"Atomic Cocktails"
by Karen Brooks, Gideon Bosker, and Reed Darmon
Chronicle Books,1998
     Ever want to impress someone with your mixological skills? Ever want to get your hands on a Neon Watermelon Margarita, Guava Daiquiri of the Party Gods, or even a Cognac Zoom? Atomic Cocktails is not for the weak of heart or the weak of liquor cabinet. If you want to live it up true swinger style, though, this book is a must. It gives you drink recipes to impress everyone from the crowd at that swank penthouse happening to your Hawaii-shirted friends at a tiki-filled backyard BBQ. This is not your standard bar guide (which you should always have nearby-btw), but the pinnacle of what should be you drink mixing career. There is also a deluxe book gift set that includes some of the tools (cocktail napkins, stirrers, etc..) to really make your drink experience radioactive. Get your shakers ready--here are a few of the drink offerings in Atomic Cocktails:

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Havana Moon Tea

· 1 tablespoon on tea bag orange pekoe tea
· 2/3 cup boiling water
· 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
· 2 teaspoons packed dark brown sugar
· 1/4 cup Mount Gay rum
· 1 fresh mint sprig

1. Place the loose tea or tea bag in a teapot. Pour in the boiling water and let steep for 5 minutes.

2. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the lime juice, brown sugar, and rum. Stir until the sugar dissolves.

3. Strain the tea into a large mug or an 8-ounce Irish coffee glass. Stir in the rum mixture and add the mint sprig. Serve hot.

Serves 1

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Roman Holiday

· 11/2 cups cracked ice or 6 ice cubes
· l1/2ounces vodka
· 1/2 ounce Punt e Mes
· 1/2 ounce sweet vermouth
· Splash of orange juice
· 1 thin orange slice for garnish

1. Fill a cocktail shaker with the ice and add all
the ingredients except the orange slice. Shake vigorously to blend and chill.

2. Strain the mixture into a cocktail glass.
Garnish with the orange slice.

Serves 1

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Classic Manhattan

· 11/2 cups cracked ice or 6 ice cubes
· 11/2 ounces bourbon, rye, or blended whiskey
· 1/2 ounce sweet vermouth
· Dash of Angostura buffers
· 1 maraschino cherry for garnish

1. Chill a cocktail glass.

2 Fill a cocktail shaker with the ice and add the bourbon, sweet vermouth, and bitters. Stir with a long handled bar spoon to blend and chill.

3. Strain the mixture into the chilled glass and garnish with the cherry.

Serves 1

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The Brazen Martini

· 1 1/2 CUPS cracked ice or 6 ice cubes
· 2 ounces well-chilled vodka
· 1/3 ounce Parfait Amour (violet liqueur)
· 1 small orange

1.  Fill a cocktail shaker with the ice and add the vodka and violet liqueur. Shake vigor ously to blend and chill. Strain the mixture into a martini glass.

2. With a peeler or a very sharp paring knife, cut around the orange continuously to create a thin, 3-inch-long spiral of zest. Drop the spiral in the middle of the drink and serve.

Serves 1

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Patio Daddy-O Planter's Punch

· 11/2 cups cracked ice or 6 ice cubes
· 4 ounces chilled pineapple juice
· 2 ounces chilled orange juice, preferably freshly squeezed
· 2 ounces chilled fresh lime juice
· 2 ounces dark rum
· Splash of grenadine

Garnish
· One 2-inch pineapple wedge
· 1 maraschino cherry
· 1 orange slice

1. Fill a cocktail shaker with the ice and add the 3 juices and the rum. Shake vigorously to blend and chill.

2. Pour the mixture into a Collins glass. Top with a splash of grenadine. With a plastic toothpick sword, skewer the pineapple wedge, maraschino cherry, and orange slice and decorate the rim of the glass.

Serves 1

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