Cocktails at Larry’s

Cocktails at Larry’s by Tom Onions is a warmly personal guide to cocktail-making — a book that approaches drinks through the lens of hospitality, conviviality, and the particular pleasures of gathering people together for something good to drink. Organised around occasions and moods rather than spirit categories, the book presents cocktails for every moment: aperitivo hour, late-night digestifs, weekend brunch, and the kind of evening where the night takes an unexpected turn. Onions writes with genuine enthusiasm and a refreshing lack of pretension, treating cocktail-making as something that should be fun rather than intimidating. With recipes ranging from classics to personal inventions, this is an excellent kitchen companion for anyone who wants to make better drinks for themselves and the people they love.