The Classic Cocktail Sessions: A Bartender's New-Fashioned Approach to the World's Most Beloved Recipes

Toby Maloney is a James Beard Award-winning bartender and author with about thirty five years of experience mixing drinks in an assortment of establishments from dive bars to hallowed cocktail havens like Milk & Honey, Flatiron Lounge, and Pegu Club, as well as spots in Nashville, Minneapolis, and beyond. He was a partner and cocktail touchstone at The Violet Hour in Chicago for 18 years, and can now be found overseeing the cocktail program at The Elbow Room in Vancouver, Washington. His first book, The Bartender's Manifesto, was written with word assassin Emma Janzen and published in 2022.

Emma Janzen is an intrepid traveler and drinks journalist with a photography problem. She is the author of Mezcal: The History, Craft & Cocktails of the World's Ultimate Artisanal Spirit and co-author of three James Beard Award-winning books: The Way of the Cocktail with Julia Momosé, The Bartender's Manifesto with Toby Maloney, and The Bartender's Pantry with Jim Meehan. She currently splits her time between home in the Midwest and the world's coolest barstools.