Author: William TerringtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alchol
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Top 100 Exotic Food Plants
Author: Ernest SmallPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1439856885
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 691
Book Description
Many edible plants considered exotic in the Western world are actually quite mainstream in other cultures. While some of these plants are only encountered in ethnic food markets or during travels to foreign lands, many are now finding their way onto supermarket shelves. Top 100 Exotic Food Plants provides comprehensive coverage of tropical and semi
Author: James Kelly
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Author: William TerringtonImbibe!
Author: David WondrichPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780399532870
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
An informative, anecdotal history of classic American cocktails pays tribute to Jerry Thomas, the father of the American bar, in a study that includes a host of mixology lore, legends, trivia, and more than one hundred recipes for punches, cocktails, sours, fizzes, toddies, slings, and other drinks.
Martini, Straight Up
Author: Lowell EdmundsPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801873119
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Originally published in 1998. From its contested origins in nineteenth-century California; through its popularity among the smart set of the 1930s, world leaders of the 1940s, and the men in the gray flannel suits of the 1950s; to its resurgence among today's retro-hipsters: Lowell Edmunds traces the history and cultural significance of the cocktail H. L. Mencken called "the only American invention as perfect as a sonnet."
Let's Bring Back: The Cocktail Edition
Author: Lesley M. M. BlumePublisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452121281
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
"The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind." - Humphrey Bogart At last, here's your excuse to catch up. Introducing Let's Bring Back: The Cocktail Edition, a compendium of long-forgotten libations due for a revival. Culled from ancient times through the 1960s, these delectable vintage cocktails are by turns fizzy and silken, sweet and tart, lethal and prim. Some of them are absurd, several are sentimental, while others are outright scandalous. They include: - Angel's Tit – Guaranteed to shock goody-goodies - Du Barry – To get your mistress into the mood - Green-Eyed Monster – To serve to frenemies - Monkey Gland – An unlikely fountain of youth - Runt's Ambition – Serve this to men with Napoleon Complex Throughout this illustrated tome, Lesley M. M. Blume divulges colorful cocktail history and barroom wisdom alongside one hundred and forty-four recipes that will delight aperitif aficionados for years to come. Whether you're toasting to an unexpected windfall, treating a malediction, or simply need an occasion to let your hair down, Let's Bring Back: The Cocktails Edition has the bevvy for you.
Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails
Author: Ted HaighPublisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN: 1616734752
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
In this expanded and updated edition of Forgotten Cocktails and Vintage Spirits, historian, expert, and drink aficionado Dr. Cocktail adds another 20 fine recipes to his hand-picked collection of 80 rare-and-worth-rediscovered drink recipes, shares revelations about the latest cocktail trends, provides new resources for uncommon ingredients, and profiles of many of the cocktail world's movers and shakers. Historic facts, expanded anecdotes, and full-color vintage images from extremely uncommon sources round out this must-have volume. For anyone who enjoys an icy drink and an unforgettable tale.
Author: André Louis Simon