Stars, Spells & Spirits

You’ve heard of farm to table; now learn how to grow your drinking game from the ground up in Garden to Glass!

Garden to Glass: Grow Your Drinks From the Ground Up, written by expert mixologist, Mike Wolf focuses on the movement and philosophy illustrating how to incorporate the natural world into the drinks we love to make, drink, and share with friends. This book offers readers simple gardening tips and instructions on how to use those plants to make dynamic cocktails and delicious cordials and elixirs. Complete with recipes, striking photography, and detailed illustrations, Garden to Glass is as valuable a resource to bartenders and bar owners as it is to home bar enthusiasts.

In Garden to Glass you will find tips and insights on:

• Preserving ingredients for winter
• Cocktail presentation
• Methods for making syrups, cordials, bitters, and more
• Foraging for ingredients
• Utilizing vegetables to make exciting cocktails
• Resourcing ingredients locally
• How to use smoke and flame to create flavors
• How to make the most of your terroir
• Drink styles from around the world
• And much more!

We are in the heart of the second golden age of the cocktail in America. Now imbibers of all stripes can take the reins themselves and learn how to grow their own herbs and vegetables, harvest herbs to make their own teas and tinctures, and make cordials, bitters, and elixirs of all kinds, all while learning the basics of making drinks at home.

There are cocktail programs in restaurants and bars all over the world that are adapting this local yet worldly approach to cocktails simply by paying more attention to the world around them. Bartenders can now study the micro-climates where their favorite spirits are made, and make use of the botanicals that grow all around them. From the mint in mojitos to the wild botanicals in regional styles of gin, this book will explore the way bartenders, growers and distillers alike are re-shaping the way cocktails are being made, presented and consumed.

"Why limit happy to an hour?"

It's cocktail o'clock!

Cocktails are more popular now than ever before in the history of drinking. It's boom time for cocktails, whether it's a wild night in with friends or charming a bartender with witty cocktail jokes. From Aperol Spritz to Zombie Punch and everything in-between, this drinking companion will never judge your cocktail order and is filled to the rim with enough cool trivia to make even your Martini shake in excitement.

Intoxicated with loud-out-loud quips, classic recipes and delightful wit, The Little Book of Cocktails is a cosy compendium to up your cocktailing game and shake like a mixologist - behind the bar or on the dancefloor - and a perfect little pick-me-up for your evening unwinding. Just like a cocktail. Please read responsibly.

'Hear no evil, speak no evil, and you won't be invited to cocktail parties.'
Oscar Wilde

'One martini is alright, two is too many, three is not enough.'
James Thurber

'It's 4:58 on Friday afternoon. Do you know where your margarita is?'
Amy Neftzger

From basement bars to man caves and backyard tiki huts, the home bar has been a beloved, boozy playground for nearly 75 years. While the heyday of home bars arose in the US after World War II, these days the global pandemic has led us all to invest heavily in our homes and reluctant to mingle with randoms. What better way to entertain than by having friends over for a few drinks!

According to Instagram, today’s home bar is an upmarket concept featuring a trolley, some swanky ice cubes, homemade syrups, and reassuringly overpriced bottle of spirits. Sounds time-consuming, but help is at hand! 

Inside Home Bar, food and drink connoisseur Andy Clarke reveals his top tips on fuss-free entertaining and how to curate the essential kit – from swizzle sticks to spirits, glasses to mixers, and so much more. His recipes will include classic favorites, batch tipples to save time, mocktails as well as his own boozy inventions, guaranteed to get the party started.

In these challenging times, the world seems an unpredictable and scary place. However, the answer to all of life's questions, both big and small, lie within us - your higher self can give you some cosmic insight. Instant Magic is a fun, magical guide by expert witch Semra Haksever, that will help you to navigate whatever life throws at you.

The way to use the book is simple: take a few deep breaths, run your fingers along the edge of the book while thinking of a question you would like the answer to. When the time feels right, open the book and read the spiritual guidance. You might be encouraged to call a friend, set some intentions in time for the new moon, or the page could contain a spell to cast. Many people love the idea of injecting some magic into their lives but ay not have the time. Semra combines her knowledge of witchcraft and spells to make this a one-of-a-kind magical book that can help you to navigate your life, instantly.

Whether you want some magic every day, or to dip in just now and again for some clarity, this is the book for you.