# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Curated Cuisine: Exploring the craft of cocktails with America’s Test Kitchen
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 10 Nov, 2025 at 06:30 pm – Mon, 10 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join America’s Test Kitchen and Cook’s Illustrated to unleash your inner bartender with a demystifying dive into the world of classic and contemporary cocktail making. Organized around categories including martinis, Manhattans, highballs, sours, flips, tropical, and more, “Cocktails Illustrated” is the ultimate “how-to” cocktail cookbook. Dan Souza, chief content officer of America’s Test Kitchen, and test cook Joe Gitter will be in conversation with Here & Now managing producer and cocktail aficionado Todd Mundt. Expand your repertoire, learn new techniques and find out why glassware matters.

Guests will enjoy a complimentary cocktail or mocktail before the conversation. Copies of the book will be available to purchase from our bookstore partner Brookline Booksmith and Souza will sign after the event. This event is co-produced by Boston University Metropolitan College Programs in Food & Wine.

CitySpace Tickets:
Premiere: $30.00 (includes reserved seating in the front of the theater)
General: $20.00
BU Faculty/Staff: $15.00 (must present a valid BU ID upon arrival)
Student: $10.00 (must present a valid student ID upon arrival)

Ways To Save:
WBUR’s Legacy Circle, Murrow Society, Sustainers and Members save $5.00 on tickets to this event. To apply the discount to your ticket purchase online, you’ll need to enter a promo code. You can get your code by emailing membership@wbur.org.

About “Cocktails Illustrated"
Take a master class in bartending with this luxe cocktail cookbook featuring 400+ recipes covering 15 essential categories! Cook’s Illustrated experts share all the hallmark techniques, formulas, science and lore behind your favorite spirited and nonalcoholic libations.

Unleash your inner bartender with a demystifying dive into the world of classic and contemporary cocktail making. “Cocktails Illustrated” is that rare book: coffee-table gorgeous with hundreds of photographs and illustrations; comprehensive, instructive and practical; and as fun and playful as a great cocktail should be. Organized around categories including martinis, Manhattans, highballs, sours, flips, tropical and more, it’s the ultimate “how-to” cocktail cookbook.

Shake up your repertoire: Hundreds of creative kitchen-tested cocktails (and a few of our favorite bar snacks) and ways to customize them based on your preferences, from spirit-forward drinks to zero-proof cocktails.
Distill professional secrets: Techniques, including aging and clarifying cocktails and fat-washing spirits, are made accessible through clear, engaging explanations and how-to photography.
Sip on some science: Learn from the Cook’s Illustrated experts, including why glassware shape matters, the chemistry of proper cocktail dilution, and when and how to use ingredients like tinctures or flamed citrus to enhance flavors.
Belly up to the bar: Extensive introduction pours out no-nonsense advice on what bottles, tools and glassware you really need, plus clearly teaches methods including shaking, swizzling, muddling, citrus juicing, ice making and more.
Peruse the backbar: Bonus section elevates cocktails with homemade infused liqueurs, bitters and tinctures, syrups and shrubs, rim salts and sugars and garnishes.
No matter your skill or knowledge level, this beautiful deep dive into cocktails from Cook's Illustrated and America's Test Kitchen is your new go-to guide.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/brookline/curated-cuisine-exploring-the-craft-of-cocktails-with-america’s-test-kitchen/200028724664347
- **Event Categories**: food-drinks, workshops, art, theatre
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 11

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Brookline
- **state**: MA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: WBUR CitySpace
- **lat**: 42.350678850656
- **long**: -71.115531921387
- **full address**: WBUR CitySpace, 369 St Paul St, Brookline, MA 02446-3625, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Curated Cuisine: Exploring the craft of cocktails with America’s Test Kitchen being held?
  - **A:** Curated Cuisine: Exploring the craft of cocktails with America’s Test Kitchen takes place on Mon, 10 Nov, 2025 at 06:30 pm to Mon, 10 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 pm at WBUR CitySpace, 369 St Paul St, Brookline, MA 02446-3625, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Curated Cuisine: Exploring the craft of cocktails with America’s Test Kitchen?
  - **A:** Curated Cuisine: Exploring the craft of cocktails with America’s Test Kitchen is organized by WBUR CitySpace.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Curated Cuisine: Exploring the craft of cocktails with America’s Test Kitchen is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Brookline, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Curated Cuisine: Exploring the craft of cocktails with America’s Test Kitchen sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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