2014-03-04



The Sherry Cobbler low-alcohol cocktail from Dinah Sanders' book, The Art of the Shim.



"More drink, less drunk," is the promise of Dinah Sanders' The Art of the Shim, a book chock-full of lower alcohol drinks that don't sacrifice cocktail complexity for the sake of lower-proof libations.

So, what's a shim? Why are they lower in alcohol, and, most importantly, do they really go with breakfast? I talked to Dinah this week to get the inside scoop on this intriguing style of cocktail.

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