Lemonade: 50 Cool Recipes for Classic, Flavored, and Hard Lemonades and Sparklers

by Fred Thompson

Linda Abernathy of the Arkansas Times exclaims, "Homemade lemonade tastes like sun sparkling across a lake on a summer morning. Compared to its fresh, natural lemon flavor, the instant stuff might as well be lemon-flavored dishwater." Lemonade is as American as apple pie. In Lemonade, Fred Thompson creates 50 diverse recipes that will take you far beyond the basic lemonade-stand fare of childhood. Ranging from simple to sophisticated, the recipes include such classics as Old-Fashioned Lemonade, new twists like Ginger Lemonade and Watermelon Lemonade; sparkling versions like Lime & Lemonade Cooler; and spiked versions such as Lemonade Martini and Slush Puppy Deluxe. Lemonade is also bursting with gorgeous full-color photography, useful information about buying, juicing, and storing lemons, and has sections on helpful lemonade basics. Whether you are trying an exciting new variation or a more traditional recipe, Thompson will show you that there really is no substitute for a large glass of freshly homemade lemonade.

Genres: Cookbooks, Food

96 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Fred Thompson is a chef and food author from Raleigh, North Carolina.


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Reviews

[Stephen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Who would write an entire cookbook about how to make lemonade? Probably an author who wrote an entire cookbook about how to make iced tea (Fred Thompson, Iced Tea, Boston, MA: Harvard Common Press, 2002). This little book offers just enough of the art and science of crafting really fine lemonade (and other lemon-juice-based drinks) to allow the creative cook to jump off from the recipes in new directions which might even surprise Thompson. He admits a Southern U.S. bias but that does not prevent him from appreciating Italian, French. Hawaiian and Asian flavours. He offers some tasty innovations: blueberry lemonade, watermelon lemonade, and ginger-infused lemonade which is truly excellent. The book concludes with suggestions for alcoholic drinks, one of which he insists is perfect for Mothers Day. I think I'd like his mother.

[Liquidlasagna · Rating 4 out of 5]

We Southerners think we know everything about lemonade, but not till I read Fred Thompson’s fascinating book did I realize that the drink could be so versatile and downright sophisticated. He has delved into the subject like nobody else, and never again can I take this old-fashioned refreshment for granted. A delightful new book that should have been written decades ago.
James Villas

[Ietrio · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nicely done theme in a small book. Might have been better if longer, but what more can you say about a basic beverage?