one part photo journey through our year of cocktail crafting, and one part
inspirational pep talk. We think weve ended up with something unique: a cocktail book that expresses
our seasonal and straightforward approach to drinks and entertaining, and reminds us that, above all,
mixing cocktails should be fun, simple, and social:
Cocktails should be fun. If theyre not fun, why make them?! How do you keep them fun? Be creative. Use interesting ingredients you find at the market. Improvise on a recipe you have mastered. Take
cocktails with you on the go (we have included an example of how we do this each season).
Cocktails should be simple. Your ingredient list for a cocktail should include, at maximum, five
itemsand try to keep your ingredients seasonal and fresh!
Cocktails should be social. Drinking alone is acceptable on some specific occasions, like after a
bad breakup, or while waiting for others to drink with. But theyre so much better when theyre shared.
Cocktails naturally bring people together. Dont believe us? Just try bringing makings for a delicious
cocktail to the next house party youre attending and see what happens.
Our genuine hope is that this book inspires you to take delicious cocktails out of the bar and into your
handsand helps you do just that. So, grab some friends, turn the page, and start shaking up drinks in
a whole new way.
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Cointreau
Tequila
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Lime
Jalapeos
Mezcal
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Fresh Jalapeos
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Spicy
Mezcal i
THE PARTICULARS
makes two drinks
2 shots tequila
1 shot mezcal
1 & 1/2 shots Cointreau
1 & 1/2 shots fresh lime juice
2 slices of fresh jalapeo (plus 2 slices to
garnish)
2 slices of fresh lime (to garnish)
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Lemon
Vodka
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Blackberries
Seltzer
Wildflower
Honey
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The
Blackberry
Fence
Hopper.
THE PARTICULARS
makes two drinks
2 shots vodka
1 shot fresh lemon juice
1 shot wildflower honey
8 fresh blackberries (plus 4 for garnish)
2 slices of lemon (for garnish)
Seltzer
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