The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks understands the basic components of each type of drink, new cocktails can be created by substituting a different base or modifying agent or by adding a special flavoring or coloring agent. A daiquiri, for example, is nothing more than a whiskey sour with rum substituted for whiskey as the base and lime juice substituted for lemon juice as a modifying agent. An entire chapter of the book ("Roll Your Own") is dedicated to this premise. Embury's six basic drinks are the Daiquiri, the Jack Rose, the Manhattan, the Martini, the Old Fashioned, and the Sidecar. Embury's preferred recipe for each
Performance and Cocktails With sales of over 2.5 million, "Performance and Cocktails" is the Stereophonics' second best-selling album (after "Just Enough Education to Perform", which has sold over 3.5 million). The record has been certified 5× Platinum in the UK and Platinum in Europe. It has spent a total of 101 weeks in the UK top 100 charts. The album is seen as one of the best albums in 90s British rock history. At the "Kerrang!" awards in 1999, "Performance and Cocktails" won the "Best Album" award and Stereophonics further won "Best British Band" the same year. On their "Albums of the Year"