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Authors: Pattie Vargas, Rich Gulling
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

13 reviews
Sales Rank: 113910

Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.2 x 0.5

ISBN: 0882669869
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.255
EAN: 9780882669861
ASIN: 0882669869

Publication Date: January 9, 1997
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Includes unique and luxurious recipes for fruit, nut, spice, coffee, and cream liqueurs, plus flavored brandies, rums, and vodkas.

Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Wonderful gift book! May 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I found this book at the library by accident, but decided to check it out. After reading through most of it I had to have it. It was the perfect gift basket starter for my Mother. It has easy to follow instructions, that are incredibly detailed, so that even I could make anything in this book. Even beginners could use this book and come up with some wonderful liquers. And the service through Amazon.com was super fast. Thanks!!!

5 out of 5 stars

A year later and I still think this book is fantastic! September 2, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

I bought this book a year ago to make some unique holiday gifts, and I'm already excited to start ramping up for this year. Now I have a food processor, so I can give the nut liquors (i.e. homemade amaretto, yum) a shot. We have found these recipes to yield quite delicious results. Our top three so far are the raspberry, vanilla bean, and honey liqueurs. The honey liqueur is the easiest to make, as it is basically a honeyed brandy. The fruit ones are more work, since they need to be strained and then need time to settle. The results are worth it though!

A previous reviewer who did not like the book mentioned the "quickie" recipes using artificial colors and artificial flavorings. Yes, those recipes are in the book, and yes, I've tried some of them. The caramel liquor yielded great results, but the "quickie" raspberry was completely sub-par compared to the real deal. For the most part, I've been avoiding them, although I want to give the butterscotch one a try. The good news is that the book is so full of recipes, I don't feel like skipping them leaves me with less of a book.

Supplies-wise, I bought 2 and 3-quart mason jars from The Container Store. Trader Joe's has a 1 quart bottle of Green Tea in a green glass bottle for $1, and I use those bottles as well as my empty vodka and brandy bottles for recipes that make 1 qt. or less. For gift-giving, I order 5 oz. "woozy" glass bottles with a white lid from www.specialtybottle.com. (Click on "Glass Bottles", then "Sauce", and you'll see a great assortment.) The 5 oz. Woozy starts at $.57 each. I also recommend using their easy to apply Shrink-Wrap Bands.

The book is also chock full of ideas on how to use your liqueurs once made. Just yesterday I added the raspberry liqueur to buttercream icing for cupcakes.

I think this book is awesome. I'll be using it for years to come!

5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic!!! August 31, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

This book more than exceeded my expectations! Great cordial recipes as well as some good really good serviing ideas and recipies. There are some interesting technique suggestions too! Great book for beginners or veterans!

5 out of 5 stars

Homemade cordials August 16, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I have been searching the internet for quite some time now and finally found the perfect book. Wonderful receipes with easy to do instructions. While many of the cordials have to age, there are also "quick and easy" liqueur ideas for the impatient that one can drink immediately though they are better after resting for a month. Giftgiving will be so much easier since I bought this book.

4 out of 5 stars

These Cordials are Wonderful! December 28, 2005
9 out of 9 found this review helpful

I can't really cook, but Cordials I can make.
I have used this book to create several cordials, I even won an award for one strawberry cordial that I made from my brewers guild.

Many recipes say let stand for 1 week or 1 month. I find that most of my cordials taste best after 10 months to 1 year. Even better after 2 years (note: not the cream liquors), so don't throw it out if it still doesn't taste right after 6 months... let it age. I keep notes in this book on how they turned out and what I did differently which makes it even more valuable to me.

It's more than just a cordial recipe book, it's a cordial inspiration spring board.

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