The Cocktail Hour by Tim Hayward

The Cocktail Hour by Tim Hayward

It’s 6 o’clock: clear your mind of the cares of the day. Relax and fix yourself a drink. It’s The Cocktail Hour.

'A wonderful writer in his absolute element' Nigella Lawson

The moment Tim Hayward started mixing himself an 'attitude adjuster' at the end of the day, his life changed. He realised he was falling in love – with the taste, the image, the ritual and legend, of the cocktail.

The Cocktail Hour celebrates not just the recipes but the stories, feelings and nostalgia that a drink can evoke. You will learn how to make 50 classic and modern drinks carefully, with good ingredients and the right equipment. But more importantly, from Gimlet to Gibson, Manhattan to Margarita, you will be equipped to immerse yourself fully and appreciatively in the ritual.

Achieve inner peace and equilibrium, take pleasure in the glorious moment of that first sip, and join the innumerable artists, writers, statesmen, actors and intellectual titans who, across the centuries, have discovered the profound joy of The Cocktail Hour.

Tim Hayward writes for the Financial Times and is a panellist on BBC Radio 4’s The Kitchen Cabinet. He won the Guild of Food Writers 'Food Journalist of the Year’ award in 2014, 2015 and 2022, and was the Fortnum and Mason Food Writer of the Year for 2014 and 2022. He is the author of Food DIY, The DIY Cook, Knife, The Modern Kitchen, Loaf Story, Charcuterie from Scratch, and Steak.

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ISBN 13	9781837836611
ISBN 10	1837836612
Title	The Cocktail Hour
Author	Tim Hayward
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Quadrille Publishing Ltd
Year published	2026-09-17
Number of pages	288
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