The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails
Editor-in-chief David Wondrich and Associate Editor Noah Rothbaum
- A brand-new Oxford Companion covering spirits and cocktails, to stand beside the best-selling Oxford Companions to Wine and Beer
- The first A-Z reference work to present in-depth, global coverage of distilled drinks, the third branch of the alcohol family
- Covers all aspects of the alcohol development and consumption, from technical to cultural to historical, in a ground-breaking synthesis
- Lavishly illustrated, the Companion explores the theory of mixology, current and historical techniques and trends, and influential mixologists and their bars
- Includes insights from 150 contributors, from distillers, bartenders and owners, and spirits journalists, to historians, anthropologists, and more
- Appendices include a timeline of the development of spirits and distillation and a guide to mixing drinks