The Flower-Infused Cocktail

NetGalley Review: 4 stars

Last updated on 11 Nov 2022

”‘The Flower-Infused Cocktail’ by Alyson Brown is a beautiful book of cocktail recipes. As someone who has used edible flowers in cooking for years, incorporating them into flavour infusions in cocktails is a wonderful compliment to other culinary uses. This is definitely a book I’d recommend to anyone wanting to enjoy a lovely tipple or expand their use of edible flowers in the kitchen.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.“–Sylvia Barker, @BestLovedCookbooks

NetGalley Review: 5 stars

Las updated on 30 Nov 2022

“The Flower-Infused Cocktail was the type of book I’ve always dreamed about having! If you have not had flower-based cocktails (or coffees, for that matter) you are absolutely missing out! The book began, as most drink recipe books do, with descriptions of the different types of glassware, bar tools and techniques, with the added addition of descriptions of the different aspects involved when cooking with edible flowers. I was wicked surprised by some of the options for edible flowers that were included in the book! Each flower was accompanied by a cocktail that gave the book a great sense of variety. I’ve never wanted to try every recipe in a cookbook that I’ve read, until The Flower-Infused Cocktail.”–Mallori Longevin, consumer reviewer

NetGalley Review: 5 stars

Last updated on 03 Dec 2022

“This is a fun and beautiful book, brimming with flower based cocktail recipes and photos. There’s a huge variety of flowers covered here and it tells you folklore about them, taste and more.

Typical to cocktail recipes, they tend to call for a lot of ingredients and to be rather fiddly, which is not really my thing. I’m very simple with my flower cocktails (Example – elderberry hard lemonade is one I created for my elderberry book and it’s just a shot of homemade elderberry schnapps and lemonade. It tastes crazy good and also magically turns hot pink when the purple schnapps hits the acid in the lemon because of a pH reaction.) These cocktails definitely sound delicious though and the photos are marvelous. I definitely wouldn’t turn one down! Highly recommended for readers who love entertaining, gardening and/or cocktails.”–Alicia Bayer, A Magical Life

NetGalley Review: 5 stars

Last updated on 09 Nov 2022

“A stunning and gorgeous collection of recipes, photos, and information on edible flowers and a little bit of folklore and flavor. This was the perfect book to add to your collection if you enjoy not only drinking one of these delicious drinks but if you want to make them too! The photographs are so beautiful and each recipe is unique. This is a great read and really does add a bit of magic to your drinks!

Thanks Netgalley and Rowman & Littlefield, Globe Pequot for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review”–Ashley Dang, Bookseller at Barnes & Noble and The Ripped Bodice

NetGalley Review: 5 stars

Last updated on 11 Nov 2022

“I love using flowers in culinary pursuits, so this book caught my attention. What really solidified it for me was the inclusion of ‘Folklore.’

While I expected an interesting read and some great recipes, I was not expecting it to be so beautiful as well. This would make a great Galentine’s gift for your girlfriends, your mother or anyone really. I just can’t say enough about how much I enjoyed this one!”–Cindi Austin, consumer reviewer

NetGalley Review: 5 stars

Last updated on 12 Dec 2022

“Such a beautiful cocktail book! The photographs are gorgeous and the recipes are delicious. I love how the book is organized and has recommendations to building your bar from glassware and tools to sourcing edible flowers. It also has some great non-alcoholic options as well. This is such a well done book and I will definitely be getting it for myself as well as gifting.

Thanks to NetGalley, Rowman + Littlefield, and Alyson Brown for an advanced copy of the book. All thoughts in this review are my own.”–Sofya Guidici, consumer reviewer

NetGalley Review: 5 stars

Last updated on 12 Nov 2022

“Alyson Brown’s ‘The Flower-Infused Cocktail’ is such a cool book. After going basics like glassware and bar tools and notes about finding and using edible flowers, each spread presents a flower–one page describes the taste and its origins and then shares a recipe for a drink or drink ingredient, the other page features a gorgeous photo of the end result. This would make a wonderful addition to a recipe book collection, a hostess gift, or even a coffee table book.

Thank you to NetGalley and Globe Pequot for an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review. My reviewed was posted online to Goodreads on November 12, 2022 to “–Rae Maraszek, @TheFinerThingsClub

NetGalley Review: 5 stars

Last updated on 13 Nov 2022

“What a beautiful book to enjoy during the wintry months! The author, Alyson Brown, is the founder of the Wild Folk Flower Apothecary and is eager to share her enthusiasm for a flower-infused lifestyle. As she notes, she wrote this book to gain understanding of the range of edible flowers. For the person who loves flower gardening and craft cocktails, this book is perfect. In just the past few years, urban flower farms have proliferated and more and more unusual blooms are offered at organic farmers’ markets to be used as centerpieces or ingredients.

I’ve attended at least three botanical edible flower classes offered locally, learning how to make things like sumac/lemon balm gin tonics. What I loved about this book is that it notably features the flowers and then lists the recipes as well as the lore and the language of the flower. Imagine being able to serve an elegant glass of a sparkling drink with floral undertones, garnished with flowers in season, and then tell your guests the ancient story of how that flower was first propagated and what goddess it symbolized? Similar books feature the liquor first, but I, as a gardener, care more about whether hibiscus can be used than rum.

Greatly appreciated: the little illustrated tab that shows you what kind of glassware to use!

Author Brown covers spirits, teas, cordials, liqueurs and garnishes. Sensually photographed, almost every photo seduces you to imagine the taste of her creations.

Read this now to plan your flower garden and start ordering from seed catalogs! Think of the tiny snapdragon seedlings in spring peat pots that will grow into Madame Butterfly cocktails in the summer… 5 stars!

Thank you to Rowman & Littlefield and NetGalley for an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review!”–Linda Pfafflin, @GreenEyedGardenerLovesToRead

NetGalley Review: 5 stars

Last updated on 21 Nov 2022

“Thank you to NetGalley for the E-book!

I can’t wait to try the different drinks out. The instructions are very clear and I loved reading some of the more personal anecdotes. I love trying out different cooking and drinks so this seems like a wonderful book.

Definitely recommend if you are looking to get into some fancy drinks.”–Victoria Cleolind, @CleoLindBooks

NetGalley Review: 5 stars

Last updated on 29 Nov 2022

“I truly loved this book! I have read a lot of cocktails and tried out so many recipes but none compare to the recipes in this book! The directions were easy to follow and the photos were beautiful. My family enjoyed the drinks I made on thanksgiving thanks to this amazing book. I would 100% recommend to keep a copy of this book on your bar cart!”–Krissy Reads, librarian

NetGalley Review: 5 stars

Last updated on 31 Dec 2022

“A gorgeous and beautiful book filled to the brim with recipes and beautiful photos! I personally had a lot of fun trying to recreate these recipes!”–Kirstyn Yosick, librarian

Alyson Brown founded her business, Wild Folk Flower Apothecary, in 2017 as a way to share her love of flowers with the world. Flowers became her life. She went on to work with the Central Oregon Wildflower Show to collect and identify wildflowers, host workshops weaving intentions of flowers into botanical creations, plan a flower-infused Solstice dinner in her backyard, design many flower crowns, and mix many flower-infused cocktails.

Though she currently calls the high deserts of Central Oregon her home, she often refers to her southern roots and love for the beach, having grown up just minutes from the Gulf Coast beaches in Florida. She lives in Bend, Oregon, with her husband, two young boys, a black cat, and a fluffy dog. When she’s not mixing flower-infused cocktails, she runs a creative services business in which she specializes in brand photography and graphic design, and in her spare time she enjoys hiking, paddleboarding, and gardening.