Pink Panther Cocktail Party Pink-A-Licious Drinks to Seduce and Entertain by Adam Rocke Surrey Books, 2004. If you're going to celebrate the 40th birthday of a cool cat like the Pink Panther, then this is the way to do it -- with cocktails all around, daiquiris and cuba libres and maybe even a harvey wallbanger or two.

Imagine the Pantherland Lounge, if you will, inhabited by 60s-style hipsters with skinny ties and bouffaint hairdos. Here's the barman's guide to 85 potions these cats will be purring over deep into the night.

Adam Rocke penned the words for this cocktail guide while the retro art specialist Shag (a.k.a. Josh Angle) provided the illustrations. A CD tucked into the back of the book features and animated video and several versions of Henry Mancini's Pink Panther theme song.

Nine Lives

• 1/2 oz. dark rum
• 12 oz. dry vermouth
• 1/2 oz. gin
• 1/2 oz. light rum
• 1/2 oz. sloe gin
• 1/2 oz. triple sec
• 1/2 oz. vodka
• 6 oz. cola or Hawaiian Punch

Collins; shake with ice, strain over ice. Cherry and orange slice garnish.

How To Make The Pink Panther Cocktail