Top secret recipes: sodas, smoothies, spirits, & shakes: creating cool kitchen clones of America's favorite brand-name drinks

✍ Scribed by Todd Wilbur; illustrated by the author

• Book ID: 106934753
• Publisher: New York : Plume, c2002.
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 371 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780452283183

✦ Synopsis

Amazon.com Review

Todd Wilbur has made a career out of his Top Secret Recipes: Sodas, Smoothies, Spirits, and Shakes continues the theme, offering homemade approximation recipes to satisfy the craving and expectations of the thirsty reader looking for a brand-name fix. Wilbur presents a host of potables to create at home, including sodas such as 7-Up and A&W root beer, brand mixtures such as Orange Julius, and even signature adult drinks from a variety of restaurant chains including Chili's, Hard Rock Cafe, and Red Lobster. But Wilbur offers more than just the genetic code to these concoctions: he provides interesting anecdotes on the origin of the beverages as well as humorous, but necessary, warnings about the various alcohol-infused drinks included. He's even dedicated a chapter to the home version of popular (and expensive) spirits such as Bailey's Irish Cream and Grand Marnier. For convenience and economy, this addition to the Top Secret collection offers a truly satisfying alternative, saving readers a trip to Starbucks for that addictive Frappuccino. --Teresa Simanton

Product Description

Todd Wilbur shares his best-kept secrets for making knockoffs of your favorite drinks-right in your own kitchen and without spending a lot of money. Readers can re-create the delicious taste of America's best-loved brand-name soft drinks, beverages, dessert drinks, mixers, and liqueurs by following Todd's easy, step-by-step instructions. If it comes in a glass, cup, bottle, or mug, it's here for you to clone at home. Discover how to make your own versions of:

• 7-Up®
• Starbuck's® Frappuccino®
• Nestea®
• Sunny Delight®
• Dairy Queen® Blizzard®
• McDonald's® Shamrock Shake®
• 7-Eleven® Cherry Slurpee®
• Grand Marnier® & Amaretto

Plus: Dozens of specialty drinks from T.G.I. Friday's®, Chili's®, Hard Rock Cafe®, Outback Steakhouse®, Applebee's®, House of Blues®, Olive Garden®, Red Lobster®, Claim Jumper®, and many more of your favorite restaurant chains.

"The mission: Decode the secret recipes for America's favorite junk foods. Equipment: Standard kitchen appliances. Goal: Leak the results to a ravenous public." (_USA Today_)