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"The intertwined histories of booze and medicine, from internationally-renowned cocktail expert Camper English. Alcohol and medicine have an inextricably intertwined history, with innovations in each altering the path of the other. The story stretches back to the ancient world, when beer and wine were used to provide nutrition, hydration, and act as solvents for healing botanicals. Over time, alchemists distilled elixirs designed to cure all diseases,...
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Provides a tour through the feminist history of women drinking, revealing the untold female distillers, drinkers, and brewers that played vital roles in potent potable history, from ancient Sumerian beer goddess Ninkasi to 1920s bartender Ada Coleman.
From the earliest days of civilization, alcohol has been at the center of our social rituals and cultures worldwide. O'Meara provides an eye-opening feminist history of women drinking through the ages....
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"Step aside, rosé. A more refreshing drink is here, in a bubbling array of colors and flavors. The iconic Italian export, the Aperol spritz, with its classic (and simple) makeup of fizzy prosecco, sparkling water, and a splash of the bittersweet, citrus-flavored liqueur, is just the beginning. In Just a Spritz, author Danielle Centoni shares an inspired world of spritz variations. Add in sweet liqueurs and bitter amari, fresh juices, flavored kombuchas,...
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Hardie Grant Books
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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Behind the Bar shines a light on 50 signature cocktails from the most iconic hotel bars across the world, appealing to tried-and-true cocktail lovers and design aficionados alike. Recipes from some of these storied properties will inspire enthusiasts to re-create timeless cocktails at home. Anecdotes supplied by barkeeps and hotel and design personalities will enliven the recipes that reveal why so many hotel bars have endured through the years or...
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Hearst Home, an imprint of Hearst Books/Hearst Magazine Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"Delish Ultimate Cocktails provides everything you need to make amazing drinks at home...and then some. Each of the 100+ easy and fun recipes dreamt up by the editors of Delish is an excuse to throw a party. These cocktail recipes will shake things up and elevate your entertaining game with best-ever versions of the classics plus inventive new ideas for Jell-O shots and boozy sweets like Banana Pudding Shots and Pina Colada Truffles. There's even...
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2014.
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A New York Times bestseller, science journalist Adam Rogers's Proof is a spirited narrative on the fascinating art and science of alcohol, sure to inspire cocktail party chats on making booze, tasting it, and its effects on our bodies and brains, from "one of the best science writers around" (National Geographic).
Winner of Gourmand Award for Best Spirits Book
An IACP Cookbook Awards Winner
Finalist...
Winner of Gourmand Award for Best Spirits Book
An IACP Cookbook Awards Winner
Finalist...
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Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"This is the second edition of a book written by a psychologist with many years' experience in counseling patients with alcohol problems. The author dispenses practical advice for those wanting help in moderating their drinking or in learning how to abstain permanently. The second edition has two new chapters, and the other chapters are updated with new self-diagnostic questionnaires and summaries of recent research into substance abuse"--
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A TarcherPerigee Book
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[2016]
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English
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"Expert Drinking Made Easy: What wine to order? What beer to serve? What's a martini and how do you make one? As daunting as these questions can be, the answers aren't so complicated.Leave behind any anxiety about what to drink and when: This engaging and enlightening book tells you how to prepare, serve and order wine, beer and cocktails so you can drink like a boss every time. You'll discover: How to equip and stock a home bar How to make a flawless...
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Kingston Imperial, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Black Mixcellence: A Comprehensive Guide to Black Mixology is a tribute to the contributions of Black and Brown mixologists to the spirits and mixology industries. Many pivotal events in the history of mixology have been ushered in by the contributions of African-American men and women. These moments have opened doors and laid the foundation for brands and companies to flourish. This book features stories about some of the industry's most notable...
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Quadrille
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2018.
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English
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"Sick of standing in the corner making cocktails while everyone else is having fun? Fed up of having to buy loads of expensive spirits and bitters? Just want to pour a delicious cocktail any time, any place? Batched & Bottled features 50 of the best recipes for batched and bottled cocktails - cocktails you can pre-make and bottle, and either pour straight over ice or leave to mature for an hour, a month or even a year. You'll have cocktails you can...
17) Distilled knowledge: the science behind drinking's greatest myths, legends, and unanswered questions
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Abbeville Press Publishers
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"Everyone has questions about drinking, but it can seem like every bartender (and bargoer) has different answers. Between the old wives' tales, half-truths, and whiskey-soaked conjectures, it's hard to know what to believe-until now. Armed with cutting-edge research and a barfly's thirst for the truth, cocktail instructor Brian D. Hoefling tackles the most burning questions and longest-held myths surrounding that most ancient of human pastimes-with...
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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"Full of charismatic wit and raucous stories about his life, The Drunk Diet will inspire and challenge you to become fitter, healthier, and happier. Lüc's fitness philosophy isn't about following a list of rigid rules or traditional 'do this, not that' charts, but gaining a better understanding of how the body works and discovering what you're personally willing to change about your lifestyle in order to reach your goals. For him, that meant trading...
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Three Rivers Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"Almost every culture on earth has drink, and where there's drink there's drunkenness. But in every age and in every place drunkenness is a little bit different. It can be religious, it can be sexual, it can be the duty of kings or the relief of peasants. It can be an offering to the ancestors, or a way of marking the end of a day's work. It can send you to sleep, or send you into battle. A Brief History of Drunkenness traces humankind's love affair...
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