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Bar Chef Christiaan Röllich serves up innovative cocktail recipes at Sanctuary Camelback Mountain and in his new drink handbook, Bar Chef: Handcrafted Cocktails. With more than 100 drink recipes, this book is an essential for cocktail aficionados and newbies alike.
Röllich includes a variety of cocktail recipes that are perfect for toasting, from updated classics to his own original creations. Two of the drinks featured in the book include the Quixote, which is a refreshing gin and grapefruit cocktail and the Green Goddess, a green tea vodka and cucumber cocktail with arugula, jalapeño and absinthe.
The cocktails in the book not only taste great, but they look great too. Röllich gives all of the details and step-by-step instructions on how to make and style your drink using ice cubes and garnishes. You’ll be proud to serve these gorgeous cocktails at your next girls’ night.
“Chrstiaan threw himself into the world of mixology with a zest I had never seen before, approaching cocktails the way a chef approaches food,” says Goin in the Bar Chef: Handcrafted Cocktails book.
Forbes calls Röllich “one of LA’s most innovative mixologists,” and he’s known for his use of both high-quality and seasonal cocktail ingredients. His professional expertise resonates throughout the Bar Chef book, and he translates his techniques into easy-to-follow recipes that even the most novice mixologists can follow.
The Bar Chef book contains two forewords, one from Suzanne Goin and the other from Caroline Styne, who are founders of Lucques in West Hollywood where Röllich worked as bartender.
“Chrstiaan threw himself into the world of mixology with a zest I had never seen before, approaching cocktails the way a chef approaches food,” says Goin in the Bar Chef: Handcrafted Cocktails book.
Röllich considers each drink he creates as carefully as any top chef would, ensuring each is just as beautiful as it is delicious. Not only can you find his many cocktail recipes in this helpful handbook, but you’ll also find recipes for syrups, tinctures, liqueurs and bitters.
