Dark Spirits
The rise of the martini has seen a slow decline in interesting "dark" drink offerings -- at least at the taverns, restaurants, and various dives we visit. Dark Spirits ($16) is a way to fight back against this trend at your home bar. Featuring 200 drink recipes based on bourbon, brandy, scotch, whiskey, rum, and other dark hooch, with accompanying color photographs, it's a great way to raise your mixology IQ.