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The drunken botanist: the plants that create the world's great drinks

✍ Scribed by Amy Stewart

Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Year: 2012;2013
Tongue: English
Weight: 2 MB
Edition: 1st ed
Category: Fiction
ISBN: 1616201045

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley, tequila from agave, rum from sugarcane, bourbon from corn. Thirsty yet? In The Drunken Botanist , 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.

Of all the extraordinary and obscure plants that have been fermented and distilled, a few are dangerous, some are downright bizarre, and one is as ancient as dinosaurs--but each represents a unique cultural contribution to our global drinking traditions and our history.

This fascinating concoction of biology, chemistry, history, etymology, and mixology--with more than fifty drink recipes and growing tips for gardeners--will make you the most popular guest at any cocktail party.

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