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Thank you to by Nick Perry, Quarto Publishing Group - Rock Point, and NetGalley for allowing me the extreme pleasure of access to an advanced reader copy of “Drink Me!: Curious Cocktails From Wonderland” for an honest review.

I love, love, LOVE cookbooks, and sweets books, and drink books that have a classic theme — and who more than Alice in Wonderland deserves one. This book was delightful from cover to cover. The cocktails themselves look divine in all the art we get, and they taste just as great when they are made.

This is going to be perfect for my friend who loves Alice in Wonderland and throws a tea party every year.

(My only sadness is that there weren’t any suggested “Eat Me” treats listed with each of the drinks, furthering the theme and parallel’s to the novel. It would have been so cutely done, and could easily be just as classical and contemporary. Maybe they’ll make a follow up on this?)… (more)

The book offers cocktails inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. It shows you the basics of cocktail making and then offers you a wide selection of cocktails for "your own spirit-soaked Mad Hatter's Tea Party", and, maybe most importantly, a section with recipes on how to create the concoctions needed to make the cocktails. You'll find out how to make ingredients like "buttered toast infused rum" and "pancetta and pink peppercorn vodka".

I'm not much for drinking cocktails, but I am sure to try out making some of the above mentioned ingredients, just because it sounds like the sort of kitchen alchemy I enjoy doing.… (more)

This is an interesting cocktail book. The authors and designers have done a great job making the recipes sound like they belong in the world of Wonderland. Their goal is to help anyone “create a boozy tea party” . As a relatively non-drinker I cannot tell if the recipes are actually good. I pick drinks by pictures, which this book is severely lacking. You only get real picture half way through when the author starts talking about making syrups and liquors. There are no pictures for the individual drinks, which is a same as the pictures are great.… (more)