Zero Proof Is One of Publishers Weekly 'Best Books of 2021'

"What's your favorite season?" "Awards."⁣
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So! In a bit of *major* news, the kind people at Publishers Weekly have named Zero Proof as one of Best Books of 2021 (!!!). Zero Proof is just one of five books in the lifestyle section, sitting alongside Sam Sifton's New York Times No-Recipe Cooking book (*casual flex*). Zero Proof is also the only cocktail- and drinks-focused book on this list of 150 titles.⁣
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The editors write: "Ramirez, a former producer and reporter for the Wall Street Journal, offers a (non)spirited case for imbibing without alcohol, with help from some of the world’s best bartenders, in her fantastic debut.⁣
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Prefaced with a condensed history of how 'colonial Americans wove drinking into the fabric of socializing,' the recipes presented are part of the recent movement to normalize sobriety by applying the same care and craft to nonalcoholic beverages that’s given to boozy cocktails (to start: 86 the term mocktail)."⁣
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Thank you so very much to Publishers Weekly. And again, warmest thanks to the team (Justin, Leigh, Susan, Robert, Mallory, Maeve among others) who brought this vision to life, as well as all my bartender friends who contributed recipes and thoughtful interviews.⁣