It's been a long time coming, Swifties.Welcome to the unofficial, ultimate book of cocktails inspired by all things Taylor Swift!
At teatime, everybody agrees that T-Swift’s rise from starry-eyed country starlet to full-blown global phenomenon is nothing short of enchanting. She’s won more than three hundred major awards, including four Album of the Year awards at the Grammys, an honor that has yet to be surpassed by any other artist. She was the first woman to have more than one billion streams on Spotify. She has broken more than a hundred Guinness World Records, danced her way through the biggestgrossing tour of all time, and she’s still going strong! It is impossible to summarize all her artistic and business accomplishments. In short, she is simply one of the greatest artists of our lifetime. An untouchable star, burning brighter than the sun.
In homage to her fearless genius, the following pages contain sixty recipes inspired by her life and art. Each chapter is dedicated to one of her famous eras—from her self-titled debut album in 2006 to
The Tortured Poets Department in 2024—and features cocktails inspired by her greatest hits (with a few deep cuts tossed in for good measure).
There are laid-back sippers for stripped-down country ballads like “Tim McGraw,” whimsical drinks for romantic moments like “Enchanted,” cozy comforting ones for heartbreakers like “Back to December,” and big, boozy heavy hitters for reputation-changing smashes like “Look What You Made Me Do.” Of course, it wouldn’t be good karma if this collection didn’t include some recipes inspired by Taylor’s favorite drinks, too. The Old Hickory Lake (page 33) nods to the time cooking queen Ina Garten introduced Tay to the whiskey sour in a Food Network interview in 2014. The Best Revenge (page 58) throws back to when she told
Vogue her favorite cocktail was vodka and Diet Coke a few years later (time to tell the haters to take a hike!). Remember when the media heralded the return of the Cosmo in 2023 because she started to order the drink in bars in NYC? Or, when she set the internet on fire with recipes for the St-Germain-spiked French Blonde, perfect for a night out with the WAGs? These cocktails celebrate all those favorite moments in Taylor lore.
In the spirit of Tay’s penchant for masterminding elaborate games and dropping Easter eggs in everything from song lyrics to her nail polish color, the savviest of fans will find little hidden surprises and references to her life and career sprinkled among the song names, ingredients lists, headnotes, and photos. For example, drinks like F*ck the Patriarchy reference her maple latte moment with Jake Gyllenhaal (you can keep the scarf at this point, JG), while Team Jacob hints at how the lyrics of “Back to December” (likely) reference Taylor Lautner. These are the obvious ones, but there will be even deeper references for the hard-core TS-sleuthers out there. (Also look out for the “From the Vault” callouts throughout for easy tips and suggestions for ingredient swaps.)
This collection of delicious drinks is for all of us—the Swifties, the Gaylors, the London Boys, and the Miss Americanas—to make a toast to the Queen of the music industry. Dip in to find a drink to pair with your favorite track when the mood strikes, raid it as a guide for pre-partying before her next tour, or use it to game out your next listening party. But before you dive in, check out the mixing tips and the pro intel on tools, glassware, and ingredients you’ll need to make the drinks in this book. And don’t skip the trivia—it’s a hell of a time.
Are you ready for it? 1-2-3 Let’s go, B*tches!
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