It’s hard to believe that when Shannon Mustipher published her book, Tiki: Modern Tropical Cocktails in 2019, it was the first cocktail recipe book written by a working Black American bartender and released by a major publisher in more than 100 years. It’s astonishing. ‘An Ideal Bartender’ by Tom Bullock was the first.
Black Americans have contributed significantly to cocktail culture. I’ve curated this list of cocktail books written by Black authors, in alphabetical order. If you know of any others. please comment so I can add them to the list, which I hope expands by leaps and bounds.
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After Hours Cocktail Book
Martina Jackson
Drink: The Ultimate Cocktail Book
Kurt Maitland
Holy Spirits! Charleston Culture Through Cocktails
Taneka Reaves & Johnny Caldwell
The Ideal Bartender
Tom Bullock
The Infused Cocktail Handbook
Kurt Maitland
Think Like a Bartender, Recipes for Life
L.D. Morrow
Tiki: Modern Tropical Cocktails
Shannon Mustipher