Amaro
By Brad Thomas Parsons
By Brad Thomas Parsons
By Brad Thomas Parsons
By Brad Thomas Parsons
Category: Cocktail, Beer, Wine & Beverage | International Cuisine
Category: Cocktail, Beer, Wine & Beverage | International Cuisine
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$26.00
Oct 11, 2016 | ISBN 9781607747482
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Oct 11, 2016 | ISBN 9781607747499
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Praise
“Long before there were chef-driven cocktails, there were monk-driven digestivi, also known as amaro. They made us feel better, encouraged post-prandial discourse, and set us up for a better tomorrow. Thanks to Brad Thomas Parsons, we now have a book that properly celebrates the category, and teaches us just how sweet it is to drink what’s bitter.”
– Danny Meyer, founder of the Union Square Hospitality Group
“I am a longtime lover of bitter Italian liqueurs. But this smart handbook has deepened my understanding of and heightened my appreciation for amaro and its kin. Read this and you will be thirsty.”
– Mario Batali
“Brad Thomas Parsons’s Bitters quickly became the definitive guide to a mysterious but essential cocktail ingredient. He’s done it again with Amaro, a gorgeous, comprehensive, and delectable exploration of the world’s bittersweet aperitifs and digestifs. Parsons’s passion for the history, culture, and personalities behind these herbaceous concoctions, coupled with Ed Anderson’s gorgeous photography, make Amaro a must-have.”
– Amy Stewart, author of The Drunken Botanist
“A few things happen as you age: you start really liking yogurt, you talk about seeing ‘other people,’ you’re willing to risk big to let out a memorable ‘Bababooey!’ scream at your son’s piano recital, and, fortunately, you begin to really enjoy bitters. Not only for their taste, but also because they’re a panacea for the middle-aged gut. Amaro is no longer strictly a clever way to deter teenage partygoers from raiding the house bar; it’s a staple ingredient, and it’s about time for such a thoroughly researched and deliciously presented book on the subject. Amaro is complete and thirst-inducing. Two thumbs up!”
– Frédéric Morin and David McMillan, authors of The Art of Living According to Joe Beef
“Fernet-Branca: what would we do without it? It is certainly my favorite of the amaros; some even say that it cures all known ailments and improves the humors. What a treat to read Amaro, a book devoted to these bittersweet aids to digestion, health, and happiness.”
– Fergus Henderson, author of The Complete Nose to Tail
“With cocktail recipes, amaro-spiked desserts, and even a guide to making your own amari, this book is a comprehensive guide to the liqueur. But more than just a guide, Amaro is a book you actually want to read. It’s written by Brad Thomas Parsons, the author of the James Beard and IACP award-winning book on bitters, and its best feature are the recipe headnotes. Ranging from personal anecdotes about cocktails to multiple paragraphs about a classic’s history, you get fun, interesting context with every recipe.”
– Saveur
“One man’s love affair with bitter liqueurs…the book is ideally timed: Many Americans in the last few years have discovered the bracing pleasures of drinks like Campari, Aperol, Cynar and even the acerbic Fernet Branca.”
– New York Times
“…Parsons does a terrific job of showcasing [amari] in this collection of over 100 recipes.”
– Publishers Weekly
“…Parsons succeeds at opening up exciting possibilities to try at home or seek out at bars.”
– Library Journal
“Parsons more than delivers on sweet ways to enjoy the spirit, explains the vast amari family tree and gives tips for how to make your own variety for every season.”
– Tasting Table
“If you’re a fan of Campari, Averna, Cynar, or other bittersweet liqueurs, this book will have your mouth watering and your liquor cabinet collapsing under its own weight.”
– Serious Eats
“Brad Thomas Parsons’s Amaro: The Spirited World of Bittersweet, Herbal Liqueurs serves as an Alice-like rabbit hole allowing full immersion in the world of amaro…”
– Wall Street Journal
“The man who might as well change his middle name to “bitter” is back with a follow-up to his award-winning Bitters. Beautifully photographed by Ed Anderson, Amaro is as much a desperately needed guide to the opaque and ill-defined world of bitter herbal liqueurs as it is a visual love letter to Italy. … Parsons once again shows why he’s become one of the drink world’s most reliable voices.”
– PUNCH
“The amaro craze now has its bible.”
– Chicago Reader
“Parsons, whose first book Bitters: a Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All covered similar territory via bitters, is a natural fit for this material. And his descriptions—both in page-long essays and in descriptive paragraphs for each drink—are biographical, informative, and witty enough to keep even the modestly curious engaged. That is, the index is not your only entry point—you can comfortably and sequentially flip pages.”
