The New-Wave Mai Tai: New Twist on an Old Favorite
The New-Wave Mai Tai by Cheryl Chee Tsutsumi
The mai tai — that most tropical of tropical drinks — has come a long way from the early days of Trader Vic and Don the Beachcomber. The New-Wave Mai Tai is a refreshing concoction of more than 50 cutting-edge mai tai recipes, along with dazzling photos, first-person encounters and fascinating historical tidbits.
In this colorful, 138-page book, author Cheryl Chee Tsutsumi traces the rich, swashbuckling story of rum —the mai tai’s principal ingredient — and explores the origins of the famed drink, including the eternal debate over whether Trader Vic or Don the Beachcomber actually created it. Most importantly, she shares more than 50 innovative and easy-to-follow recipes that tweak the old classic with eye-opening new ingredients from schnapps to sherbet: the Mai Tai-Jito, Sassy Wahine, Smooth Shredder and many others. These creative cocktails from bartenders and watering holes throughout Hawai‘i go far beyond what Don or Vic ever imagined.
The Smooth Shredder
Cheryl Chee Tsutsumi is an award-winning travel journalist who has covered Hawai‘i, Asia and the South Pacific for numerous local and national publications, including Travel + Leisure, Fodor’s, Contra-Costa Times, Chicago Sun Times, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, HAWAII, Hawai‘i Westways, Hawaiian Style and Modern Luxury. She is the author of 10 books about Hawai‘i; The New-Wave Mai Tai is her second title for Watermark Publishing. Her first, The Hawai‘i Beer Book: Bars, Breweries & Beer Cuisine, was released in 2007.
The Mai Tai-Jito
The New-Wave Mai Tai has been featured in The Honolulu Advertiser, Honolulu Star-Bulletin and Coastal Living. A sampling of recipes is available at the Watermark Publishing Facebook fan page: try the Mai Tai-Jito or go mad for mango mai tais with these three tasty treats!
The New-Wave Mai Tai is available for purchase at your local bookstore and at online booksellers, including direct from the publisher at www.bookshawaii.net.
Author: Cheryl Chee Tsutsumi
Softcover, concealed spiral binding, 138pp.
Release Date: August 2008
ISBN: 978-0-9815086-1-0
$15.95 retail price
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