Amaro: The Spirited World of Bittersweet, Herbal Liqueurs, with Cocktails, Recipes, Andformulas (Spiral Bound)

Name: Amaro: The Spirited World of Bittersweet, Herbal Liqueurs, with Cocktails, Recipes, Andformulas (Spiral Bound)
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Table of Contents:
Introduction. 1

DEMYSTIFYING AMARO.5

EXPLORING THE WORLD OF AMARO .23

APERITIVO COCKTAILS.87
Americano. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Aperol Spritz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Campari and Soda. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Garibaldi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Negroni Sbagliato. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

ESSENTIAL AMARO COCKTAILS .99
Boulevardier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Hanky Panky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Jungle Bird. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Negroni. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Old Pal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Toronto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

MODERN AMARO COCKTAILS .111
Alpine Slide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Alpine Sour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Amaro Amanté. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Amaro Sour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
The Art of the Choke/
Kyle's After Pork Digestif . . . . . . . . .121
Averna Smash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Bartender on Acid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Bitter Giuseppe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
The Bitter Swagger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
Bjórn Supremacy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Black Manhattan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Boss Colada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
The Brave. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
The Brunch Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Cantina Band. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Cappelletti Spritz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Cardinal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Carroll Gardens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
The Chipileños. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Choke and Smoke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Cranberry Beret. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Cynara. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Eeyore's Requiem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Elena's Virtue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Embittered Garibaldi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Exit Strategy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Fields Forever. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Flip Ya for Real. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Foregone Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Friûl Libar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Gato Amargo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Grandmother's Tea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Here Today, Saigon Amaro. . . . . . . . . 162
Hunting Vest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Ice-Berg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Italian Buck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
The Jump Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Juniper #3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Letters of Marque. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Little Italy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171
M&M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
The Mayor's Lament. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Monte Clift. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Mustache Ride. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Paper Plane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Red Hook Criterium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Rickey Ramazzotti. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Root Down. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Safe Passage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
San Francisco Treat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Senegalese Friendship Bracelet. . . . 189
Seventh Heaven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Sharpie Mustache. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Skystone Meletti. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Smithstreeter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Summer Babe (Winter Version) . . . . . 198
Summer Quartet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Thistle and Weeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
The Velvet Ditch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
The Victorian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
The Waterfront. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
White Negroni. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Yesterday, Today, and Amaro. . . . . . . 210
Zucca for Love. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Chile-Choke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
CIA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Ferrari. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Full Monte. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Hard Start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Jälort. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
The Jimbo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Magari. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Malori. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Maserati. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Nar Nar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Newport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Shatz, Bro! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
Spaghetti. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
Zucca Joe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220

MAKING YOUR OWN AMARO .223
Autumnal Amaro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228
Winter Spice Amaro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229
Rite of Spring Amaro. . . . . . . . . . . . . .232
Summer Solstice Amaro . . . . . . . . . . .233

THE BITTERSWEET K ITCHEN .235
Caffè Corretto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239
Drunken Affogato. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240
Amaro-Spiked Milkshakes. . . . . . . . . .242
Bittersweet Ice Cream Sodas. . . . . . .246
Aperitivo Ice Pops. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249
Fernet and Coke Ice Pops. . . . . . . . . .249
Bitter Balls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Amaro-etti Cookies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252
Branca Menta Hot Chocolate. . . . . . .255
Amaro-Spiked
Mulled Hot Apple Cider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256
Barrel-Aged Fernet Maple Syrup. . . .256

Biographical Note:
Brad Thomas Parsons is the author of Amaro: The Spirited World of Bittersweet, Herbal Liqueurs and Bitters: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All, which was the winner of the James Beard and IACP Cookbook Awards, and a finalist for the Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards. Parsons received an MFA in writing from Columbia University, and his work has appeared in Bon Appétit, Lucky Peach, Food & Wine, Travel + Leisure, Punch, and more. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit www.btparsons.com.

Review Quotes:
"With cocktail recipes, amaro-spiked desserts, and even a guide to making your own amari, this book is a comprehensive guide to the liqueur. Ranging from personal anecdotes about cocktails to multiple paragraphs about a classic's history, you get fun, interesting context with every recipe." --Saveur

"One man's love affair with bitter liqueurs . . . the book is ideally timed: Many Americans in the last few years have discovered the bracing pleasures of drinks like Campari, Aperol, Cynar and even the acerbic Fernet Branca." --The New York Times

"Parsons more than delivers on sweet ways to enjoy the spirit, explains the vast amari family tree and gives tips for how to make your own variety for every season." --Tasting Table

"If you're a fan of Campari, Averna, Cynar, or other bittersweet liqueurs, this book will have your mouth watering and your liquor cabinet collapsing under its own weight." --Serious Eats

"Brad Thomas Parsons's Amaro: The Spirited World of Bittersweet, Herbal Liqueurs serves as an Alice-like rabbit hole allowing full immersion in the world of amaro." --The Wall Street Journal

"Beautifully photographed by Ed Anderson, Amaro is as much a desperately needed guide to the opaque and ill-defined world of bitter herbal liqueurs as it is a visual love letter to Italy." --PUNCH

"This stylishly-designed volume offers background on the main producers, over a hundred cocktail recipes and a section on how to make your own amaro at home." --Forbes

"Thanks to Brad Thomas Parsons, we now have a book that properly celebrates the category, and teaches us just how sweet it is to drink what's bitter." --Danny Meyer, founder of the Union Square Hospitality Group

"I am a longtime lover of bitter Italian liqueurs. But this smart handbook has deepened my understanding of and heightened my appreciation for amaro and its kin. Read this and you will be thirsty." --Mario Batali

"Parsons's passion for the history, culture, and personalities behind these herbaceous concoctions, coupled with Ed Anderson's gorgeous photography, make Amaro a must-have." --Amy Stewart, author of The Drunken Botanist

" Amaro is complete and thirst-inducing. Two thumbs up!" --Frédéric Morin and David McMillan, authors of The Art of Living According to Joe Beef

"Fernet-Branca: what would we do without it? It is certainly my favorite of the amaros; some even say that it cures all known ailments and improves the humors." --Fergus Henderson, author of The Complete Nose to Tail

"Amaro is the most in depth, detailed, and well put together book on the industry's favorite class of liqueurs. From the better known Campari and Fernet Branca to American-made amari like Calisaya from Oregon, this work is encyclopedic in its scope." --Star Chefs

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