Crafting Seasonal Cocktails

Beautiful Farm-Fresh Mixology

By: Emily Audrey

Narrated by: Kay Landon

Discover the art of hosting effortlessly – Create breathtaking seasonal cocktails and dazzle your guests without stress or overwhelm!

Have you ever felt overwhelmed even at the thought of hosting a gathering? Do you find yourself sifting through pages of complex cocktail recipes, only to feel more confused and intimidated? Imagine crafting cocktails that capture the essence of each season, bursting with farm-fresh flavors and garnished to perfection—all while remaining the relaxed, joyful host or hostess you aspire to be.

Here's just a glimpse of what you’ll discover inside this transformative guide:

• The secret to gorgeous farm-to-glass cocktails: Utilize fresh, seasonal ingredients like a seasoned mixologist
• Seasonal sips for every occasion: Celebrate flavors uniquely inspired by each season
• Flavor balancing 101: Master complementary pairings without breaking a sweat
• The art of non-alcoholic mixology: Delight every guest with delightful mocktail versions
• Ingenious storage tips to keep ingredients farm-fresh and lasting longer
• Essential tools for your home bar—all affordable and easily accessible
• Simple swaps: Discover ingredient substitutions without compromising on taste
• Creative garnishing inspirations that turn every drink into a Pinterest-worthy creation
• Sustainable sipping: Eco-friendly practices to reduce waste and promote a green lifestyle
• Visualizations of your hosting to motivate and inspire your hosting journey
• DIY infusions: Customize your cocktails for any taste and dietary preference
• The complete party planner: Map out unforgettable cocktail hours that keep your guests coming back for more...and so much more!

Don’t worry if the idea of crafting exquisite cocktails is outside your norm. This guide provides you with easy-to-follow solutions that are heartfelt, eco-friendly, and meticulously tailored for the creative homemaker.

Imagine the joy of crafting cocktails that are beautiful, meaningful, and genuinely reflective of each passing season. No matter your previous experience, this guide strips away the complexity of traditional cocktail crafting, leaving behind only creativity, flavor, and community connections. With budget-friendly strategies and time-saving techniques, this book shatters the myth that exceptional hosting requires extensive time or expertise.©2025 Sherry Verdel (P)2025 Sherry Verdel

Good tips

I was always interesting how to create my cocktails and enjoy with my friends, I think this will help to add joy to my gathering with them, I thought I needed to have a book to know how to create it, however, listening was great and give me simple and great ideas. I really liked it.

A Year of Delicious Drinks

There is such a great variety of flavors throughout this collection that it’s hard to pick a favorite season. The spring section is full of light, floral notes that feel like a breath of fresh air, while the winter recipes offer deep, comforting spices that are perfect for a cozy night in. Each drink feels like a celebration of what is currently in bloom or at its peak ripeness. The focus on garnishing ensures that every glass looks professional, even if you are just a beginner. It’s a very practical resource for anyone who values fresh, high-quality ingredients in their glass.

Quick summer cocktails

I thought this audiobook wouldn’t be useful, since to make cocktails and other recipes you usually need to follow the steps carefully, and an audio format doesn’t seem ideal for that. But I was pleasantly surprised! The content isn’t exactly recipe after recipe; instead, it’s a complete guide on how to craft your own drinks, with expert tips on selecting and finding ingredients, exploring flavors, which ones pair well together, and which combinations are better to avoid.

As someone fairly new to cocktails, I especially loved Chapter 3, where the author explains the fundamentals: how to store ingredients for enhanced freshness, how to mix them properly, which tools you really need, and which mistakes to avoid so you don’t waste your efforts. There are also chapters focused on crafting drinks for every season, but I prefer choosing my own ingredients, since in my country we have different fruits that I wanted to experiment with in cocktails before moving on to more common ones.

I’m ready to create

The idea of making my own cocktails has always intrigued me, but I never quite knew where to begin. Luckily this book helped me break down what I needed to know and now I’m ready to start.

Tasty Listen

I enjoyed listening to the variety of fresh ingredients that can be used in cocktails. We have a garden and this book gave me new ideas to use our fruits and vegetables. I also like the ideas to bottle the infused simple syrups which keeps them ready-to-use. Personally, I enjoy mocktails and was happy they were included.