Buchanan-Smith’s Axe Handbook is a trusted resource for anyone looking to reconnect with handcraft and the outdoors. Beautifully designed and lavishly illustrated, this handbook will inspire readers to rediscover the great outdoors.Peter Buchanan-Smith founded Best Made Co. in 2009 because he loved making things with his hands and wanted to start a company that would not only celebrate the inherent beauty of timeless, utilitarian tools, bu...

Esquire editor and Entrepreneur etiquette columnist Ross McCammon delivers a funny and authoritative guide that provides the advice you really need to be confident and authentic at work, even when you have no idea what’s going on.Ten years ago, before he got a job at Esquire magazine and way before he became the etiquette columnist at Entrepreneur magazine, Ross McCammon, editor at an in-flight magazine, was staring out a second-floor window at a parking lot in sub...

Drink Like a Man distills 83 years of drinking wisdom into this indispensable manual. With more than 125 cocktail recipes and 100 photos, including 13 drinks every man should know how to make, variations on classic cocktails, and drinks batched large enough to satisfy a crowd, it's an essential guide to cocktail making, but also a manual for how to drink. As a host, at a bar, with a friend, on your own—whatever the situation may be—Esquire offers wisdom, encouragement, an...

Mix Drinks Like A ProNow you can with this indispensable handbook, the most thorough'and thoroughly accessible'bartending guide ever created for both professional and home use. Encyclopedic in scope and filled with clear, simple instructions, The Bartender's Bible includes information on:Stocking and equipping a bar'from liquors and mixers to condiments, garnishes, and equipmentShot-by-shot recipes for over 1,000 cocktails and mixed drinks f...

This book is a handy guide on how to make 50 Quick Cocktails. Some famous and favourite cocktail recipes are included, along with some new ones for you to try. Why not try a Vodka Martini, a TNT, or maybe even slip 'Between The Sheets' for your favourite drink. Please drink responsibly.

Learn how to make crazy-fun cupcakes with these easy recipes for any holiday or special occasion!No one knows more about making whimsical, delicious, and eye-catching single-serving treats than Karen Tack and Alan Richardson. And the dynamic duo of cupcake creativity is back with a brand-new batch of easy, entertaining, and unique decorating ideas that will delight the whole family.What's New, Cupcake? keeps the baking bonanza going with all-new des...

Here's to cocktails! Mix them, drink them, enjoy them. This bestselling Little Black Book includes more than 150 recipes for classic cocktails, martinis, punches, tropical drinks (with or without umbrellas), dessert drinks, naughty-sounding cocktails (like "Between the Sheets" and "French Kiss"), tips on cocktail culture, a glossary, and amusing anecdotes. Helpful index includes listings of drinks by name, by primary alcoholic ingredient, and by color/flavoring. The perfect little book for ...

Get messy in the kitchen with these easy-to-follow cake decorating projects to make with the kids!Choose from a Haunted House Cake, Scary Spider Cupcakes or Spooky Skull Cupcakes, or make a 'sweet table' of all three!A sample chapter from Cake Decorating with the Kids.

The first real cookbook for cocktails, featuring 500 recipes from the world's premier mixologist, Dale DeGroff.Covering the entire breadth of this rich subject, The Craft of the Cocktail provides much more than merely the same old recipes: it delves into history, personalities, and anecdotes; it shows you how to set up a bar, master important techniques, and use tools correctly; and it delivers unique concoctions, many featuring DeGroff’s signature use of ...

It’s a system, a tool kit, a recipe book. Beginning with one irresistible idea--a complete home bar of just 12 key bottles--here’s how to make more than 200 classic and unique mixed drinks, including sours, slings, toddies, and highballs, plus the perfect Martini, the perfect Manhattan, and the perfect Mint Julep.It’s a surprising guide--tequila didn’t make the cut, and neither did bourbon, but genever did. And it’s a literate guide--describing with great liveliness everything from...

The best cocktails start with an artful liqueur. Learn the art of turning your garden herbs and flowers into your own liqueur. This guide will walk you through the process of creating your own cordials and liqueurs and includes some great recipes to get you started.

Time-honored cocktails like the New York Sour and the Sidecar were born during the era of Prohibition, the blessedly bygone social experiment that turned drinking into an underground adventure. In those days, hard beverage options were usually made with homemade hooch and flavorings of dubious origin and quality.Thankfully, a cocktail renaissance has emerged in many of today’s bars, where inventive drinks showcase both the artistry and craft of bartending. At their moody and atmosp...