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Unvarnished - A Gimlet-eyed Look at Life Behind the Bar (Hardcover)
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Unvarnished - A Gimlet-eyed Look at Life Behind the Bar (Hardcover)
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A Kitchen Confidential for the cocktail profession, Unvarnished is
a fly-on-the-wall narrative peek at the joys, pains, and
peculiarities of life "behind the stick." When it opened a decade
ago, the acclaimed Los Angeles speakeasy The Varnish-owned,
designed, and managed by award-winning cocktail aficionado Eric
Alperin-quickly became the stylish standard bearer for modern bars.
Unvarnished is a candid, voice-driven, no-holds-barred look at the
workings of a bar, and the foundation of The Varnish's success:
attention to hospitality and an abiding belief in the nobility of
service. Alperin and veteran bartender and writer Deborah Stoll
push back against the prevailing conceit that working in the
service industry is something people do because they failed at
another career. They offer fascinating meditations on ice as the
bartender's flame; the good, the bad, and the sad parts of vice;
one's duty to their community as a local; the obsessive, compulsive
deliberations of building a bar (size matters); lessons from Sasha
Petraske-Eric's late partner, mentor, and the forefather of the
modern day classic cocktail renaissance-and the top ten reasons not
to date a bartender. At the book's center are the 100 recipes a
young Jedi bartender must know before their first shift at The
Varnish, along with examples of building drinks by the round, how
to Mr. Potato Head cocktails, and what questions to ask when
crafting a Bartender's Choice. A sexy, gritty, honest look at the
glamour-less work of a glamorous job, written with the intimate
honesty of The Tender Bar, the debauched inside view of Kitchen
Confidential, and the social commentary of Waiter Rant, Unvarnished
will take its place among these classics of the service set.
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