How to Booze

Offers humorous musings on the contemporary art of drinking and the reasons we do it. Featuring the delicious and easy-to-prepare recipes and the information on mixing drinks, this title provides insights into our destructive, flawed, beautiful selves, peeling back the psychological layers to discover why we're really drinking in the first place. There is a perfect drink for every situation. So what should you drink tonight? It depends . . . Are you stalking your ex? Try a pisco sour. Drowning out the ticking of your biological clock? A bee's knees will do. Spoiling for a vicious brawl with your dearest loved ones? A tipperary helps you get there. Sinking into debauchery underneath the mistletoe at your boss's holiday party? A presbyterian, what else? How to Booze has all the answers on what to drink when. Armed with nearly one hundred iconic recipes, useful facts on technique and ingredients, and more than enough advice to get you into trouble, you will now know just the right drink for the occasion—and how to prepare it likea professional. Armed with cutting wit and a degenerate world view, "How To Booze" provides frank, humorous musings on the contemporary art of drinking and the reasons we do it. You may find yourself rendezvousing with your ex-or trying to ignore the fact that the person you are bringing back to your apartment is almost fantastically unattractive. You may be making an embarrassment of yourself at your high school reunion-or trying to impress your weirdo in-laws. Or maybe you just want that last taste before heading to an AA meeting. Whatever the situation, Altier and Kaye have the perfect cocktail for temporary self-improvement. Along with the delicious and easy-to-prepare recipes and plenty of useful information on mixing drinks, they offer amusingly accurate insights about our destructive, flawed, beautiful selves, peeling back the psychological layers to discover why we're really drinking in the first place.

Kaye (Auteur) - Verschenen op 01/06/2010 bij