Cooks Illustrated COCKTAIL RECIPE BOOK

[eugenep]

wow. I think I'm going to get it. 

 

I tried two of their recipes and it tasted great 

 

https://shop.americastestkitchen.com/how-to-cocktail.html/?sourcekey=CCB1ZHCA0

Edited September 5, 2019 by Smithy
Capitalisation in title (log)

[weinoo]

What 2 recipes?

 

[eugenep]

2 hours ago, weinoo said:

What 2 recipes?

 

book not out yet but sample pages on amazon shows the egg foam Whiskey Sour https://www.cooksillustrated.com/recipes/9043-whiskey-sour?incode=MCSCD00L0&ref=new_search_experience_1

 

and, this is an assumption, not confirmed yet, there will be the Aperol Flip 

 

both using egg white foam 

 

The Aperol Flip has this perfect balance of sour, sweetness, and alcohol but what made both incredible was the egg white 

 

I've read about using egg white and that I thought it was added to give texture and foam, which I didn't care about that much since I would be using carbonated soda (achieving a bubbly foam texture already) 

 

but I had extra egg white and tried out their recipes and WOW! 

 

the egg white adds something else unexpected and not just the foam and texture but body 

 

this depth of body in my cocktail was unexpected and it felt like I was "eating my cocktail" like the satisfaction of eating a sandwich - only it was eating a cocktail 

 

I've been saving my egg whites since then and making either the aperol flip or sour 

 

interested in trying out others 

 

the only other time I had such a wow expereince with cocktails was at Death & Co bar in NYC 

Edited September 6, 2019 by eugenep (log)

[EvergreenDan]

Looks underwhelming, given the variety of great cocktail books by, ya know, cocktail experts.

I also don't recommend Modern Brain Surgery by Mr. Goodwrench.

[rotuts]

@eugenep

 

do you have a decent library system ?

 

look there first.

 

I will say , ATK , in spite of its voluminous churn , has a cracker- jack

 

photography section :  Most Excelent Food P0rn !

 

they have a burger book :  pics fantastic !

 

and that's what modern CB seem to be about.

[eugenep]

1 hour ago, rotuts said:

@eugenep

 

do you have a decent library system ?

 

look there first.

 

I will say , ATK , in spite of its voluminous churn , has a cracker- jack

 

photography section :  Most Excelent Food P0rn !

 

they have a burger book :  pics fantastic !

 

and that's what modern CB seem to be about.

I agree with you about the churn. I realized that most of the recipes in all their books are already on the website database so if you do a search, you could find the recipe without buying the book most of the time. 

 

To tell you the truth I I kept my subscription to Cooks Illustrated rather than switching to Milk Street only because of the database of thousands of recipes and equipment reviews that Milk Street hasn't built up yet and needs time. 

 

The churn doesn't bother me so much as firing and suing Mr. Kimball and threatening lawsuits to bloggers and homecooks that post online. 

 

But their recipes work and it does seem tested.