The drunken botanist : the plants that create the world's great drinks / by Amy Stewart.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Stewart, Amy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Plants, Edible.
• Plants, Useful.
• Alcoholic beverages.
• Cocktails.

Physical Description:

xv, 381 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2013.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

• pt. I. We explore the twin alchemical processes of fermentation and distillation, from which wine, beer, and spirits issue forth
• pt. II. We then suffuse our creations with a wondrous assortment of nature's bounty
• pt. III. At last we venture into the garden, where we encounter a seasonal array of botanical mixers and garnishes to be introduced to the cocktail in its final stage of preparation.

Notes:

• Includes index.
• Includes charts.

ISBN:

• 9781616200466
• 1616200464

OCLC:

813301112