– Seattle Met
“This book is a deep dive into the history and characteristics of amaro with excellent cocktail recipes. Any cocktail nerd will love reading this book.”
– Tampa Bay Times
“With gorgeous photos and 100 original recipes, it will seriously amp up your man’s esoteric cocktail game.”
– PureWow
“A must for anyone who has a shelf for cocktail books.”
– The Manual
“Parsons lucidly explains how the centuries-old European tradition of digestifs made from complex recipes of ingredients ranging from artichokes to myrrh and often secret combos of mountain herbs became the latest obsession in American cocktail culture.”
– Philadelphia Inquirer
“This stylishly-designed volume offers background on the main producers, over a hundred cocktail recipes and a section on how to make your own amaro at home.”
– Forbes.com
“It is a definitive and enlightening take on this oft-misunderstood spirit category that continues to intrigue, perplex and confuse even the most seasoned hands.”
– Tales of the Cocktail
“Amaro is the most in depth, detailed, and well put together book on the industry’s favorite class of liqueurs. From the better known Campari and Fernet Branca to American-made amari like Calisaya from Oregon, this work is encyclopedic in its scope.”
– Star Chefs
Table Of Contents
Introduction.1
DEMYSTIFYING AMARO.5
EXPLORING THE WORLD OF AMARO .23
APERITIVO COCKTAILS.87
Americano. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Aperol Spritz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Campari and Soda. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Garibaldi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Negroni Sbagliato. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
ESSENTIAL AMARO COCKTAILS .99
Boulevardier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Hanky Panky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Jungle Bird. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Negroni. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Old Pal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Toronto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
MODERN AMARO COCKTAILS .111
Alpine Slide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Alpine Sour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Amaro Amanté. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Amaro Sour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
The Art of the Choke/
Kyle’s After Pork Digestif . . . . . . . . .121
Averna Smash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Bartender on Acid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Bitter Giuseppe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
The Bitter Swagger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
Bjórn Supremacy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Black Manhattan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Boss Colada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
The Brave. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
The Brunch Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Cantina Band. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Cappelletti Spritz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Cardinal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Carroll Gardens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
The Chipileños. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Choke and Smoke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Cranberry Beret. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Cynara. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Eeyore’s Requiem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Elena’s Virtue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Embittered Garibaldi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Exit Strategy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Fields Forever. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Flip Ya for Real. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Foregone Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Friûl Libar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Gato Amargo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Grandmother’s Tea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Here Today, Saigon Amaro. . . . . . . . . 162
Hunting Vest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Ice-Berg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Italian Buck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
The Jump Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Juniper #3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Letters of Marque. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Little Italy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171
M&M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
The Mayor’s Lament. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Monte Clift. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Mustache Ride. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Paper Plane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Red Hook Criterium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Rickey Ramazzotti. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Root Down. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Safe Passage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
San Francisco Treat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Senegalese Friendship Bracelet. . . . 189
Seventh Heaven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Sharpie Mustache. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Skystone Meletti. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Smithstreeter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Summer Babe (Winter Version) . . . . . 198
Summer Quartet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Thistle and Weeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
The Velvet Ditch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
The Victorian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
The Waterfront. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
White Negroni. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Yesterday, Today, and Amaro. . . . . . . 210
Zucca for Love. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Chile-Choke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
CIA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Ferrari. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Full Monte. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Hard Start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Jälort. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
The Jimbo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Magari. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Malori. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Maserati. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Nar Nar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Newport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Shatz, Bro! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
Spaghetti. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
Zucca Joe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
MAKING YOUR OWN AMARO .223
Autumnal Amaro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228
Winter Spice Amaro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229
Rite of Spring Amaro. . . . . . . . . . . . . .232
Summer Solstice Amaro . . . . . . . . . . .233
THE BITTERSWEET K ITCHEN .235
Caffè Corretto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239
Drunken Affogato. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240
Amaro-Spiked Milkshakes. . . . . . . . . .242
Bittersweet Ice Cream Sodas. . . . . . .246
Aperitivo Ice Pops. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249
Fernet and Coke Ice Pops. . . . . . . . . .249
Bitter Balls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Amaro-etti Cookies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252
Branca Menta Hot Chocolate. . . . . . .255
Amaro-Spiked
Mulled Hot Apple Cider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256
Barrel-Aged Fernet Maple Syrup. . . .256
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