Sparkle & Splash: Soda Fountain Favorites, Homemade Elixirs & Carbonated Cocktails - Softcover

Why buy when you can create to taste? The hottest kitchen gadgets are machines that transform ordinary tap water into seltzer. Best of all, that freshly carbonated water makes a great base for flavored seltzers, delicious cocktails, and even yummy dessert drinks that everyone will love. These 100 sparkling recipes--including a Classic Bourbon Smash, Lemon Sangria, Espresso Soda Float, and Pineapple Mint Soda--let you create a homemade syrup, customize your drink, use ingredients you trust, and get creative with your mixology.

Colleen Mullaney is an accomplished author, lifestyle expert, and featured expert for eHow with a library of more than 70 videos on entertaining, holiday ideas, kids crafts, and home decorating. She has written 11 lifestyle and cocktail books, including: Preschool Parties: Easy Ideas for Princesses, Pirates & Other Little People; It's Five O'Clock Somewhere: The Global Guide to Fabulous Cocktails; and The Stylish Girl's Guide to Fabulous Cocktails (all from Sixth & Spring), as well as Punch and Fairy Parties: Recipes, Crafts, and Games for Enchanting Celebrations (both Chronicle Books). Recently, she hosted a seminar at the FestiGals weekend in New Orleans with guest speaker Hoda Kotb.