Food & Wine: Cocktails 2005
I purchased this little book not only for the cocktail recipes but also because it’s a travel guide of sorts. It’s the Food & Wine Cocktails 2005. The 2006 version is also available for pre-order now.
At first glance it may look like many other mixology books with chapters dedicated to the various spirits. But take a little closer look and you’ll see that each of the recipes is from a bar or restaurant somewhere around the country. And, in fact, the last section, “The Guide” has close to 30 pages dedicated to “Nightlife”, basically listings of the bars, restaurants and lounges (arranged by city) that provided recipes for the book.
Taking a look at the places I know best, those in the Seattle area, I am happy to see that all of the places listed are those that I have found take pride in creating artful cocktails. Those that I recognize from the New York area also fall into this category, so my guess is that this little book would be a great reference when traveling as well as for making some tasty and tantalizing concoctions.
I was especially delighted to see a cocktail that calls specifically for Junipero, one of the artisinal gins made by Anchor Steam which I recently wrote about.
Junipero 102
from Tempo - Brooklyn, NY
Ice
2 oz Junipero gin
1 oz fresh lime juice
1 1/2 tsp simple syrup
2 oz chilled Moscato d’Asti
1 lime twistFill cocktail shaker with ice. Add th gin, lime juice and simple syrup and shake well. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Top with the Moscato and garnish with the lime twist.
My wife likes to enjoy Fizzy Friday every week, in celebration of our wedding ceremony, which took place one Friday this most recent January.
So I made us the Junipero 102, since I knew the Moscato would have a slight fizz. We both enjoyed it considerably, so thank you for posting this recipe. We loved the interplay of all the flavors, and although we usually reserve Junipero for martinis, we thought it was just the right gin for this drink.