These days, if you love cocktails it’s assumed you also love the hit TV series “Mad Men,” which in turn assumes you love a good dry martini (gin, natch, not vodka), one of the ad …

by Sara Perry
from The Tea Deck
(Chronicle, 2008)
Serves 6 to 8
For a delightful citrus sun tea, simply set a pitcher of water with tea bags in a sunny spot, and within a few hours the clear …

by Sara Perry
from The Tea Deck
(Chronicle, 2008)
Serves 4
Here are two methods for making perfect iced tea every time. Prepared in the traditional manner, with hot water, iced tea often becomes cloudy when chilled. Solution? Add …

by Daniel Young
from Coffee Love: 50 Ways to Drink Your Java
(John Wiley & Sons, 2009)
Makes 1 espresso shot
This recipe is for an authentic Italian cappuccino. For a larger one, double the quantities. For a milkier …

by Daniel Young
from Coffee Love: 50 Ways to Drink Your Java
(John Wiley & Sons, 2009)
Makes 1 serving
For the Greek who lives by this sensationally frothy iced coffee frappe and the non-Greek initiate who swears by …

by Daniel Young
from Coffee Love: 50 Ways to Drink Your Java
(John Wiley & Sons, 2009)
Makes 1 serving
Distinct from both a latte and a caffe macchiato, a latte macchiato (pronounced ma-kee-YAH-toh, literally “marked milk”) is a …

by Karl Petzke
from Tequila: Myth, Magic & Spirited Recipes
(Chronicle, 2009)
Makes 2 servings

This cocktail has a smoothie-like texture and the flowery, tropical taste of pineapple. The recipe calls for a whole pineapple, so you may want …

by Karl Petzke
from Tequila: Myth, Magic & Spirited Recipes
(Chronicle, 2009)
Makes 1 drink

Raspberry lemonade—enlivened with tequila—may be the best of all summer-porch or backyard-patio drinks on a long, hot day. Thin-skinned and fragrant, Meyer lemons give …

by Adam Ried
from Thoroughly Modern Milkshakes
(W.W. Norton, 2009)
Makes about 3 1/2 cups
In this classic Mexican combination of chocolate, almond, cinnamon, and chile I use powdered chipotles, which are dried, smoked jalapeños. The chipotle powder imparts …