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Véritable incontournable tant pour les novices que pour les connaisseurs les plus éclairés, ce guide vous enseignera à oser et expérimenter la mixologie.
Alongside other classic cocktails such as the Old Fashioned, the Mint Julep, and the Martini, the Manhattan has been a staple of the sophisticated bar scene since the late nineteenth century.
This updated edition features recipes from the world's greatest mixologists, including 107 classic gin and vodka Martinis, more than 110 Modern Martinis, and a directory of the world's best Martini loungesShaken Not Stirred® celebrates the Martini—the quintessential cocktail, the crowning jewel of civilized decadence.
Coca is a plant with a complex array of mineral nutrients, essential oils, and varied compounds with greater or lesser pharmacological effects - one of which happens to be the alkaloid cocaine, which in its concentrated, synthesized form is a stimulant drug with possible addictive properties.
';An important new book on Chianti Classico: Winners of the Andre Simon 2013 award for their bookThe World of Sicilian Wine, Nesto and Di Savino have produced the investigative, scholarly and detailed book that Chianti Classico has long deserved.
Winner of the 2018 IPPY Gold Medal for Reference Book Everyone thinks that they know how to drink, but do you really know the difference between a scotch and a whiskey?
American tavern owners caused a sensation in the late eighteenth century when they mixed sugar, water, bitters, and whiskey and served the drink with rooster feather stirrers.
A must-read for any wine grape grower or winemaker who has ever wrestled with the most important myths of winegrowing or debated them with colleaguesand that would be all of us!
Botanists Selena Ahmed, Ashley DuVal and Rachel Meyer from the New York based craft bitters-making company, Shoots & Roots Bitters, take us on an enlightening trip throughout the plant world as they share their unique expertise on the ecology, cultural practices, and medicinal properties just waiting to be discovered at the bottom ofyour glass.
Ghost Taverns is a fascinating, in-depth look at some of the north of England's most haunted public houses and the spectres that are said to reside in them.
*Recipient of the James Beard Media Award - Claiming the title of best book in the "e;Beverage without Recipes"e; category**Top 10 Nominee of the Spirited Award from the Tales of the Cocktail Foundation* This stunning guide invites you into the story of sake--an ancient beverage finding its way in a modern world.
Anthropologists and historians have confirmed the central role alcohol has played in nearly every society since the dawn of human civilization, but it is only recently that it has been the subject of serious scholarly inquiry.
"This admirable book will be a valuable addition for any whiskey enthusiast, but it will also be a fine read for anyone with a serious interest in American history.
It began as poisonous rotgut in Medieval RussiaIvan the Terrible liked it, Peter the Great loved itbut this grain alcohol \u201cwithout distinctive character, aroma, taste, or color\u201d has become our uncontested king of spirits.
In this new, expanded edition of Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktailsissued for the 100th Anniversary of National Prohibitionhistorian, expert, and drink aficionado Ted Haigh, aka Dr.
Named one of the New York Times Best Wine Books of 2023Named one of the Washington Post's Best Wine Books of 2023In the late 1980s, while working for his family's real estate and parking business in Washington, DC, Alex received a life-changing case of wine as a gift that uncorked a new opportunity.
