In 2022, Zoe Burgess, director of Atelier Pip, published her debut cocktail book ‘The Cocktail Cabinet: The art, science and pleasure of mixing the perfect drink’.
The first part of the book offers tips, tricks and thoughts on the structure and flavour of cocktails, breaking down drinks into the five main tastes; sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and savoury. It explores different techniques and explains why certain ingredients are often paired together. Taken as a whole, this advice helps the reader to further understand their own taste preferences and craft unique cocktails suited to their palette.
The second half of the book covers 80 iconic recipes, split into the following themes: champagne-based, stirred, bitter, sour and long. Each page includes the basic recipe using helpful illustrations to demonstrate the flavour profile. Zoe then offers additions and variations, or non-alcoholic alternatives, allowing endless enjoyment.
The book was nominated for best new cocktail book at Tales of The Cocktail 2023 awards and has been translated into Spanish and Italian.
