Drink Lightly: A Lighter Take on Serious Cocktails, with 100+ Recipes for Low- and No-Alcohol Drinks by Natasha David

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    • Categories: Cocktails / drinks (with alcohol); Cooking for 1 or 2
    • Ingredients: spirit of your choice; simple syrup
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  • Throwback

    • crowlands on March 11, 2026

      A great mix of dry, citrusy, and bitter. A lovely spring cocktail.

  • Lillet and cassis

    • tarae1204 on July 13, 2023

      I understood the instructions to combine Lillet blanc (already sweet) with creme de cassis aka blackcurrant liqueur (also very sweet and thick). The resulting drink was a little cough syrup-y for my taste. I had to open it up with a lot of tonic.

  • Club scene

    • anya_sf on April 22, 2025

      I made 1/4 recipe for 1 generous serving, using regular lemon and 1/2 Suze, 1/2 Lillet Blanc. I reduced the alcohol by using NA white wine, which I didn't love on its own, but which tasted nice here. Very enjoyable.

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  • ISBN 10 0593232593
  • ISBN 13 9780593232590
  • Published Apr 05 2022
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 272
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Clarkson Potter

Publishers Text

Explore the lighter side of serious cocktails with 100 recipes for creative low and no-alcohol drinks from the craft cocktail veteran behind New York City's beloved Nitecap bar.

Drink Lightly presents a relaxed style of drinking that goes down easy but is soundly rooted in the technical precision of craft cocktails. Award-winning bartender Natasha David's approach to low-alcohol, aperitif-style drinks goes far beyond the formulaic--bitter liqueur plus soda--and takes full advantage of an incredible and vast array of low-proof spirits, liqueurs, and wines, along with flavorful fruit and herbal infusions. The result is a collection of creative, genre-pushing drinks that surprise and delight.

Offerings are effervescent and light in effect, but complex in flavor, ranging from savory and herbal to floral and aromatic, depending on your mood. Inspired by the joyful rhythms of life and gathering, recipes include delights such as the Lillet Rouge-spiked Kitty Cat Chronicles and the Wiggle Room, a vermouth and soda on a tropical vacation. The drinks are organized by refreshing Gulpabale Thirst Quenchers that invigorate the soul, Party Starters for a crowd, Decadent Treats for some frothy indulgence, end-of-the-night Slow Sippers, and non-alcoholic pick-me-ups.

Served up with whimsy and a wink, Drink Lightly will delight novices and professionals alike with its joyful spirit and lighthearted offerings.