Margarita Time 60+ Tequila & Mezcal Cocktails, Served Up, Over & Blended

by Pardilla, Caroline

• ISBN13: 9781984862945
• ISBN10: 1984862944
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781984862952
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2025-03-25
• Publisher: Ten Speed Press

Summary

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.

Author Biography

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.