Who is David Burtka? All we know about Neil Patrick Harris husband praised in actor’s new book 

How I Met Your Mother alum Neil Patrick Harris, in an exclusive interview with People, discussed his brand-new upcoming cocktail recipe book, which he co-wrote with his husband, David Burtka. Both Sides of the Glass: Paired Cocktails and Mocktails to Toast Any Taste, which is set to be released on September 30, 2025, features several innovative cocktails that cater to both drinkers and non-drinkers. Not to mention, the Uncoupled star has also praised his husband, Burtka, in the book.

Besides starring in one of the most popular sitcoms of the 2000s, Harris has also been in critically acclaimed movies like David Fincher's Gone Girl and stoner comedies like the Harold & Kumar film franchise. However, as most people are familiar with who Neil Patrick Harris is, the identity of his husband, David Burtka, remains unknown.

As per Style, Burtka is also an actor like his husband, Harris, who has starred in several movies and television shows, including How I Met Your Mother, in which Harris plays one of the leads. He has been in movies such as A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, White Camellias, Cicada, and more. Besides being an actor, he is a trained, professional chef and is the author of his cookbook Life Is a Party: Deliciously Doable Recipes to Make Every Day a Celebration.

According to People, the 51-year-old Harris met Burtka on a street corner in 2004. They quickly became friends, turning their relationship into something serious. In 2007, the couple made their relationship official and announced it publicly. In 2010, they became parents as they brought home their twins, Gideon Scott and Harper Grace, through a surrogate.

When gay marriage was legalized in New York in 2011, the celebrity couple broke the news of their engagement and eventually got hitched in a private ceremony in 2014 in Italy.

Let's find out more about Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka's upcoming cocktail book

Harris and Burtka's brand-new cocktail book, Both Sides of the Glass: Paired Cocktails and Mocktails to Toast Any Taste, as mentioned before, will be released on September 30, 2025, and will have cocktail recipes for both drinkers and non-drinkers. It will feature 70 innovative recipes, which will include 35 cocktails and 35 paired mocktails. Every cocktail and mocktail has been organized and themed around the four elements of air, water, fire, and earth.

It was both Harris and Burtka who came up with the idea for the book. While talking with People about how he enjoyed the whole mixology process, Harris said:

"I've always loved the process of mixology. In fact, one of David's birthday presents for me one year was lessons with a mixologist in New York who taught me about the different types of alcohols and what to pair with them. And so it's always been fun in an alchemy way for me to mix drinks."

The A Million Ways to Die in the West actor shared how his husband, Burtka, has been sober for 8 years, and that is why they focused on coming up with amazing mocktails for those who are not into alcohol. Harris continued saying,

"David, however, is not an alcohol drinker, and so we wanted to, we thought that there was a good opportunity to be able to educate people about the spirit free cocktail world without it having to be an either-or situation."

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Burtka and Harris, who have been married for a decade now, hope that the book will be useful to both drinkers and non-drinkers, bringing them together. Burtka further added:

"At the end of the day, it's all about laughter for me, I do feel like we do have fun. We do have fun laughing through the projects we do."

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