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The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks: 10th Anniversary Edition

The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks: 10th Anniversary Edition - Hardcover

by Amy Stewart
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Availability:In StockContributor:Amy StewartPublish date:2013-03-19Pages:400
Language:EnglishPublisher:Algonquin BooksISBN-13:9781616200466ISBN-10:1616200464UPC:9781616200466Book Category:Cooking, NatureBook Subcategory:Beverages, History, PlantsBook Topic:Alcoholic- GeneralAward:2014 IACP Crystal Whisk Award Finalist - Wine/Beer/Spirits Award|2014 James Beard Foundation Book Awards Nominee - Beverage AwardSize:8.00 x 6.20 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.6006Product ID:SC9RHPEVQC

The New York Times-bestselling guide to botany and booze celebrates its 10th anniversary with an updated edition--now including a guide to planting your very own cocktail garden to go with more than fifty drink recipes. This fascinating, go-to text about the plants that make our drinks is the ideal gift book for every cocktail aficionado, the perfect drinks book for every plant-lover.

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 charming concoction of biology, chemistry, history, etymology, and mixology--with delightful drawings, tasty cocktail recipes, and fun factoids throughout--will make you the most popular guest at any cocktail party.

"A book that makes familiar drinks seem new again . . . Through this horticultural lens, a mixed drink becomes a cornucopia of plants."--NPR's Morning Edition

"Amy Stewart has a way of making gardening seem exciting, even a little dangerous." --The New York Times
Language:EnglishPublisher:Algonquin BooksISBN-13:9781616200466ISBN-10:1616200464UPC:9781616200466Book Category:Cooking, NatureBook Subcategory:Beverages, History, PlantsBook Topic:Alcoholic- GeneralAward:2014 IACP Crystal Whisk Award Finalist - Wine/Beer/Spirits Award|2014 James Beard Foundation Book Awards Nominee - Beverage AwardSize:8.00 x 6.20 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.6006Product ID:SC9RHPEVQC
Amy Stewart is the New York Times bestselling author of the The Drunken Botanist, Wicked Plants, and several other popular nonfiction titles about the natural world. She has also written several novels in her beloved Kopp Sisters series, which are based on the true story of one of America's first female deputy sheriffs and her two rambunctious sisters. Her books have sold over a million copies worldwide and have been translated into 18 languages. She lives in Portland with her husband Scott Brown, a rare book dealer who can usually be found at his shop, Downtown Brown Books.
Publisher: Algonquin Books

Awards

🏆 2014 IACP Crystal Whisk Award Finalist - Wine/Beer/Spirits Award|2014 James Beard Foundation Book Awards Nominee - Beverage Award

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Amy Stewart

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Amy Stewart

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