The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks

The Essential, New York Times-Bestselling Guide to Botany and Booze "A book that makes familiar drinks seem...
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Author: Amy Stewart
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The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks by Stewart, Amy

The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks

Dhs. 141.89

The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks

Dhs. 141.89
Author: Amy Stewart
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

The Essential, New York Times-Bestselling Guide to Botany and Booze

"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

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 a new section on how to grow your very own cocktail garden--will make you the most popular guest at any cocktail party.



Author: Amy Stewart
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Published: 03/19/2013
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781616200466


Award: James Beard Foundation Book Awards - Nominee
Award: IACP Crystal Whisk Award - Finalist


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 02/15/2013 pg. 116
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2013
Entertainment Weekly 03/29/2013 pg. 79
New York Times Book Review 06/02/2013 pg. 19

About the Author
Stewart, Amy: -

Amy Stewart is the award-winning author of six books on the perils and pleasures of the natural world. She is the cofounder of the popular blog Garden Rant and is a contributing editor at Fine Gardening magazine. She and her husband live in Eureka, California, where they own an antiquarian bookstore called Eureka Books.

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