Title:
The drunken botanist : the plants that create the world's great drinks / Amy Stewart.
Author:
Stewart, Amy.
Publication Information:
Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2013.
Call Number:
QK98.5.A1 S74 2013
Abstract:
Amy Stewart explores the dizzying array of herbs, flowers, trees, fruits, and fungi that humans have, through ingenuity, inspiration, and sheer desperation, contrived to transform into alcohol over the centuries.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781616200466
9781604694765
Physical Description:
xv, 381 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
General Note:
Includes charts.
Contents:
pt. I. We explore the twin alchemical processes of fermentation and distillation, from which wine, beer, and spirits issue forth -- pt. II. We then suffuse our creations with a wondrous assortment of nature's bounty -- pt. III. At last we venture into the garden, where we encounter a seasonal array of botanical mixers and garnishes to be introduced to the cocktail in its final stage of preparation.
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