Cheers 2013 - (Page 13)
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FOREWORD
SALVATORE CALABRASE is stirring things up this Christmas...
T
hey call me The Maestro
- though my wife pooh
-poohs this when she
has to mix her own gin
and tonic! I've been
creating cocktails all
over the globe for 40
years, for a variety of clients, from
celebrities to royalty to presidents.
But I love to share my passion with
everyone, which is why I've just
updated my book, Classic Cocktails.
In fact, 70% of the classic cocktails
consumed today were created
during Prohibition, when bartenders
put together all kinds of concoctions
from whatever was to hand to make
the taste of bathtub spirit palatable.
Indeed, I'm so fascinated by
liquid history that I won a place in
the Guinness Book Of Records for
mixing the oldest cocktail ever - the
ingredients had a combined age
of 733 years! But you don't need
old spirits to make tasty cocktails
at home. My advice is to start off
with what you have in your drinks
cupboard and you can improvise
if you don't have all the right
equipment - a jar with a screwtop
lid can be used as a cocktail shaker,
for example. The only thing you
need to watch is the quality of the
water which you opt for to make
your ice - I strongly recommend
that you use bottled water only.
I am sure you'll love the cocktail
recipes in this issue and I hope
also that you will enjoy learning
a little more about the spirits and
liqueurs behind them. Christmas is
certainly a good time to have fun
experimenting, so get shaking!
As for Christmas, my family
will be eating fish on Christmas
Eve, as is the Italian custom. And
on Christmas Day... well, I find it
hard to beat a classic Champagne
cocktail before our Christmas dinner.
This could be a traditional home
-made lasagne, the way my mum
used to make it: no runny minced
meat, but instead meatballs cooked
gently overnight in tomato sauce
and then sandwiched between
layers of pasta with salami,
mozzarella, boiled eggs and
Parmesan, all topped with béchamel
sauce. It's making me hungry to
even think about it! Mamma mia!
Salvatore Calabrese
CHEERS
013
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Cheers 2013
EDITOR’S LETTER
HELLO FROM OZ
CIAO FROM SALVATORE
HOT OFF THE PRESS
SNIFF AND SPIT
HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS
SOUTHERN STARS
PARTY PIECES
UP AND COMING
LET’S GET FIZZICAL
BUON NATALE
A SAFE HARBOUR
ITALIAN MASTERS
MIXING IT UP
CLASSIC COCKTAILS
WONDROUS WHISKY
VERSATILE VODKA
GIN-GIN
CAKES AND ALE
BOTTLE SHOP
SOMETHING TO EAT
GOURMET GETAWAYS
GIFTS AND GADGETS
BOXING CLEVER
STOCK UP YOUR BAR
BLOG IT!
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