It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Cocktails

Jassy Davis is the bestselling author of Gin Made Me Do It and works as a recipe developer and food stylist. She is the lead recipe developer for Abel & Cole; her work has appeared in print and online, including The Huffington Post and The Evening Standard. Jassy has a wide range of title with HarperCollins including Gin Made Me Do It, With Alcohol Anything is Popsicle, Summer Sparklers, Alcohol Not Included, Disco Drinks, Winter Warmers, Glorious Boards and Unbrielievable.Hannah Wood was born in England but grew up in the Netherlands and Norway. She returned to England to study politics and history at university, until the moment she finally saw the light and, after a spell as a graphic designer, followed her first love – illustration.Hannah's illustration styles and techniques are always evolving. She lives in a quaint little village in the middle of England with two cats and an ever-growing collection of 1950s ephemera and cook books.

Here, among the spines, I find a handful of books that invite intention, sustainability, and generosity into our celebrations. … My favourite is Jassy Davis’ It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Cocktails, a slim, cheerful volume of festive favourites such as mulled wine, eggnog and Mrs Claus’s Secret. For the aunty who sighs, “My tippling days are over, child,” there are recipes for cranberry and pomegranate nojito, spiced hot chocolate, or the delish pistachio and white chocolate milkshake. These books champion a handmade Christmas, shaped by what we already possess, not what we rush to buy. — The Hindu