{"product_id":"the-bartenders-pantry-jim-meehan-9781984858672","title":"The Bartender's Pantry: A Beverage Handbook for the Universal Bar","description":"\u003cb\u003eA professional guide that surveys and celebrates the culinary ingredients in mixed drinks, with more than 100 recipes from the world's most creative bartenders and the James Beard Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eMeehan's Bartender Manual.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"As a handbook devoted to the cornucopia of nonalcoholic ingredients that today's bartenders draw on in their pursuit of deliciousness, it will give cooks at any level a fresh appreciation for the flavorful possibilities they have at their fingertips.\"--Harold McGee, author of \u003ci\u003eOn Food and Cooking\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKeys to Good Cooking\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJim Meehan's achievements as a pioneering bartender at Gramercy Tavern, The Pegu Club, and PDT in New York City helped pave the path for this generation's craft cocktail industry. Here, he's partnered with artist and designer Bart Sasso of Sasso \u0026amp; Co. and Atlanta's beloved Ticonderoga Club, award-winning author and journalist Emma Janzen, and renowned photographer AJ Meeker on an advanced handbook focused on the zero-proof components of cocktails that make or break the integrity of a drink. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bartender's Pantry\u003c\/i\u003e includes concise overviews of ten categories of ingredients--sugars, spices, dairy, grains and nuts, fruits, vegetables, flowers and herbs, coffee, tea, soda and mineral water, and ferments--that cover each subject's modern history in drinks, popular production practices, artisan processing methods, and common distribution channels before suggesting sourcing and service insights from experts in each field. The primers grapple with the challenges producers, distributors, and consumers each face as the ingredient moves through the food chain and into the bartender's pantry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach chapter features artfully illustrated recipes incorporating the featured ingredients that bring the reader into the kitchens of some of the world's most revered bartenders, baristas, importers, and chefs. Their innovative takes on traditional recipes including horchata, matcha, Turkish coffee, sorrel, kvass, and ice cream are followed by full-page photos of over 50 cocktails that incorporate them including modern classics like the \u003cb\u003eGin Basil Smash\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eEarl Grey MarTEAni\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ePenicillin\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by kitchen references like Deborah Madison's \u003ci\u003eVegetable Literacy \u003c\/i\u003eand Harold McGee's \u003ci\u003eKeys to Good Cooking\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bartender's Pantry \u003c\/i\u003eis an indispensable handbook for hospitality professionals, curious cooks, and anyone interested in how novel and traditional global beverages are connected to international foodways and our wellbeing itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jim Meehan, Bart Sasso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 198485867X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781984858672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ten Speed Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Jim Meehan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44717849411839,"sku":"9781984858672","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_113866a5-1819-4bb1-a087-3956b44ffa9c.jpg?v=1705689680","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-bartenders-pantry-jim-meehan-9781984858672","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}