Author:Cleo Rocos
The Power of Positive Drinking isn’t a guide on how to get drunk. It is a guide to how to drink well.
Drinking has a bad reputation in some quarters. But that’s largely because we don’t drink properly, as we have not yet been initiated in the art of drinking well. Most of us know plenty about healthy eating, but next to nothing about healthy drinking.
This is Cleo Rocos’ master class on how to imbibe successfully, on how to reach that delicious level of intoxication where you and your fellow drinkers blossom into the favourite version of yourselves and stay there. From Rocos we learn how to ensure that every drinking occasion snowballs into a glorious and triumphant event.
Inside these pages lie the secrets of alcohol. The finest hints and tips on stylish drinking gleaned from seasoned and successful drinkers around the globe; failsafe recipes for some of the world’s greatest snifters - martini recipes, margarita recipes, mojitos and cosmopolitans - along with a few of Cleo’s own specialities, guaranteed to avoid that awful hangover.
Enjoy this book responsibly.
Worth it simply for her anecdote about Gore Vidal
—— Nicky Haslam , SpectatorInspirational
—— Herald ScotlandA joyous celebration of booze.
—— Tom Bruce-Gardyne , HeraldCleo and her book make you feel happy drunk before you've even had a sip.
—— Keith LemonDrink hilariously and without hangover. Soak up this life-changing handbook of glee. It's magnificent.
—— Derren BrownThought-provoking and delightful. I love the way Volk transforms the apparently frivolous and, often, outmoded details of femininity into valuable lessons for life. Completely beguiling.
—— Lucy Moore , author of Anything GoesA moving and entertaining double memoir
—— Anne de Courcy , author of The Fishing Fleet: Husband-Hunting in the RajDelightful… Juxtaposes the lives of two figures who most shaped [Volk’s] views of what a woman could and should be. Both women were opinionated, secretive, imposing, hot-tempered, charismatic and crazy about clothes… Ms. Volk is thoroughly likeable, warm and generous, with a well-tuned ear and a vivid sense of humour.’
—— Washington PostPure joy... A diptych portrayal of Patricia Volk's gorgeous and infuriating mother and the great fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli, this is an irresistible tour de force that puts on display Volk's intelligence, wit and sparkling prose.
—— Louis Begley