When A Drink Is Your John Hancock

An Interview With Cocktail Writer Amanda Schuster About Her New Book "Signature Cocktails," Plus a Recipe.

The Cover of “Signature Cocktails” by Amanda Schuster.

What is a “signature cocktail”?

According to Amanda Schuster, the career cocktail writer whose book by that name hits shelves tomorrow, Oct. 4, it is “a bespoke drink that expresses the nature of the time, person, venue, city, or country for which it was created.” It can be invented by a bar or a spec…