This cookbook and guide to the cultural phenomenon that is boba, or bubble tea -- featuring recipes and reflections from The Boba Guys tea shops. Andrew Chau and Bin Chen realized in 2011 that boba - the milk teas and fruit juices laced with chewy tapioca balls from Taiwan that were exploding in popularity in the States -- was still made from powders and mixes. No one in the U.S. was making boba with the careful attention it deserved, or using responsible,...

"Leaning into the hipster trend of making fresh cocktails, while spotlighting regional mixologists, this is the second of agseries of gifty cookbooks pairing 30 cocktails with 30 delicious recipes, written by a seasoned food writer. This one takes the never-ending trend of pairing tequila cocktails with tacos"-- "Tacos have been trending for years, and finally tequila is having its taco moment. While a crunchy, savory beef taco washed down with a...

College grad Bailey Chen has all of the usual new-adult demons: no cash, no job offers, and a rocky relationship with Zane, the only friend still around when she moves back home. But her demons become a lot more literal when Zane introduces Bailey to his cadre of monster-fighting bartenders. It turns out supernatural creatures are stalking the streets of Chicago, and they can be hunted only with the help of magically mixed cocktails: vodka grants...

"Eric Alperin and Deborah Stoll give readers a peek inside the joys, pains, and peculiarities of life behind the stick"--

"In Clean Cocktails, holistic health coaches Beth Ritter Nydick and Tara Roscioli bring a clean-living mindset to craft mixology.Their recipes use nothing but neutral, low-calorie spirits; fresh juices loaded with vitamins; gentle sweeteners like honey and maple syrup; and anti-inflammatory spices like cinnamon, cayenne, and turmeric--the perfect alternative to drinks that are typically loaded with refined sugars, artificial flavors, and dyes.Much...

"A back-to-basics cocktail book -- and affable tribute to the pleasures of the cocktail -- is organized around five best-known, beloved, classic families of cocktails, providing a simple ratio for each from which myriad variations can be built"--

Outlines scientific approaches to making aesthetically appealing, better-tasting drinks through an awareness of ingredient properties, sharing illustrated recipes and instructions for using specific equipment and techniques. Includes further reading, glossary, sources and recipe list.