Cooking With Cocktails:
100 Spirited Recipes

Julia Child famously commented, “I enjoy cooking with wine, sometimes I even put it in the food . . . ” Kristy Gardner has taken this idea to the next level in her award-winning cookbook, Cooking with Cocktails. Every recipe is touched with alcohol; the result is a punchy visual adventure with roots in Italian and French cuisine that demands enjoying meals with passion, with friends, and with alcohol.

Join the celebration of the very best that life has to offer—good friends, good food, good drink, great stories, and bad jokes—with humor, delicious recipes, and mouth-watering photographs.

Who ever said we can’t have our gin cake and eat it too?

Cook. Eat. Imbibe. Live. And repeat.

Published in The United States, Canada, The United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, Singapore, Taiwan & Thailand
– Countryman Press / W.W. Norton, 2017

‘Tis the season, any season.

Sample some of the tried & tested 100 Booze-Infused Recipes:

  • Cocktails: ‘Moscow’ Dark & Stormy, Mint Cucumber & Smoky Jalapeño Margaritas, Dirty Sexy Coffee Drinks (aka Shafts)
  • Appetizers & bar snacks: Red Wine Chorizo & Blistered Cherry Tomatoes, ‘Fundo’ Pull Apart Bread, Strawberry Chambord Whipped Stilton Toasts
  • Soups & Salads: Drunk Grilled Pear & Brie Salad, Mojito Watermelon Chopped Salad, Beef & Barley Red Wine Stew
  • Meaty: Cuervo & Tecate Pork Carnitas, Maple Whiskey-Laced BBQ Meatballs, Lager-Simmered Chicken Thighs
  • Fish & Seafood: Gewürtztraminer Thai Mussels, Parchment-Baked Halibut ‘Cocktail’, One Tequila Two Tequila Three Tequila Ceviche!
  • (Mostly) Vegetables: JD Mac & Peas, Margherita ‘Margarita’ Pizza, Ale Stacked Mushrooms
  • Sweets: Apple Cider Pound Cake, 3-Way Boozy Ice Cream, Raspberry-Vodka Brownies, How To Build A Wine & Cheese Plate
  • Staples & Sauces: Bourbon Soaked Cherries, Smoky Stout BBQ Sauce, Fiesta Boozy Guac
  • …Plus 75 other recipes with stunning photography!
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READER REVIEWS

Great recipes, gorgeous photography. Almost every single recipe in this book fits my tastes and the way I like to eat. This book is all about great food, cooked for scratch, which for me means whole, quality ingredients used in classic ways with a bit of a twist. The gorgeous and sumptuous photography is the icing on the cake. I highly recommend this book!
– Darina, Amazon Review
This book is beautifully done! High quality hard cover, stunning pictures and written so clearly that you can drink wine while preparing any one of the recipes inside. Written so clearly that even the newest foodie can follow the instructions yet the recipies are sophisticated enough to accommodate the more experienced cooks that want to explore cooking with beverages. Cooking these meals is a fun, date night-in activity!
– Tara, Amazon Review
Unusual orientation, this cookbook has some of the best “steps” of any cookbook.
– Yves, GoodReads Review
Both the cocktail and food recipes are amazing and the photography has me drooling for more. I’m a big fan of Kristy’s sassy/ badass voice, and that really comes through in Cooking With Cocktails. Highly recommended!
– Kristen, Amazon Review
Fantastic book. Booze plus food equals the best cookbook you’ll ever need to buy. The recipes are clear, delicious and varied and the photos are amazing; so mouthwatering you’ll want to eat them. Can’t recommend it enough!
– Anonymous, Amazon Review
This book went above and beyond my expectations! I ordered it expecting a few unique recipes, turns out the thing is completely full of unique, thoughtful recipes and witty writing. Gardner does an exceptional job on this one and I’d recommend it to anyone.
– Anonymous, Amazon Review
Beat my expectations! Original recipes that are not found on every Internet cooking site. Lovely to look at and delightful to cook and eat!
– Island Reader, Amazon Review
Buy this book! This was the perfect 40th Birthday gift for my boozy best friend at the time who also used to hate cooking. I just purchased a copy for myself this year and today, purchased two more to give as gifts. Pretty sure it won’t be the last one I purchase either. The photos are beautiful, her commentary is hilarious and for those like me-who are hit and miss in the kitchen, it makes the whole business of cooking a lot more enjoyable.
– Anonymous, Amazon Review
I was so inspired that I created an entire dinner party menu from this book, calling my dinner “Dinner is Poured.” We tried over half a dozen recipes. All of them were easy to follow. Totally inspiring. And they were delicious.
– Kindle Customer, Amazon Review
This book is so good! Not only does it use really nice paper (which I find most cookbooks don’t these days) but the photography is simply stunning. As I turn the pages I kept saying, oh, I want to make that. Ive had the book a couple of weeks and have already made 6 of the recipes. They have all been crowd pleasers. Buy the book…. its well worth the $ and you’ll use this book over and over through the years!
– Frequent Shopper, Amazon Review
This book is a breath of fresh air as far as cookbooks go these days. It’s boozy + foodie perfection. If you appreciate delicious nosh, exciting drinks, and both combined, you need this bad boy in your collection stat.
– Dana, Amazon Review
Can’t stress how much we are loving this cookbook; we have made many of the recipes multiple times – whether it’s an easy night at home with just us or we’re impressing dinner party guests. The instructions are clear, photographs beautiful, writing humorous, and results delicious.
– KP, Amazon Review