The Books
You've found the heart of AFC & Co's publishing work—the complete collection of books from Alexander F. Cramm.
This is where craft cocktails meet personal narrative. Where family recipes become acts of preservation. Where neurodivergent creativity produces work that challenges conventions and celebrates what makes us different.
The Neurodivergent Bartender series broke new ground by centering neurodivergent experiences in cocktail literature. These aren't just recipe books—they're manifestos proving that thinking differently creates better cocktails, better stories, and better work. Each edition offers original recipes developed through years of bartending, paired with honest storytelling about what it means to create while neurodivergent.
Arkipelago: The Complete Tiki 2.0 Cocktail Book dives headfirst into re-amagining what the world of Tiki Bar culture could be from a bartender/chef perspective. From systematically improving the service aspect thru 7 rum blends to balancing amazing tiki cocktails with Filipino cuisine.
Lolo's Kitchen represents something more personal: a chef's mission to preserve his grandfather's Filipino cooking legacy. Over 700 pages of recipes, memories, and the painstaking process of reverse-engineering dishes that were never written down. It's food memoir as act of love.
NAMI-MISS KO ANG AKING TAHANAN is Alexander's raw and inspiring memoir covering his childhood growing up in kitchens, learning what it meant to be "neurodivergent", career ups & downs and embracing his second-generation Fil-Am herritage.
These books are different from each other, but they share AFC & Co's core values: authenticity over algorithm, craft over shortcuts, and stories that matter over content that merely performs.
Whether you're here for cocktails, cuisine, or the stories behind both—welcome to the library. Every book here was created with intention, passion, and the belief that the work we make should mean something.
Find your next read. They're all here.
The Neurodivergent Bartender
The one that started it all. Born from a ADHD fueled hyperfixation, The Neurodivergent Bartender touches upon well-known bar classics and also some new and noteworthy drinks. Come prepared with an open mind, explorative palate, and thirst that needs quenching. Some of the cocktails you might even find to be your new favorite.
The Neurodivergent Bartender: ADHD Edition
The Second book written by Alexander F Cramm, The Neurodivergent Bartender: ADHD Edition, is a unique guide that blends mixology with memoir. It features over 125 cocktail recipes—from classics to original creations—alongside the author's candid stories of navigating the food service industry with ADHD. Discover the history behind the drinks and gain a personal perspective on creativity and passion behind the bar.
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Arkipelago: The Complete Tiki 2.0 Cocktail Book
This cocktail book is for those who believe cocktails are more than drinks—they're stories, systems, and celebrations. Whether you're building a bar, perfecting your home setup, or simply chasing that perfect Mai Tai, this is your guide to understanding Tiki not as kitsch, but as craft.
What follows is the complete philosophy, technique, and recipe collection behind Arkipelago—a bar concept built on two pillars: the precision of systems-driven cocktail craft, and the warmth of Filipino hospitality.
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NAMI-MISS KO ANG AKING TAHANAN: A Memoir
I miss my home.
Part love letter to my Lolo, part culinary journey, part reckoning with what it means to be Filipino-American and neurodivergent in professional kitchens.
This memoir traces the flavors that shaped me—from my grandfather's kitchen in Cape May, NJ to healthcare dining, resort kitchens, and eventually behind the bar. It's about the recipes that live in memory, the ones that don't translate to paper, and what happens when you're trying to find home in a plate of adobo, a perfectly balanced cocktail, or the controlled chaos of a kitchen that finally makes sense.
For anyone who's ever felt like an outsider. For the neurodivergent cooks and bartenders finding their rhythm. For anyone searching for belonging in the scent of garlic frying in coconut oil.
Lolo's Kitchen-A Grandsons Journey Through Filipino Food and Memory
The current project by AFC & Co, Lolo's Kitchen, is an epic 700+ page cookbook and memoir documenting the author's journey to preserve his grandfather's (Lolo's) unwritten Filipino recipes. A professional chef, he is meticulously reverse-engineering over 100 dishes from memory to save his family's culinary heritage. More than a typical cookbook, each recipe is a full chapter detailing the memory behind the dish, the process of its recreation, and the final definitive recipe—creating a deeply personal heirloom for those who believe food is a story.
