Spirits of Latin America: A Celebration of Culture & Cocktails With 100 Recipes

Leyenda, Ivy Mix's Brooklyn bar, was nominated for the James Beard Award for Outstanding Bar Program in 2019. Its focus on drinks from throughout Latin America makes it distinctive in a city with many remarkable bars. Here, in sections devoted to spirits produced from agave, sugarcane, and grapes, Mix delivers not only recipes, but a strong sense of the many drinking traditions scattered across a continent and a half. This is a book that will make it clear that drinking in Guatemala is not the same as drinking in Mexico, let alone Puerto Rico or Peru. Spirits of Latin America offers a blend of traditional drinks and contemporary creations, many of them developed to highlight the qualities of a particular liquor, so it's worth noting that this is not a collection of three-ingredient cocktails. But can you resist the call of concoctions with names such as Ghost Coast, Desde Siempre, and Spicy Llama? Hardcover. Color photographs throughout.