{"product_id":"margarita-time-isbn-9781984862945","title":"Margarita Time","description":"\u003cb\u003eA bright and splashy tribute to the iconic cocktail, with more than 60 recipes for margaritas on the rocks, served up, and even frosty blended versions, from mixologists across the globe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe margarita has long dominated as America's favorite cocktail, be it for happy hour, brunch, or Margarita Monday. It's liquid vacation, sunshine in a glass, fuel for festivities. Margaritas now populate grocery store aisles in ready-to-drink cans, and bartenders can attest that this classic cocktail continues to be a bestseller. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMargarita Time \u003c\/i\u003eshowcases beloved, straightforward versions of the margarita as well as elevated, approachable, and crafty riffs created by established bartenders from revered bars and restaurants. The bartenders also share their favorite tequilas along with the margarita they make for themselves. The introduction includes a history of the drink's origins, as well as guidance on ingredients to buy and suggested bottles for stocking the home margarita bar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMargarita Time\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the margarita in all its forms, including recipes for:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eStarting Simple:\u003c\/b\u003e Tommy's Margarita, Mezcal Margarita, and Ranch Water\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMarg Mash-Ups:\u003c\/b\u003e Mexican Martini and Oaxacan Sunset\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrozen:\u003c\/b\u003e Summer Melon Margarita and Frozen Jägerita\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFruity Riffs:\u003c\/b\u003e Super Strawberry Marg and Black Forest Margarita\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eVeggie Variations:\u003c\/b\u003e Spa Day Margarita and Margarita Verde \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSpiced \u0026amp; Spicy:\u003c\/b\u003e Picante Amante and Margarita al Pastor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIconic Iterations:\u003c\/b\u003e Salt Air Margarita by Chef José Andrés\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eAnd many more!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMargarita Time\u003c\/i\u003e leads us on an adventurous cocktail tour through a panoply of recipes starring this classic cocktail.“Caroline Pardilla uses one iconic cocktail, the margarita, to show us the beauty, creativity, and talent—both culinary and mixological—that bartenders in the third decade of the new millennium are capable of. Margarita Time is extraordinary.”\u003cb\u003e—Dale DeGroff, James Beard Who’s Who inductee and author of The New Craft of the Cocktail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In this cocktail book, there is a margarita recipe for every single soul. Pardilla honors Mexico’s most influential cocktail while reminding us how adaptable it is with every refreshing tropical, bitter, savory, and spicy variation.”\u003cb\u003e—Javier Cabral, James Beard Award–winning editor in chief of L.A. TACO and co-author of Asada: The Art of Mexican-Style Grilling\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With \u003ci\u003eMargarita Time\u003c\/i\u003e, Caroline Pardilla has gone the extra mile in sourcing a thirst-inducing collection of recipes from the industry’s best and brightest bartenders. Whether you’re a casual cocktail drinker or a serious agave nerd, this book will be a reliable go-to for years to come.”\u003cb\u003e—Emma Janzen, award-winning spirits and cocktail journalist and author of \u003ci\u003eMezcal: The History, Craft \u0026amp; Cocktails of the World’s Ultimate Artisanal Spirit \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With Margarita Time, Caroline Pardilla proves that the margarita isn’t just a drink—it’s a state of mind. Her recipes are like a cool breeze on a hot summer day: irresistible, invigorating, and absolutely necessary. This is the cocktail book I didn’t know I needed but now can’t live without.”\u003cb\u003e—Dan Dunn, author of American Wino and host of the What We’re Drinking with Dan Dunn podcast\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The subject of the margarita, one of the most beloved cocktails in history, is not only in capable hands with Pardilla, but it also shines. Margarita Time is beautiful, uncomplicated, and deliciously informative.”\u003cb\u003e—Prairie Rose, senior drinks editor for Food \u0026amp; Wine and author of Mixology for Beginners\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In Margarita Time, Caroline Pardilla applies her keen trendspotting eye to the margarita. She offers a deep dive into what the drink looks like today and how top pros around the world are shaping the world’s most popular cocktail. No matter how well you think you know the marg, expect to find a few surprises in these pages. I know I did.”\u003cb\u003e—Kara Newman, author of Cocktails with a Twist, Nightcap, and Shake. Stir. Sip.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Few cocktails are more deserving of book-length treatment than the mighty margarita, which year in and year out reigns as one of the world’s most popular drinks, and few writers are more equipped to take you on a tour of the multifarious marg world than seasoned surveyor of the cocktail demimonde, Caroline Pardilla.”\u003cb\u003e—Robert Simonson, author of A Proper Drink and creator of the award-nominated Substack newsletter The Mix with Robert Simonson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Informal surveys of the glasses scattered along random bar tops are likely to reveal the same thing: The margarita’s time is now. In Margarita Time, Caroline Pardilla starts with the simple basics of this classic cocktail then takes us all on the grand tour through its many impressive incarnations.”