In addition to recipes, it also abounds with playful astrology-themed relationship advice and entertaining tips, such as how to work a theme – something that is not in short supply at Mood Ring. The book demystifies cocktail equipment and explains what to buy on a basic budget. “Margarita in Retrograde: Cocktails for Every Sign” debuted in April from Abrams. They took advantage of the pandemic when Mood Ring (along with sister Bushwick bar Heaven or Las Vegas, opened in February 2020) was temporarily closed to write the book and develop new drinks.
Some of these tales appear in their cocktail cookbook, “Margarita in Retrograde: Cocktails for Every Sign,” published in April by Abrams, along with nightlife tips and recipes new and old. Referencing celebrities, movies and songs, the cheekily named drinks serve as a handy conversation starter, and Li and Goh have seen any number of relationships form – not to mention other drama – in their years working the bar. Intended to be a welcoming spot for LGBTQ and BIPOC patrons, Mood Ring offers a rotating menu of astrology-themed drinks timed to the Zodiac calendar. Brooklynites and longtime best friends Vanessa Li and Bowen Goh were working at “mundane office jobs,” in Li’s words – Li had worked at a queer and trans youth center and Goh had a background in film and business – when they opened the Bushwick bar Mood Ring in 2017.
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