Party drinks - Ian Wisniewski

Party Drinks is more than a cocktail manual, it is the ultimate drinks book for the Millennium. Author Ian Wisniewski, Britain's leading writer on spirits and cocktails, travels the globe to discover how the world parties using drink as his magnifying glass. He looks at why particular drinks have developed in each area, how they are drunk there and elsewhere, and details the local serving customs and drinking games. The chapters then offer an authorative selection of cocktail recipes using each drink. In all, Party Drinks contains 200 recipes for all types of event plus advice on serving and knocking them back. And there are also plenty of hangover cures...

Ian Wisniewski is Britain's leading authority on spirits. The author of several pocket-sized books including Classic Vodka, Classic Whiskey and Classic Tequila, he is a regular contributor to The Daily Telegraph, House & Garden and Decanter. Ian has also written recipe books such as A Dash of Mustard for Reader's Digest and was formerly food editor of House & Garden, making him the ideal choice to write a drinksbook that also contains recipes. Photographer Jan Baldwin is one of Britain's leading food and interiors photographers and works regularly for Elle Decoration, World of Interiors and leading national newspapers.