Jack Barrett

The Daily Cook & Cocktail Maker Jack Barrett

When you feel a love for food and drink, you can expect another feeling to accompany it: the need to spread that enthusiasm, that love, and hopefully inspire others to feel the same way you do.

Jack Barrett's The Daily Cook and Cocktail Maker is a compilation of over 110 food and cocktail recipes. Backed by more than 15 years of professional cooking experience in a variety of respectable restaurants, plus over 10 years of professional bartending experience (everything from pouring draft beer pitchers to making the classiest craft cocktails), The Daily Cook and Cocktail Maker is a resource you can count on to improve your cooking and cocktail repertoire!

(So maybe you could actually call it a "cook-tail-book"? Get it? Because it's food AND cocktail rec- . . . Right, where were we?)

The Daily Cook and Cocktail Maker includes recipes for a wide spectrum of dishes like red wine-braised beef shortribs, Thai coconut curry, saffron risotto, even real southern cheddar-chive biscuits made with frozen butter and mixed in a way you've probably never considered (I know I hadn't!). Perhaps you've got a sweet tooth and want to learn how to make your own ice cream at home, topped with delicious homemade caramel? No more of that store-bought stuff! With the help of The Daily Cook and Cocktail Maker, you could even entertain your guests with a refreshing Fernet Branca and Coke granita, or your very own chilled homemade Irish cream.

With all of these recipes plus additional techniques, methods, and advice (let's not forget the all-important "adult beverage pairing" to enjoy with each food recipe!), you are sure to find something in The Daily Cook and Cocktail Maker that you didn't know before.