Mommy Mixology

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Things move quickly in the cocktail fast lane—but slow to a crawl when pregnancy kicks in. Right? Wrong! Even when sporting a “baby bump,” modern moms can stay in the social swing of things with Preggatinis, featuring lip-smacking, liquorless libations designed by master mixologist Natalie Bovis-Nelsen, aka “The Liquid Muse.” Within these pages are 75 original Preggatini recipes highlighting fresh juices, herbs, and garnishes as well as ideas for Preggatini Parties—a modern spin on the humdrum baby shower. Organized by pregnancy stages and symptoms, this lavishly illustrated, pocket-sized, virtually intoxicating guide also offers quotes from famous moms and sidebars about pregnancy and health and such options as “De-virginize for Dad”—making these drinks applicable to all. Includes a recipe exclusively provided by Celebrity Chef Michel Richard, recipient of the 2007 Outstanding Chef James Beard award, author of Happy in the Kitchen, and owner of the legendary Citronelle restaurant in Washington, DC.

Life is tough (but motherhood is tougher), and sometimes Mama just needs a damn break! With homeschooling and working from home now more prevalent than ever, even the busiest moms need a “time-out” sometimes. In Mama Needs a Martini!, fellow mother and martini drinker Bailey Koester shares her favorite cocktail recipes paired with some much-needed comedic relief and charming anecdotes for all the mamas out there. Bubbling over with both classic concoctions and new twists on old favorites, Mama Needs a Martini! makes the perfect gift for moms everywhere. All sixty delicious drink recipes feature common grocery store ingredients that are likely already in your bar or pantry for easier indulgence. Mom-approved drinks include: Champagne Slushie Adult Apple Juice Cookies & Creamtini Sparkling Berry Float Rosé Punch And Much, Much More! For any fun-loving mom who appreciates convenience over complexity and could use a serious sip of self-care, this book for you.

Within these pages are over 75 original Preggatini recipes highlighting fresh juices, herbs, and garnishes as well as ideas for Preggatini Parties--a modern spin on the humdrum baby shower. Organized by pregnancy stages and symptoms, this lavishly illustrated, pocket-sized, virtually intoxicating guide also offers quotes from famous moms and sidebars about pregnancy and health and such options as "De-virginize for Dad"--making these drinks applicable to all.

Pour yourself a drink and discover your latest true crime obsession—with seventy-five deliciously chilling cocktails and the infamous stories that inspired them. From terrifying serial killers to baffling cold cases and secretive cults, murderinos can’t get enough of true crime. Now, you have yet another way to dive into these horrifyingly true stories with a first-of-its-kind cocktail book that gives a new meaning to the phrase “bad and boozy.” Inside Mixology and Murder, you’ll find 75 step-by-step drink recipes alongside the terrifying stories that inspired them, from must-know cases like JonBenét Ramsey and Ted Bundy to lesser-known stories like the Ant Hill Kids cult and the Circleville Letter Writer. This cocktail book is your go-to resource for true crime info and delightfully boozy drinks, including: * Fugitive Fizz * Sazer-Ax Murderer * The Perfect Lime (Mojito) * Amityville Amaretto * Colada Confessions * In Cold Blood Orange * and more! Mixology and Murder is perfect for any true crime junkie who knows that sometimes the best way to deal with the excitement of a serial killer finally getting caught—or the frustration of finding out that the case is still unsolved—is a good, strong drink.

A lively exploration into America’s preoccupation with childhood innocence and its corruption In The Drinking Curriculum, Elizabeth Marshall brings the taboo topic of alcohol and childhood into the limelight. Marshall coins the term “the drinking curriculum” to describe how a paradoxical set of cultural lessons about childhood are fueled by adult anxieties and preoccupations. By analyzing popular and widely accessible texts in visual culture—temperance tracts, cartoons, film, advertisements, and public-service announcements—Marshall demonstrates how youth are targets of mixed messages about intoxication. Those messages range from the overtly violent to the humorous, the moralistic to the profane. Offering a critical and, at times, irreverent analysis of dominant protectionist paradigms that sanctify childhood as implicitly innocent, The Drinking Curriculum centers the graphic narratives our culture uses to teach about alcohol, the roots of these pictorial tales in the nineteenth century, and the discursive hangover we nurse into the twenty-first.

Shake up the market with these key ingredients to a successfulstartup Entrepreneurship starts with an idea and a dream: a dream of abetter world for others, and a life less ordinary for yourself.These days, more people than ever are full of world-changing ideasand, thanks to technology, have the means to bring them to life.But many ideas remain just ideas, and many dreams just dreams. Startup Mixology is first and foremost a book aboutturning your ideas into action. From the cofounder of media companyTech Cocktail, a veteran entrepreneur and investor who was namedone of the most connected people in tech, this book covers thebasic "ingredients" of winning entrepreneurship. No abstracttheories here — it shows you how to tackle everything fromidea generation to launch to marketing to funding and how to startgetting things done. Once you've taken that first step, the journey has only begun.Startup Mixology tells it like it is — and it's noteasy! You'll learn about the harsh reality of starting up: whathappens when you offend your customers, get no attention, or runout of money. These are the stories you don't always hear in themedia. In the end, Startup Mixology is an optimistic book. Youcan do this — and you can have fun doing it, too.Every chapter also shows you how to enjoy the journey along the way- because if you don't, what's the point of it all? From cakebaking to workations to llama parades, you'll learn howentrepreneurs around the world stay sane, reduce stress, andcelebrate the positive. This may seem fluffy, but it's actually oneof the biggest secrets of successful startups. Inside, you'll find the stories of companies like MakerBot,WordPress, Zappos, Basecamp, Uber, and more. Hear in their ownwords how they survived the startup phase, and learn from thestraightforward and conversational Frank Gruber, who has metthousands of entrepreneurs and watched them grow theirbusinesses. In many ways, entrepreneurship will be the most difficultundertaking of your career. But if you can find the right balanceof hard work, support, and celebration, it can also be the mostrewarding. Startup Mixology takes you through the wholeprocess from start to finish, so you can begin the incomparablejourney of turning your great ideas into great startups.

JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER • An illustrated collection of nearly 300 cocktail recipes from the award-winning NoMad Bar, with locations in New York, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas. Originally published as a separate book packaged inside The NoMad Cookbook, this revised and stand-alone edition of The NoMad Cocktail Book features more than 100 brand-new recipes (for a total of more than 300 recipes), a service manual explaining the art of drink-making according to the NoMad, and 30 new full-color cocktail illustrations (for a total of more than 80 color and black-and-white illustrations). Organized by type of beverage from aperitifs and classics to light, dark, and soft cocktails and syrups/infusions, this comprehensive guide shares the secrets of bar director Leo Robitschek's award-winning cocktail program. The NoMad Bar celebrates classically focused cocktails, while delving into new arenas such as festive, large-format drinks and a selection of reserve cocktails crafted with rare spirits.