A signature cocktail is a bespoke drink that expresses the nature of the person, place, or event for which it was created. A 2024 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards top 10 nominee for Best New Cocktail or Bartending Book, and named one of Best Cookbooks Of 2023 by Food & Wine, Vice, Epicurious, and more, this collection of 200 iconic cocktail creations from around the globe covers almost 600 years of history. Each entry includes a detailed essay by Amanda Schuster, as well as recipes and instructions from famous bartenders past and present. This unprecedented volume combines recent modern classics with their predecessors using up-to-date research, and each entry is accompanied by a new modern photo. It’s a liquid time machine that takes readers from the Atholl Brose of 1400s Scotland to the Fish House Punch of colonial America, to the Negroni in Milan, the golden age of early 20th century New York City, Cuban, and Parisian cocktails, both versions of the Singapore Sling, the cheeky history of Dick Bradsell’s Espresso Martini in London, Kazuo Uyeda’s hard-shaken Tender Gimlet of modern Tokyo, all the way to the 2010s’ contemporary Mexico City scene, Goa, Jakarta, Beirut, Kyiv, New Orleans, and more. Ago Perrone, acclaimed Beverage Director of London’s Connaught Hotel Bar, contributes the foreword as well as a brand new recipe celebrating 100 years of Phaidon Press. Signature Cocktails is the perfect gift for cocktail aficionados, mixologists, bartenders, and industry professionals while the charming stories and accessible recipes will enthuse a mainstream audience interested in hospitality, history, entertaining, and culture.