As a scene-scooping, style-setting annual, Food & Wine Cocktails 2011 always keeps tabs on the hottest trends in bars, restaurants and lounges. The 160+ cocktails here have been created by some of the country's best mixologists. Each chapter focuses on a particular spirit-gin, vodka, whiskey-and every page highlights one or two exceptional cocktails, along with interesting anecdotes about these cocktails. Other highlights include: A "Cocktail Clinic" which offers tips on stocking the bar with essential glassware and tools, as well as a liquor lexicon, which provides valuable inspiration on the best and newest spirits around An invaluable Black Book of the Top 100 Spots to Drink around the country, including their names, addresses, and phone numbers A chapter on the very best bar food from the hippest spots around the country