Giveaway: See, Mix, Drink, a cocktail info-graphic book

Are you ready for some swanky cocktail parties this holiday season? Perhaps this long-lasting economic downturn has you wishing you were in the 50's with those nightly drinks as soon as hubby walks through the door. You don't have to know a thing about drinking or mixing drinks with See, Mix, Drink.

It's all quite visual with the info-graphics. Hardly any reading required. Just take a look through the book with the OpenBook widget below to see for yourself.

If you're visual like me, you'll love how this book is organized. It's all color-coded and full of graphics and photos. It's like a visual tutorial on every page, isn't it?

This is just great for beginners who have no idea how to mix a drink, or for more advanced home bartenders who love to mix, but don't have the myriad of cocktail recipes memorized like the professionals do. There's also lots of information and details for those of us who love to learn.

James Bond fans may already know that a Vesper is named after the beautiful female agent Vesper Lynd. The author tells us it was first served to Ian Fleming at the Dukes Hotel in London prior to writing Casino Royale. History buffs might appreciate a Black Velvet was created when England and Queen Victoria were mourning Prince Albert in 1891. The bartender at the Brooks Club thought Champagne was too celebratory so he added stout.

Brian D. Murphy says his book which focuses on the 100 most requested cocktails "empowers readers to become instant cocktail-making experts."

The recovering investment banker includes the Bellini, the Golden Cadillac, the Greyhound and a Moscow Mule to take us to Boston, the Bronx, Acapulco, an Alabama Slammer, a Singapore Sling, and even Paradise itself. The cast of characters gets colorful with Bloody Mary, the Pink Lady, Harvey Wallbanger, Tom Collins, Freddie Fudpucker, Black Russians, White Russians, the Godmother, the Godfather and Jack Rose as they watch the Blue Lagoon for a Tequila Sunrise and a Tequila Sunset. I think some of them might be in the mood for some Sex on the Beach!

It will be a Dark & Stormy night for a Fog Cutter. The Corpse Reviver used Black Magic to bring back Zombies and Mudslides during this Hurricane so we'll need a Hot Toddy before we can rejoin the New Yorker in his Tuxedo and drive from Manhattan in his Ferrari for a Metropolitan Martini and a French Martini at the Waldorf. We'll need lots of Painkillers and Mimosas in the morning, but in the meantime it's Mai Tai!

You too can have this great party enhancing book ... for FREE! There will be two winners of See, Mix, Drink thanks to the generosity of Hachette Book Group. They will mail one copy directly to your street address in the USA or Canada. "Winners will be subject to the one copy per household rule, which means that if they win the same title in two or more contests, they will receive only one copy of the title in the mail."

Title: See, Mix, Drink

Author: Brian D. Murphy

Publisher: Little, Brown, and company, a division of Hachette Book Group

Category: COOKING

Format: HARDCOVER BOOK

Publish Date: 10/19/2011

Price: $14.99/$16.50

ISBN: 9780316176712

Pages: 232

Size: 6" x 9"

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