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INTRODUCTION

Life is better with a cocktail in your hand – and not just because it’s full of booze. Sharing a bottle of wine or a few beers with friends is fun. But no matter how mellow everyone gets; the night will always taste a little ordinary. Take the same people, prop them up in a bar with a round of ice-cold Martinis and the night will always feel more fun, more glamorous and more exciting. This is because cocktails give life its glitter.

These days, while we wait at home for lockdown to lift, a trip to your local hot spot is out of the question. When quarantine is over, we can visit our favourite bars and pubs again. But until then, we have to glitz up our own lives. This is where the cocktail comes in. A Quarantini, if you will.

Your kitchen is only ever one rum cocktail away from being a tiki bar. Your living room just needs a pair of Spritzes to turn it into an Italian trattoria. Your hallway can be an old-fashioned members’ club in London, full of whisky and gossip, while your bathroom makes a great stand-in for Miami – as long as you take a Mojito into the tub.

With the right drink, you can conjure up every chic city bar or rustic seaside shack you’ve ever dreamt of drinking in. I don’t recommend trying to visit them all in one night – cocktails are best taken in small doses – but with the recipes in this book, you can enjoy a perfect night out while staying safely in.

We’ve put these cocktails together because not only can they take you round the world in a glass, they don’t require too many trips to the shops. These are paired-down drinks made with a few select, easy-to-source ingredients and the kind of liquors inhabiting everyone’s drinks cabinet – as well as a few iconic cocktails to try, should you happen to have some seldom-used bitters or a long-lost vermouth collecting dust. You can get a bit technical with some of the cocktails, and add a few bartender twists, or keep it loose and simple. Make Gin Rickeys with vodka, Whisky Flips with brandy, and Margaritas with white rum. Now is the time for experiments and having fun. And who knows? Maybe lockdown will help you invent a new cocktail classic.