DARK SPIRITS, the sequel to the highly acclaimed GOOD SPIRITS cocktail book that we previously wrote about, penned once again by master mixologist AJ Rathbun and superbly photographed by our very own Melissa Punch, is sure to put a much-needed kick of creativity into your winter liquids.
“Dear Vodka, your days are numbered. You had a good run,” say The Ladies United For the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails. ”Make room for rum, whiskey, bourbon, and rye.” I don’t know what I love more, the fact that there is finally a book containing expressive ways to imbibe non-vodka beverages or that LUPEC is an actual organized group of women who, in their own words, are dismantling the patriarchy one drink at a time.
Paul Clarke, a contributing editor to IMBIBE writes, “In an era when countless glasses are burdened with mixtures that are light, bright, and bland, Rathbun fearlessly brings drinkers and their cocktail shakers over to the dark side”. With recipes this delicious, a certain Jack Daniels on the rocks drinker might just have to consider sprucing up her old favorite!
Also check out WINE Cocktails – a gathering of 50 incredibly luscious uses for your reds, whites and rosés – and Melissa’s photography once again transforms liquid pleasure into visual bliss.
With a name like Melissa PUNCH how could this collaboration possibly go wrong? Get your copy of these Harvard Common Press publications here!
