Classic Cocktails: Time-Honored Recipes for the Home Bartender

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Classy ladies and dapper gents have their favorite vintage cocktail go-to, and now you can as well! From Manhattans to Pink Ladies, Gin Fizzies to Whisky Sours, Gibsons to Stingers--and sixty additional cocktails--"Classic Cocktails" returns drinkers back to an age of sophisticated mixed drinks for the suave imbiber. While mixing your favorite cock

Amanda Hallay is a writer, cultural historian, and trend analyst. She is employed as a professor at a leading Manhattan college where she teaches courses in history, writing, and fashion. Her cocktail of choice is the Mai Tai, although she usually opts for the more diet-friendly Gibson. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. David Wolfe was born in Ohio and moved to London in the Swinging Sixties where he became England's leading fashion illustrator for two decades. His distinctive sketches graced the pages of British Vogue and the London Sunday Times. David's favorite cocktail is the margarita, but he most enjoys drawing drinks that come with umbrellas. He lives in New York, New York.