Shakespeare, Not Stirred (eBook)

Shakespeare, Not Stirred is a cocktail book that brings a Shakespeare-inspired twist to lifes everyday highs and lows. The thirty-four original drinks and twenty-eight hors doeuvres recipes each highlight a particular Shakespearean character or theme through which the authors riff on a specific everyday problemsome comic, some tragic, but all of them Shakespearean to the core.Feeling paranoid about your power-hungry colleagues? Whip up Julius Caesars Et Tu, Brut Champagne Cocktail and youll forget about getting stabbed in the back.Stressed out by your unambitious husband? Our Lady Macbeths G-Spot guarantees some happy me time.Each drink is matched with hors doeuvres, dubbed Savory Matters, that follow the same formula, such as Falstaffs Paunch Sliders and Macbeths Crushed Nuts.

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In Shakespeare, Not Stirred, two professors mix equal parts booze and Bard to help you through your everyday dramas. It’s like having Shakespeare right there in your living room, downing a great drink and putting your crappy day in perspective. So get out your cocktail shaker and lend him your ears.   Each original cocktail and hors d’oeuvre recipe connects Shakespeare’s characters to life’s daily predicaments:    • Drown your sorrows after a workplace betrayal with Othello’s Green-Eyed Monster    • Distract yourself from domestic drama with Kate’s Shrew-driver or Cleopatra’s Flings in a Blanket    • Recapture your youth with Puck’s Magic ’Shrooms    • Mark a romantic occasion with Beatrice and Benedick’s Much Ado About Frothing Featuring classic images from the Folger Shakespeare Library (hilariously doctored to feature some hard-partying Shakespearean protagonists) and Mini-Bards you can raid for extra context and commentary, Shakespeare, Not Stirred is a completely intoxicating experience.