Mocktails: More Than 50 Recipes for Delicious Non-Alcoholic Cocktails, Punches, and More

by Richard Man

Drinks with All the Tastiness of a Well-Formed Craft Cocktail, but Without the Alcohol!
Choosing to be alcohol-free is becoming more and more popular, and the range of non-alcoholic drink options is growing steadily in the stores. But many of us are still in doubt when it comes to combining drinks with food. Water, juice, and possibly non-alcoholic beer are probably the options most of us who prefer not to imbibe finally choose. But when you have dinner, these options may not feel as exciting as a well-chosen wine, and are they really always the perfect choice?
Water, juice, tea, kombucha, lemonade, and non-alcoholic beer and wine—everything has a place on the dinner table if you only know what drink you should choose for what kind of food, and in Mocktails, Richard Man will help you choose the right one. In this book, you’ll find inspiration and recipes for making non-alcoholic beverages such


From simple, five-minute recipes to complicated but elegant cocktails, Mocktails will teach you everything you could want to know about combining delicious food and drink to get the most out of your meal—no alcohol required. As Richard “Beverages served with food should match the food, regardless of alcohol content. [It’s] so simple.”

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Nonfiction

176 pages, Paperback

Published May 28, 2019

Reviews

[Holly · Rating 4 out of 5]

First of all, it is SO SO important that this book exists. The thesis is that drinks with alcohol cannot and should not be replaced by (not) equivalent, alcohol-free versions, because chemistry dictates that flavour and mouth-feel and all that other stuff comes into play and must be taken into account. The drink recipes themselves are varied and fancy, and include substitutions and food pairings, and are extremely different from the last mocktail book I read, 1989's The New Mixer's Guide to Low Alcoholic and Non Alcoholic Drinks.

Having said all this... I'm not going to make any of these recipes, because I hate so many flavours and am a sugar-hound at heart. But trust me when I say I'm happy it's out there.

[Jane · Rating 2 out of 5]

While I appreciate the creativeness in creating these "mocktails," Richard Man's Mocktails : more than 50 recipes for delicious non-alcoholic cocktails, punches, and more disappointed me in that I was expecting to see fake recipes for various alcohol-laden drinks (e.g., champagne, Tom Collins, etc.). The book does explain the various fruits, waters, and juices to master his basic recipes for quenching one's thirst, and it does have a variety of photographs throughout the publication. If you are looking for how to blend Mocktails of this nature that can be served with a variety of menus, then this is the book for you.

[Maria]

To try:
- p36 Tomato on the Vine with Basil
- p38 Horchata de Almendras
- p41 Orange Blossom & Cucumber
- p47 Peppery Agua Fresca with Watermelon
- p53 Watermelon & Rosemary
- p54 Juniper Berry Coffee with Tonic
- p64 Juniper Berry & Tonic
- p79 Back Yard Highball
- p93 Morning Glory Sigrid!
- p158 Ginger and Beer
- p164-7 Simple Syrups

[Du · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some interesting drinks, and I'll certainly make them. Overall there is a level of complexity and a level of "you need to think a few days ahead" that I think mighty take away from the value.

[Tabasa Ozawa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excited to start making mocktails! Just wish for all the recipe pics to be pics of the actual mocktail, not just the ingredients.

[Juli Anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

A truly fantastic book, not just because the recipes look yummy, but because Man goes into the science of food-and-beverage pairings. Really, really cool.