A must have! Delicious cocktail recipes and information! Excellent format. I highly recommend this book!

Great book to read about the cocktails and its recipes..........

I gotta say I kind of LOVED this book. I'm not a huge drinker, but when I do indulge, I like to try cocktails seeped in tradition and history. There is just something about knowing you are drinking a little piece of history that makes it go down smoother.

Not only was this book chocked full of drink recipes you also get a brief history, background, and tips for each drink recipe. The recipes are well laid out and easy to follow, and there is a nice array of photographs sprinkled throughout. The book opens with three introductory chapters (List of Sidebars, Preface, Introduction) and then we dive into the drink recipes with them being divided into the following sections (Day Drinking. Shake It Up, Top with Bubbles, Juleps, Cobblers, and Their Kin, Have Fun with Your Drink, Stirred and Boozy, Spirits, Enhanced, Potent Prescriptions, Strong Finishes, Enough to Go Around). After the drink recipes, we then have the following extra chapters that offer us, even more, information for your drinking pleasure (Vishwesh Bhatt’s Cocktail Bites (food recipes), Tools, Techniques, Glassware, Drink Categories).


Here are just a few examples of the many drink recipes you will find within...

-- Brandy Milk Punch
-- Michelada
-- Gunshop Fizz
-- Ruby Slipper
-- Seersucker
-- Seelbach Cocktail
-- Snake-Bit Sprout
-- Ticonderoga Cup
-- Absinthe Frappé
-- The Moviegoer
-- I’m Your Huckleberry
-- Canebrake Cooler
-- Li’l Liza Jane
-- Spaghetti Western
-- Cab Calloway
-- Watermelon Sangria
-- Twelfth Night Punch

A few of the "foodie" recipes you will find within...

-- Catfish Rillettes
-- Deviled Ham
-- Pickled Shrimp
-- Snackbar Pimento Cheese
-- Sweet Potato, Ham, and Cheese Biscuits

Thank you to Sara Camp Milam, Jerry Slater, and University of Georgia Press for the privilege to read The Southern Foodways Alliance Guide to Cocktails early released for an honest review;

I admit when I picked up this book I was expecting the normal overview and recipe collection of the most popular Southern Cocktails floating around most bars and restaurants these days, but instead I was treated to a well-aged, well-versed, historical, down-home Southern class and flare that left me wanting more with every turn of the page once I opened it.

This book is sinful divine and it will leave you wanting to try drink after drink in every section. Each chapter starts with the history, creation, and background for the type of cocktails that will be discussed therein. Each of the pages is well laid out, starting with another miniature of specific information/history/story per-drink, with a lot of breathing room in it's spacing, pictures that divinely to die for, ingredients always include whether you'll need garnishing, ice service, and what kind of glass you should be serving it in.

I don't pick up many books for my bar collection, but you can bet I'll be getting myself one! (And likely buying a few copies for likeminded friends for upcoming birthday's or Christmas!)

The Southern Foodways Alliance Guide to Cocktails is a sparkling collection of traditional cocktails, new concoctions and old favorites with a modern southern spin. The recipes include a description of each drink along with the easy to follow recipe. The photographs of the cocktails that have been included are beautiful and make you thirsty just looking at them. These recipes are sure to make your next cocktail soiree a true southern sensation.

Great well crafted book with lots of delicious drinks, especially the hurricane. Personally I think there should be more photos for each individual drinks but other than that I cannot fault this book

There are definite great and not-so-great aspects of this cocktail recipe book. I love the idea of the book - approaching cocktails, bartenders, and bars from a cultural heritage perspective. I love the history described in this book. There are some unique cocktail recipes included. Quite a few of the recipes are standards, though, that you could find in any cocktail book or with a Google search. I always want to see a photo of the finished drink and this book does not offer that for most of the cocktails. Overall, the book is worth reading through if you have an interest in craft cocktails and/or Southern culture.

There are some good cocktail recipes here. I also appreciated the insight that went along with it.