Speakeasy : 200 Underground Cocktails

Speakeasy : 200 Underground Cocktails
ISBN: 9781743790106
Publication Date: 1 August 2015

Speakeasy is a cocktail book that celebrates the exciting gin-soaked, gangster-frollicking prohibition era, with 200 cocktails for every taste. With cool 1920s-style illustrations throughout, and a perfect gift format, this is the one cocktail book to relive the heady golden days. The iconic Sidecar, White Lady, Clover Club and French 75 cocktails, among many others, were born in the dark, smoky, drinking dens of the era -Speakeasy will inspire you to recreate chic classic cocktails at home in style.

About the Author

Benny Roff is a professional chef who graduated from the California Culinary Academy. He has cooked at Le Bernadin in New York City, Jardiniere in San Francisco and Kensington Place in London. He moved to cocktails in 2006 and managed Melbourne s iconic Borsch, Vodka and Tears for three years, where he conducted extensive empirical research into vodka. He since authored the eponymous food and cocktail book Borsch, Vodka and Tears.