60+ recipesfortodays modern classics with entertaining backstories from the cocktail revival of the past thirty years, by a two-time James Beard AwardnomineeandNew York Timescocktail and spirits writer.

No proper drinking library is complete without Robert Simonsons volumes, andModern Classic Cocktailsis one of the best yet. Adam Platt,New Yorkmagazine restaurant critic and author ofThe Book of Eating

What elevates a modern cocktail into the echelon of a modernclassic? A host of reasons, all delineated by Simonson in these pages. But, above all, a modern classic cocktail must be popular. People have to order it, not just during its initial heyday, but for years afterward. Tommys Margarita, invented in the 1990s, is still beloved, and thePorn Star Marti