Cocktail recipe books research:
(http://www.amazon.co.uk/Big-Book-Cocktails-Complete-Bartenders/dp/1904292739/ref=sr_1_13?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323221631&sr=1-13)
These sample pages from the book "365 Cocktails" by Brian Lucas reflect the way I feel that cocktail recipe books should look. The photographs used evoke a sense of elegance and sexuality, which is also a general connotation with cocktails. This is the sort of sense I am trying to capture in my illustrations and design for the cocktail recipe booklet, yet the only problem with this theme of elegance is that the designs also have to work for the book of drinking games we're creating.
This elegance and simplicity of design is also seen in other books of cocktail recipes:
(http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hamlyn-All-Colour-Cookbook-Cocktails/dp/0600610209/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323223362&sr=1-1)
