Margarita Time - by Caroline Pardilla (Hardcover)

About the Book

"A bright and splashy tribute to the iconic cocktail, with more than 75 recipes for margaritas on the rocks, served up, and even frosty blended versions, from mixologists across the globe"--

Book Synopsis

A bright and splashy tribute to the iconic cocktail, with more than 60 recipes for margaritas on the rocks, served up, and even frosty blended versions, from mixologists across the globe.

The margarita has long dominated as America's favorite cocktail, be it for happy hour, brunch, or Margarita Monday. It's liquid vacation, sunshine in a glass, fuel for festivities. Margaritas now populate grocery store aisles in ready-to-drink cans, and bartenders can attest that this classic cocktail continues to be a bestseller.

Margarita Time showcases beloved, straightforward versions of the margarita as well as elevated, approachable, and crafty riffs created by established bartenders from revered bars and restaurants. The bartenders also share their favorite tequilas along with the margarita they make for themselves. The introduction includes a history of the drink's origins, as well as guidance on ingredients to buy and suggested bottles for stocking the home margarita bar.

Margarita Time celebrates the margarita in all its forms, including recipes for:

• Starting Simple: Tommy's Margarita, Mezcal Margarita, and Ranch Water
• Marg Mash-Ups: Mexican Martini and Oaxacan Sunset
• Frozen: Summer Melon Margarita and Frozen Jägerita
• Fruity Riffs: Super Strawberry Marg and Black Forest Margarita
• Veggie Variations: Spa Day Margarita and Margarita Verde
• Spiced & Spicy: Picante Amante and Margarita al Pastor
• Iconic Iterations: Salt Air Margarita by Chef José Andrés

And many more!

Margarita Time leads us on an adventurous cocktail tour through a panoply of recipes starring this classic cocktail.

Review Quotes

"Caroline Pardilla uses one iconic cocktail, the margarita, to show us the beauty, creativity, and talent--both culinary and mixological--that bartenders in the third decade of the new millennium are capable of. Margarita Time is extraordinary."--Dale DeGroff, James Beard Who's Who inductee and author of The New Craft of the Cocktail

"In this cocktail book, there is a margarita recipe for every single soul. Pardilla honors Mexico's most influential cocktail while reminding us how adaptable it is with every refreshing tropical, bitter, savory, and spicy variation."--Javier Cabral, James Beard Award-winning editor in chief of L.A. TACO and co-author of Asada: The Art of Mexican-Style Grilling

"With Margarita Time, Caroline Pardilla has gone the extra mile in sourcing a thirst-inducing collection of recipes from the industry's best and brightest bartenders. Whether you're a casual cocktail drinker or a serious agave nerd, this book will be a reliable go-to for years to come."--Emma Janzen, award-winning spirits and cocktail journalist and author of Mezcal: The History, Craft & Cocktails of the World's Ultimate Artisanal Spirit

"With Margarita Time, Caroline Pardilla proves that the margarita isn't just a drink--it's a state of mind. Her recipes are like a cool breeze on a hot summer day: irresistible, invigorating, and absolutely necessary. This is the cocktail book I didn't know I needed but now can't live without."--Dan Dunn, author of American Wino and host of the What We're Drinking with Dan Dunn podcast

"The subject of the margarita, one of the most beloved cocktails in history, is not only in capable hands with Pardilla, but it also shines. Margarita Time is beautiful, uncomplicated, and deliciously informative."--Prairie Rose, senior drinks editor for Food & Wine and author of Mixology for Beginners

"In Margarita Time, Caroline Pardilla applies her keen trendspotting eye to the margarita. She offers a deep dive into what the drink looks like today and how top pros around the world are shaping the world's most popular cocktail. No matter how well you think you know the marg, expect to find a few surprises in these pages. I know I did."--Kara Newman, author of Cocktails with a Twist, Nightcap, and Shake. Stir. Sip.

"Few cocktails are more deserving of book-length treatment than the mighty margarita, which year in and year out reigns as one of the world's most popular drinks, and few writers are more equipped to take you on a tour of the multifarious marg world than seasoned surveyor of the cocktail demimonde, Caroline Pardilla."--Robert Simonson, author of A Proper Drink and creator of the award-nominated Substack newsletter The Mix with Robert Simonson

"Informal surveys of the glasses scattered along random bar tops are likely to reveal the same thing: The margarita's time is now. In Margarita Time, Caroline Pardilla starts with the simple basics of this classic cocktail then takes us all on the grand tour through its many impressive incarnations."--Paul Clarke, editor in chief of Imbibe and host of the Radio Imbibe podcast

About the Author

Caroline Pardilla started one of the first cocktail blogs in Los Angeles, garnering accolades such as LA Weekly's "Best Bar Blogger" and "Blog Post of the Year" and CBS Los Angeles's "Best Local Blogger." Caroline went on to cover the local and national cocktail scene for online publications, such as Eater, LA Weekly, and Liquor, as well as print magazines, such as Los Angeles Magazine, where she was the publication's first online drinks editor. Currently, Caroline is the digital content editor for Imbibe magazine. She lives in L.A. with her partner and their pitbull-mastiff rescue.