{"title":"Alex Day","description":"DAVID KAPLAN is the founder and owner of Death \u0026amp; Co, a New York City nightlife destination, as well as the co-owner of Proprietors LLC, a full-service hospitality company, with ALEX DAY.","products":[{"product_id":"death-co-modern-classic-cocktails-hardcover","title":"Death \u0026 Co: Modern Classic Cocktails - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive guide to the contemporary craft cocktail movement, from one of the highest-profile, most critically lauded, and influential bars in the world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Death \u0026amp; Co is the most important, influential, and oft-imitated bar to emerge from the contemporary craft cocktail movement. Since its opening in 2006, Death \u0026amp; Co has been a must-visit destination for serious drinkers and cocktail enthusiasts, and the winner of every major industry award--including America's Best Cocktail Bar and Best Cocktail Menu at the Tales of the Cocktail convention. Boasting a supremely talented and creative bar staff--the best in the industry--Death \u0026amp; Co is also the birthplace of some of the modern era's most iconic drinks, such as the Oaxaca Old-Fashioned, Naked and Famous, and the Conference. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Destined to become a definitive reference on craft cocktails, \u003ci\u003eDeath \u0026amp; Co\u003c\/i\u003e features more than 500 of the bar's most innovative and sought-after cocktails. But more than just a collection of recipes, \u003ci\u003eDeath \u0026amp; Co\u003c\/i\u003e is also a complete cocktail education, with information on the theory and philosophy of drink making, a complete guide to buying and using spirits, and step-by-step instructions for mastering key bartending techniques. Filled with beautiful, evocative photography; illustrative charts and infographics; and colorful essays about the characters who fill the bar each night; \u003ci\u003eDeath \u0026amp; Co\u003c\/i\u003e--like its namesake bar--is bold, elegant, and setting the pace for mixologists around the world.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51319094640863,"sku":"9781607745259","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Oryh--9JfX9781607745259.webp?v=1788366200"},{"product_id":"cocktail-codex-fundamentals-formulas-evolutions-a-cocktail-recipe-book-hardcover","title":"Cocktail Codex: Fundamentals, Formulas, Evolutions [A Cocktail Recipe Book] - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the authors of the bestselling and genre-defining cocktail book \u003ci\u003eDeath \u0026amp; Co\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCocktail Codex \u003c\/i\u003eis a comprehensive primer on the craft of mixing drinks that employs the authors' unique \"root cocktails\" approach to give drink-makers of every level the tools to understand, execute, and improvise both classic and original cocktails.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eJAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER - WINNER OF THE TALES OF THE COCKTAIL SPIRITED AWARD(R) FOR BEST NEW COCKTAIL OR BARTENDING BOOK - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eCHICAGO TRIBUNE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"There are only six cocktails.\" So say Alex Day, Nick Fauchald, and David Kaplan, the visionaries behind the seminal craft cocktail bar Death \u0026amp; Co. In \u003ci\u003eCocktail Codex\u003c\/i\u003e, these experts reveal for the first time their surprisingly simple approach to mastering cocktails: the \"root recipes,\" six easily identifiable (and memorizable!) templates that encompass \u003ci\u003eall \u003c\/i\u003ecocktails: the old-fashioned, martini, daiquiri, sidecar, whisky highball, and flip. Once you understand the hows and whys of each \"family,\" you'll understand why some cocktails work and others don't, when to shake and when to stir, what you can omit and what you can substitute when you're missing ingredients, why you like the drinks you do, and what sorts of drinks you should turn to--or invent--if you want to try something new. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eCocktail Codex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Learn the template, and any cocktail you can think of is within reach.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eFood \u0026amp; Wine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Too bad all college textbooks weren't this much fun.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eGarden \u0026amp; Gun\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A must for amateur and pro mixologists alike.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"If Dora the Explorer turned twenty-one, split herself into three people, and decided to write the Magna Carta of booze books, this would be the result. And, unlike every other book you'll read this year, \u003ci\u003eCocktail Codex\u003c\/i\u003e is packed with actual knowledge you can use in the real world. Please, please, can Cinema Codex be next?\"\u003cb\u003e--Steven Soderbergh, filmmaker\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51319100342495,"sku":"9781607749707","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/6TCCr9z-Cv9781607749707.webp?v=1788366211"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/alex-day.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}