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Learn to COOK - Peterson's Holiday Helper: Festive Pick-Me-Ups, Calm-Me-Downs, and Handy Hints to Keep You in Good Spirits
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List Price: $16.95
Our Price: $11.53
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Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.874
EAN: 9780307395467
ISBN: 0307395464
Label: Clarkson Potter
Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: 2008-10-07
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Release Date: 2008-10-07
Studio: Clarkson Potter
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“How to recapture those blissful holidays of yore? What’s the secret? I searched and searched and –after a whole hour on the Internet– I found the answer: liquor.”
Yes, says Valerie Peterson, the antidote to holiday stress is, quite simply, to keep good spirits in you. Whether you need to ease the friction at the Thanksgiving table, dull the guilt of smashing one of Great-Grandmama’s heirloom Christmas ornaments, or take the bite out of a New Year’s Day hangover, the collection of cocktails and tips in Peterson’s Holiday Helper will keep you afloat. With festive, original concoctions (such as Pilgrim Sangria and the Ginerous Regift) as well as time-honored classics (Mulled Wine and Eggnog), Peterson administers easy and delicious pick-me-ups for holiday humbugs and soothing calm-me-downs for the inevitable celebratory crises.
Whatever your seasonal malady, Peterson’s Holiday Helper has the cure:
Heading home for the holidays stuffed into a coach-class center seat?
Fly the skies in a friendlier fashion with Whatever Gets You Through the Woods, prepared with $10 of onboard liquor and other ingredients handily available from your cooperative flight attendant.
Run out of transparent tape with twenty-seven more presents to wrap?
Hold yourself together with a Double-Stick Scotch Coffee, made with Drambuie, butterscotch schnapps, and piping-hot coffee.
Memories of Christmases Past have you wishing you could change a few things (your choice of an ex-husband or your high-school hairstyle, perhaps)?
Skip the ghastly recollections and go right for the spirits with a citrus-and-spice-infused Dickensian Smoking Bishop.
In addition to these tasty and therapeutic cocktails, Peterson’s Holiday Helper is filled with vintage photographs and holiday ephemera that capture the jolly old days, as well as helpful tips to further your merry frame of mind. With easy instructions for making basics such as simple syrup and infused vodka, along with more than fifty scrumptious recipes, Peterson’s Holiday Helper will help you maintain that old-fashioned feeling of peace and tranquilization–er, tranquillity–for the entire season.
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Summary: Funny and Tasty!
Comment: The cocktails are really delish. Plus I loved the retro design and sensibility of the book. Great hostess gift
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Summary: Perfect hostess gift or holiday gift for the office
Comment: I picked up a bunch of these books as holiday gifts for my co-workers and then liked it so much I kept a copy for myself! When you get past the wonderful nostalgic pictures and the hilarious vignettes, you'll find some really great (and sometimes unusual) drink recipes. A friend of mine made the "Hot Toddy" and brought it to our annual tree cutting festivity - delicious!!!
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Summary: Awesome Gift Book!
Comment: Almost everyone loves a good cocktail and this book is a fun & inventive way to spruce up your holiday drinks. Instead of just opening a bottle of wine try the ligonberry and proscecco concoction! Genius!
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Summary: The perfect hostess gift!
Comment: Not only is this a great little cocktail book filled with delicious drink recipes, it's the perfect gift to bring to all of your holiday parties. Filled with great vintage photos and short, clever musings, Peterson takes the reader on a hilarious trip back to the recent past. And as for the drinks, try the Hot and Smoky Bloody Mary or "The Hair of the Pit Bull" as Peterson dubs it. Soooo good! Is it noon yet?
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Summary: Very Fun Holiday Gift Idea
Comment: This is a very funny book with lot's of great, old photos. Would make a cute hostess or grab gift for the holidays. Also some fun drink ideas for holiday get-togethers. I have a copy on my coffee table, and I've already given a few copies to friends. Everyone is getting a kick out of it, and planning what drink they're going to make for the next party.
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