COCKTAILS

coffee liqueur, eggnog and crushed candy cane for a garnish.

(And for those movie buffs for whom this particular drink conjures up only one flick, the book also contains a Big Le-Brewski, a vodka, coffee and cream of coconut concoction in honor of the White Russian-loving Dude of “The Big Lebowski.”)

In all, Federle serves up 50 recipes organized by genre (drama, sci-fi, etc.), and each recipe comes with a brief but informative blurb about the movie in question. And if you are a punster, the titles will be a delight. A standout: Muppets Make Manhattans. Some of the cute drink names were arrived at with the help of Federle’s thousands of Twitter followers, who also voted on which proposed title for the book they liked best.

Recipes aren’t just cleverly titled; they also have cunning tie-ins to the films. For example, hibiscus tea in the cocktail Boozy and the Beast echoes the roses of “Beauty and the Beast.” And Citizen Grain, named for the groundbreaking “Citizen Kane,” includes grain alcohol and just a touch of rose water. No promises that drinking it will help you better get to the bottom of the whole, “Rosebud” thing, though.

Goldstein was particu- larly pleased with Star Wars-themed The Empire Likes Jack, which contains Jack Daniel’s, ice cream and root beer. “It’s basically a root beer float. You’re dropping the light aspect, the vanilla ice cream, into the root beer, which is the dark side.”

Some sections took more time than others. “We had a lot of days sitting and eating take-in and just going over some stuff,” said Goldstein. An honest man, he admitted that was “a really good time.”

Federle, who grew up in San Francisco and Pittsburgh before moving to New York to dance on Broadway as a teenager, writes in multiple genres, including young adult fiction. His current project is co-writing “Tuck Everlasting,” a forthcoming Broadway musical based on the novel by Natalie Babbitt.

Like Goldstein, Federle seems happy in his work.

“Everything that got me sent to the principal’s office as a kid gets me paid now,” he said.

MATThew MeAD/ASSoCIATeD PreSS Monty Python and the Stoli Grail, a cock tail made with vodka, coconut and pineapple juice. The drink, inspired by the film, “Monty Python and the holy Grail” is the creation of Tim Federle, author of “Gone with the Gin.”