Then, as Little John gathered his breath for a new verse, "How, now," roared forth the fat Brother, his voice coming from him like loud thunder from a little cloud, "thou naughty fellow, is this a fit place for one in thy garb to tipple and sing profane songs? Featuring 60 different recipes that you can make at home, each recipe is inspired by a different iconic women from history. Kelly Shami is a New York City-based multidisciplinary artist who has collaborated with Adidas, Nike, CoverGirl, and more.

Prestel is one of the world's leading illustrated book publishers with a stunning list of beautifully crafted books on all aspects of art, architecture, photography and design. For example The Cindy Sherman consists of vodka, cranberry juice, lime juice and triple sec…a Cosmopolitan then, but it’s fun all the same and as I already said, it really is interesting finding out all about these iconic women. It would have been fun to make her something spicy – I mean, she loves hot sauce – or, thinking off the cuff here, maybe something with a jammy, berry-flavoured base to play with the “jelly” from “Bootylicious. And it would be fairly arrogant of me to think that my little cocktail book could derail the legacy of the women in this book! This book pays tribute to a brilliant range of diverse women who have made waves in entertainment, the arts, politics, fashion, literature, sports, and science, including Frida Kahlo, Rihanna, Serena Williams, Virginia Woolf, Yoko Ono, Zaha Hadid, Marlene Dietrich, Zadie Smith, and more.One of the most challenging is the Zaha Hadid; it’s intentionally hard, because she was an architect who created really artful, complex buildings. The book features 60 cocktails, designed to reflect each of the 60 female icons they take their names from. From the latest pop culture and fashion to major exhibition catalogues, Prestel ensures that quality reigns throughout everything they publish. That could mean going off and reading Maya Angelou’s memoirs for the first time, or doing a deep-dive into Beyonce’s albums and discovering their brilliance.

With each one of these amazing drinks that you try, you are going to be learning more and more, as well as getting a little tipsier too! Once you get reading the ingredients and recipes in the book, you’ll find that some of the cocktails start sounding a little familiar.And when we were working on the cover copy, I said to my editor, 'The sales people are probably going to try to get the word ‘feminist’ in there, aren’t they. Snappy, informative biographies, illustrated with vibrant portraits, offer revealing insights into the women’s lives.