Description

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Divine cocktails and delicious mixed drinks—hangover not included!

Festive, sophisticated cocktails for everyone? Yes, please! With alcohol-free options so refreshing to drink, simple to make, and for any season or occasion, going dry has never been easier:

• Celebrate Dry January in style with an Espresso Mint Martini


• Spoil yourself at breakfast with a Blood Orange Sunrise


• Toast the mother-to-be with a bubbly Paloma Fizz


• Keep your summer picnic kid-friendly with a refreshing Raspberry and Lavender Shrub


• Thank the oft-forgotten designated driver with an eye-opening Chile and Lime Margarita

Plus, for the new mocktail mixologist, Dry comes complete with a guide to essential equipment, easy-to-find ingredients, simple syrup recipes, and more. Cheers!

About the Author

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Clare Liardet loves to gather her friends and family together to enjoy the simple pleasures of eating and drinking. She has worked in the food world for many years, first cooking in museums, then in one of the first gastropubs and, most recently, opening The Talbot Inn in Somerset with her husband and his business partners. She runs Kitchen Cookery Table, the cooking school, which emphasizes the importance of experimenting with flavors and eating with the seasons. She is also a potter.

Praise For…

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An excellent choice for home mixologists.
— Library Journal

One of the things many people miss when they stop drinking alcohol is the ritual that goes along with popping a cork, pouring a glass of wine, or building a cocktail. Dry offers many opportunities for an adventurous cook to create new rituals, as well as quick fixes for the impatient teetotaler who just wants a drink — and wants it now.

— The Santa Fe New Mexican

You’re going to enjoy these recipes all year long.
— Atlanta Journal Constitution

Surprising takes such as the Beetroot Virgin Mary add new life to a familiar favorite while new combinations like the Blood Orange and Sage Margarita make your mouth water in anticipation.
— Paste Magazine

There’s an alcohol-free drinks revolution happening, and Dry is an intelligent—and accessible—guide. For too long non-drinkers have had to settle for overly sweet and overly simple ‘mocktails.’ There is nothing ‘mock’ about the drinks in this book.

— John deBary, bar expert and author

Drinking together is important—not because of the ‘drinking’ part, but because of the ‘together’ part. Now folks who are avoiding booze can enjoy the party, too!
— Maggie Hoffman, author of The One-Bottle Cocktail: More than 80 Recipes with Fresh Ingredients and a Single Spirit