\u003cb\u003e—Paul Clarke, editor in chief of Imbibe and\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ehost of the Radio Imbibe podcast\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaroline Pardilla\u003c\/b\u003e started one of the first cocktail blogs in Los Angeles, garnering accolades such as \u003ci\u003eLA Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e’s “Best Bar Blogger” and “Blog Post of the Year” and CBS Los Angeles’s “Best Local Blogger.” Caroline went on to cover the local and national cocktail scene for online publications, such as \u003ci\u003eEater\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLA Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLiquor\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as print magazines, such as \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Magazine,\u003c\/i\u003e where she was the publication’s first online drinks editor. Currently, Caroline is the digital content editor for \u003ci\u003eImbibe \u003c\/i\u003emagazine. She lives in L.A. with her partner and their pitbull-mastiff rescue.\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen I first started drinking in my twenties in Los Angeles, my only encounters with the margarita were during happy hours, backyard parties, and Cinco de Mayo. Back then, I wasn’t much of a drinker. Cocktails weren’t meant to be enjoyed but were rather a means to a buzz. As a result, I thought the margarita came in two forms: a not-very-good drink with a heavily salted rim or a sweet slushy. It wasn’t until I became enamored by the cocktail scene—at the start of the cocktail renaissance in the early 2000s—and ended up blogging about it, that I finally experienced a well-made classic margarita. My mind was blown. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCut to a couple of decades later—I can generally get a read on someone by the type of margarita they favor. If their go-to is a Tommy’s Margarita, odds are good that they’re an expert-level imbiber who enjoys the nuances of the spirit. If it’s a frozen strawberry margarita they’re after, they’re not too keen about the taste of tequila or their catchphrase is “It’s five o’clock somewhere!” (I started out the latter and am now the former.) For fun, I like to apply the same character assessment to which margarita origin story they gravitate toward. There are lots. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnlike many classic cocktails, the margarita has people from all over claiming to have invented it. Most of those creation myths typically involve a remarkable woman for whom the drink was named. For silver screen lovers, there’s the story of the cocktail being created in honor of movie star Rita Hayworth when, as a teenager (née Margarita Cansino) during the ’30s, she performed at Agua Caliente Racetrack in Tijuana. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFans of next-level hospitality will lean toward the canard about Carlos “Danny” Herrera, owner of Tijuana restaurant Rancho La Gloria, who, in 1938, supposedly created the cocktail for Ziegfeld Follies showgirl Marjorie King. This tale, given credence by Herrera’s 1992 obituary in the Los Angeles Times, tells that Marjorie was “allergic” to all hard liquor except, inexplicably, tequila. However, since she wasn’t a fan of the spirit, Herrera disguised its flavor with Cointreau, lemon juice, and salt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThose who appreciate quick thinking and ingenuity will go for the story set in a bar called Tommy’s Place on the Mexican-American border. There, in 1942, the drink spontaneously came about because a bartender named Pancho Morales was too embarrassed to admit he didn’t know how to make the Magnolia cocktail a customer requested. He threw together the “juice of one lime, four-fifths tequila, one-fifth Cointreau, salt outside rim of three-ounce glass.” Even though it wasn’t what the customer ordered, “pretty soon she ordered another one and someone said, ‘Hey, what’s that?’” Morales mused. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, influencers and jet-setters will see themselves in the yarn about Texas socialite Margaret “Margarita” Sames. Her account in a 1953 \u003ci\u003eEsquire \u003c\/i\u003earticle describing her invention—said to have been created during an Acapulco vacation—garnered the first printed mention of the margarita. The Cointreau brand has long sold this story, even quoting her as saying, “A margarita without Cointreau is not worth its salt.” According to the lore, Margarita simply wanted a day-friendly cocktail to enjoy by the pool and share with her famous pals, such as Lana Turner and John Wayne. But some credit her friend Conrad “Nicky” Hilton Jr., son of hotel magnate Conrad Hilton Sr., with spreading the recipe by serving it at the Hilton hotels around the world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe most probable explanation of the margarita’s genesis was conveyed by esteemed cocktail historian David Wondrich, who wrote about its history for Patrón’s website in 2020. “It’s perfectly possible that several different people legitimately invented the Margarita,” he writes. “In other words, they may all have been right.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring Prohibition, Americans who headed to Mexico, whether to work as bartenders or simply to drink booze, became acquainted with tequila. And since the Daisy cocktail—made with a spirit, liqueur, and citrus juice—was a standard bar drink around that time, of course tequila would find its way into the mix. “Margarita,” which is Spanish for “daisy,” really ramped up in popularity around the ’50s and ’60s. In 1953, the margarita was so beloved that Esquire named it December’s “Drink of the Month,” writing “She’s from Mexico, Señores . . . and she is lovely to look at, exciting and provocative.” Why Esquire chose the coldest month of the year to spotlight this chilly, refreshing tequila cocktail remains a mystery. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo matter how the margarita came about or is made, it garners nearuniversal appreciation. Celebrants and cocktail lovers reliably adore it, sure, but you’d be hard-pressed to find any drinker who would turn one down, especially on a hot day. Whether serious drinker or occasional tippler, tequila connoisseur or tequila agnostic, they’ll say, “Gimme.”","brand":"Ten Speed Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44867173744869,"sku":"NP9781984862945","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781984862945.jpg?v=1767732261","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/margarita-time-isbn-9781984862945","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}