Forager's Cocktails: Botanical Mixology with Fresh, Natural Ingredients Hardcover – November 17, 2015

My sister Amy Zavatto wrote this, and I love her....

Great for ideas for the foraging cocktail lover. I particularly like the variety of syrup ideas which opened my eyes beyond my normal ginger/sumac syrup. Adding herbs to each syrup is a fantastic way to add complexity. I personally find books like this to be inspirational rather than something to follow to a T, but I'm sure if you follow them they would end up great as well.

I bought this as a holiday gift for a craft cocktail loving friend.Why you'll love it:The book is very straightforward. It offers a variety of recipes that include many different types of foraged ingredients. These include basil, rose, different types of berries, beets, and various herbs. The book itself doesn't get too crafty, gearing the cocktails to a wide audience that isn't limited to cocktail aficionados.Drinks like the "Gingko Alexander" that includes roasted gingko nuts will surely create conversation at your next cocktail party. The Author, Amy Zavatto, includes narration throughout and shares stories about personal experiences with much of the foraged components. In addition to the gingko drink, a pickled carrot bloody marry and sassafras sidecar look enjoyable.Why you won't love it:The book is rather small and akin to a pocket guide. I was hoping for something a little bigger, especially after working through Death & Co. last year. That being said, Forager's Cocktails could have been so much more. Amy Zavatto had much opportunity to go into depth regarding her choices for the ingredients and unfortunately comes up short. Instead of exploring the flavor profiles of the foraged, the author relies on rather boring personal stories regarding her experiences with each ingredient.Instead of pairing specific types of spirits, the recipes call for generic "vodka" or "gin." As someone who has only recently begun exploring cocktails, I know that spirit choice can define a cocktail. I wish that the author had placed a little more effort in building her recipes.Conclusion:A solid effort, but could have been more. The recipes look good and will provide some fun things to work through, yet I only wish there was more of the "foraged" component in the text.

This book is great has plenty a good cocktails in it specially if you’re a forger and a bartender like me this helped inspire me to create my own recipes definitely recommend this book

Amy Zavatto has written a great book for those who love the outdoors and those who love a good cocktail. Looking for new flavors in botanicals is an exciting, creative pursuit and this book will provide inspiration and fun for those who like to experiment. If you are looking to liven up your cocktail menu, you will find both ideas and instruction. Don't think that you need to be in the wilderness to forage, the book works for city dwellers and is the perfect gift for the family gardener.

Really great book. Easy, seasonally organized. I work on a greens/flower and wildly foraged farm but I'm also a bartender so it's like this book was written for me. That being said I'm still a novice as far as craft cocktails go and I find this book easy to use.

Nice book

We love this book. We have made quite a few recipes from it. Fun and new ways for cocktails.

A little smaller than I expected. This is a cute book, I was expecting more recipes and a bit more complexity in those recipes. This is more for those that want to maybe one or two of these without really wanting to experiment much with foraging for cocktails.

È un piccolo ricettario creato ad hoc per utilizzare al meglio materie prime naturali, suddiviso in "capitoli" a seconda delle stagioni.Come Barman, questo é proprio quello che cercavo!