Monday, April 13, 2020

THE GEEKY BARTENDER :: Cassandra Reeder

Cassandra Reeder, self-proclaimed lifelong geek, has been making recipes from favorite games, movies and TV shows since she became The Geeky Chef in 2008 (www.geekychef.com). In The Geeky Bartender, she turns her eye to mixology with a fun and irreverent set of tips and recipes for alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages inspired by video games (Legend of Zelda, World of Warcraft), books (Harry Potter, Game of Thrones), movies (Star Wars, The Big Lebowski, The Blues Brothers) and television shows (Dr. Who, Star Trek, Brooklyn 99).

Starting with a few tips (get a shaker, embrace bitters, use syrups), Reeder also encourages adjusting ratios to suit one's own taste. When it comes to geeky beverages, it's about fun and paying homage to the geeky things we love. Before jumping in to drink recipes, Reeder provides some syrup concoctions that are referenced throughout. These can also generally be purchased, so no one need worry about inadequate kitchen skills.

Each drink recipe references the source material that influenced it, a brief description and simple instructions, accompanied by fabulous photographs that help drum up enthusiasm and desire. It's easy to imagine a bunch of friends gathering to play a game or binge a favorite show while mixing up the accompanying drink. Bright, pleasing to the eye and hopefully pleasing to the palate, this is a great reference book to have on the bar or displayed on the coffee table. Open a page, mix the drink, watch the matching show or play the game. Like spin the bottle for adult fans of pop culture. I'm in.






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About Malcolm Avenue Review

I was lucky enough to be born and raised in a nifty, oak-shaded ranch house on Malcolm Avenue, a wide-laned residential street with little through traffic, located amid the foothills of Northern California. It was on that street and in that house I learned most of my adolescent life lessons, and many grown-up ones to boot. Malcolm Avenue was "home" for more than thirty years.

It was on Malcolm Avenue, through and with my family and the other families that made up our neighborhood of characters, that I first learned about and gained an appreciation for the things I continue to love the most to this day: music, animals, photography, sports, television/movies and, of course, books.

I owe a debt of gratitude to that life on Malcolm Avenue. It gave me a sense of community and friendship, support and adventure. For better and worse, life on that street likely had the biggest impact on the person I've become. So this blog, and the things I write here, are all, at their base level, a little bit of a love letter to Malcolm Avenue.

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