This is an astonishing book published by Astonishing Wine Publications written by 78 year old wine educator Harriet Lembeck. Ms. Lembeck has been teaching wine classes for more than forty years in New York City. This 248 page book will make you want to be an expert in reading wine labels as it provides more than 150 wine label reproductions with commentary and many maps. It is a fabulous bargain at its low price.

Anne Marie finished culinary school in 1996 and has been working in all dimensions of the culinary industry since. Having been a member of the Washington State Chefs Association has allowed her to be blessed with the opportunity to work alongside the best of the best-including 2 James Beard award-winning chefs. Loving most foods and having been a caterer as well as a mother most of her career, Anne Marie finds it hard to define her food style. "It's all about what the customer wants," she has been heard to say many times. She has catered from 2 to 500 guests and worked from fast food to fine dining. Anne Marie's passion lies in creating a completely unique and customizable experience to fit each customer's food desires. She also finds passion in teaching culinary skills. Anne Marie believes that to know cooking is to love cooking. Food is the common thing in everyone's life. It's something we need every day Why not make it wonderful?

Over the course of the last 12 months, gaz regan received approximately 7,000 recipes sent to him by bartenders all over the world, and from these drinks he picked the 101 formulas that he deemed to be the very best of the best new cocktails for this book. The recipes chosen for this year's list came from Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, The Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, and Thailand, UK, and the Good Ol' USA. "There are quite a few surprises in this year's list," says regan. "Scotch has made great headways with cocktailian bartenders, for instance, after being all but ignored for the best part of this century." Other items to look out for include Pierre Ferrand Dry Curacao, Chartreuse, and Amari in many different hues and guises. "Putting this list together has become a great tool for me," regan adds, "since it gives me a clear picture of what's actually working out well behind the bars of the world. It's a snapshot of the cocktailian craft over the past 12 months" " 101 Best New Cocktails is] the best list of its kind," Francis P. Schott, co-owner of Catherine Lombardi and Stage Left restaurants in New Brunswick, New Jersey.