Bompas & Parr

The Bompas & Parr Cocktail Book: Recipes for Mixing Extraordinary Drinks — £9

Bompas & Parr take you on a rollercoaster journey through the wonderful world of sours, martinis, old-fashioneds, punches and highballs. Classics, new interpretations of old favourites and crazy concoctions are all to be expected, but we also provide advice on the all-important presentation, the ingredients and getting the ice just right.

Bompas & Parr's paramount aim is to demystify cocktails and produce an easy to use functional cocktail book for the home - all you need to do is master a few techniques, assemble a few ingredients and away you go; but as to be expected, the recipes walk a fine line balancing signature, attention-grabbing but considered approach, while offering some predictably unpredictable options.

More than 50 recipes are split into chapters on Gin, Whisky, Rum, Vodka, Tequila, Brandy, Champagne cocktails and Punches, with additional chapters covering Cocktail basics; Cocktail techniques; and Glassware.