Top secret recipes_ sodas, smoothies, sp - Todd Wilbur [1]
It’s true that this book includes clone recipes for some of the most successful products in the world—those drinks you’ve enjoyed since birth—with long, remarkable histories and huge profits. But a collection such as this would not be complete without also including copycat formulas for the newer, trendier drinks that have garnered more recent worship.
Sure, I’ve got recipes in here for sodas, milk shakes, smoothies, lemonades, coffee drinks, and punches, but this book isn’t just for the teetotalers. If you, uh, “total” more than “tee,” I’ve got some of the coolest cocktail, mixer and liqueur-making recipes ever assembled. Spirits were around a long time before fizzy flavored sodas and grande Frappuccinos, and this book recognizes that delicious cocktail recipes are just as fun to re-create at home as are recipes for famous foodstuffs found in previous Top Secret Recipes volumes.
This book is divided into two major sections, with the first half consisting of clone recipes for famous sodas, milk shakes, and smoothies, plus a section for drinks that don’t fit into those three categories. This is where you learn how to re-create your favorite sodas using the old soda fountain technique: adding flavored syrup to cold soda water.This is also where you get the secret to mixing a Dairy Queen Blizzard clone of your own at home so that the ice cream won’t get too runny when you stir in all the chunks. If you like coffee, you’ll find out what secret ingredients will copy a Starbucks Frappuccino and the instant General Foods International Coffees. You’ll find out how to make the perfect lemonade from scratch and how to duplicate the taste of Sunny Delight using more fruit juice than the real thing’s got in it.
The second half of the book is devoted to spirits.This is where you find clone recipes for famous brands such as Kahlúa, Bailey’s Irish Cream, and Grand Marnier.You’ll find out how to add flavorings and fruit to inexpensive vodka to create a variety of delicious liqueurs. In this section you’ll also get dozens and dozens of recipes for the most popular cocktails from America’s largest restaurant chains. If you’ve ever been to Applebee’s, Chili’s, T.G.I. Friday’s, Planet Hollywood, or Outback Steakhouse and have seen the glossy table cards with beautiful photos of delicious and colorful cocktails on them and wished you could make drinks that good at home, this is where you learn how. And right at the end you’ll get the secrets to making the delicious mixers that go into those awesome drinks, all from scratch.
So grab a straw and dive on in. As with all the other Top Secret Recipes books, measure carefully and follow the directions precisely. In no time at all you’ll soon be downing a duplicate of your favorite drink, from your favorite glass, while sitting in your favorite chair.
If you’d like to try some clone recipes for solid food, check out the other books in the Top Secret Recipes series or come to the web site at www.TopSecretRecipes.com.
If you have suggestions for other drinks to clone, drop me some e-mail at Todd@topsecretrecipes.com.
I’ll be back again to uncover more of your most requested clone cuisine secrets in the next book, Even More Top Secret Recipes, coming soon. Until then, cheers to you.
—Todd Wilbur
SODAS
When America figured out how to mix carbon dioxide gas with water in the early 1800s a monumental industry was born. The fizzy fluid, invented to clone carbonated water found in natural springs, was originally thought to be a magical curative for a variety of ailments ranging from indigestion to arthritis. Ambitious pharmacists looking to strike it rich with their own new “patent medicines” added custom mixtures of herbs, flowers, fruits, berries, and bark to the soda water, creating a wide range of flavors with a variety of claimed health benefits.Their background in medicine and chemistry made these pharmacists perfectly suited for such a task, despite the many dubious claims of miracle cures provided by the new formulas. It is these pharmacists who are responsible