Beverages category: 3182 books
A Tea Reader
Living Life One Cup at a Time
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
A Tea Reader contains a selection of stories that cover the spectrum of life.
This anthology shares the ways that tea has changed lives through personal, intimate stories. Read of deep family moments, conquered heartbreak, and peace found in the face of loss. A Tea Reader includes stories from...
Bay Area Cocktails
A History of Culture, Community and Craft
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
An American invention, the cocktail fluctuated in popularity following Prohibition and had firmly taken root in the culinary landscape by the 1990s. The Bay Area played a significant role in reviving it--as much as New York and London. From the distillers who pioneered craft spirits and Alice Waters'...
by Jack London
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2010
Jack London cut a mythic figure across the American landscape of the early twentieth century. But throughout his colorful life–from his teenage years as an oyster pirate to his various incarnations as a well-traveled seaman, Yukon gold prospector, waterfront brawler, unemployed vagrant, impassioned...
The Exes in My Glass
How I Refined My Taste in Men & Alcohol {a dating memoir}
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Help victims of the 2017 wine country wildfires by purchasing the new edition of this book. 100% of the proceeds benefit Sonoma Family Meal in 2018.
Get your copy of the tell-all book that has been called "the Eat, Pray, Love of the wine world."
Lisa Mattson thought she’d...
A Proper Drink
The Untold Story of How a Band of Bartenders Saved the Civilized Drinking World
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
A narrative history of the craft cocktail renaissance, written by a New York Times cocktail writer and one of the foremost experts on the subject.
A Proper Drink is the first-ever book to tell the full, unflinching story of the contemporary craft cocktail revival. Award-winning writer Robert...
The Manhattan Cocktail
A Modern Guide to the Whiskey Classic
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2015
Alongside other classic cocktails such as the Old Fashioned, the Mint Julep, and the Martini, the Manhattan has been a staple of the sophisticated bar scene since the late nineteenth century. Never out of style, this iconic drink has seen a renaissance in the contemporary craft cocktail movement,...
Under the Table
A Dorothy Parker Cocktail Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
"I love a martini—
But two at the most.
Three, I’m under the table;
Four, I’m under the host."
Raise a glass to Dorothy Parker’s wit and wisdom.
Kevin C. Fitzpatrick, founder and president of the Dorothy Parker Society, gives us an intoxicating new look at the doyenne of the...
by Diane Lapis, Anne Peck-Davis
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
50 20th century cocktail recipes, illustrated with vintage postcards
Cocktail culture boomed in the United States after Prohibition, starting with the jazz-filled cocktail lounges and elegant supper clubs in New York City and, as rail and automotive travel advanced, flowing all the way to...
Pittsburgh Drinks
A History of Cocktails, Nightlife & Bartending Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
Pittsburgh's drinking culture is a story of its people: vibrant, hardworking and innovative. During Prohibition, the Hill District became a center of jazz, speakeasies and creative cocktails. In the following decades, a group of Cuban bartenders brought the nightlife of Havana to a robust café culture...
A Pint of Plain
Tradition, Change, and the Fate of the Irish Pub
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
After meeting an Irishwoman in London and moving to Dublin, Bill Barich?a “blow-in,” or stranger, in Irish parlance?found himself looking for a traditional Irish pub to be his local. There are nearly 12,000 pubs in Ireland, so he appeared to have plenty of choices. He wanted a pub like the one...
by Ian Buxton
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2015
We're in the middle of a new Gin Craze. Scarcely a day goes by without an established brand offering a fresh take on their established styles or, more likely, a new boutique distillery opening its doors - where gin is de rigueur. From Adnams to Zuidam; Beefeater to Bombay and London to Plymouth (and...
by Sam Dutton
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2012
Drink, and drink up well my fair lady and gentlemen friends of multi-diverse origins! Do not be fooled by the stupor; however, for fine scotch is a delicate and complex matter whose depths, best be left to the professionals. By this I define and refer to the scotch elite assembly. A group interested...
History in a Glass
Sixty Years of Wine Writing from Gourmet
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2008
When Gourmet magazine debuted in the 1940s, America’s wineries were still reeling from the lingering effects of Prohibition and the loss of wines from war-torn Europe. But for every closed door, there was an open bottle: The bleak postwar years were actually a prelude to today’s unprecedented...
The All-Time Secrets Of Scotch
This Handbook Will Let You So Many Secrets About Scotch Whisky Plus Amazing Ideas On Malt Scotch Whisky, History Of Scotch, Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Global Whiskey And More!
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2012
The majority of fine scotch distillers sell casks of their product as a whole for blending purposes as well as to private buyers. Usually the distiller name will be placed on a blended product however not the logo. This is an indication that the product is indeed blended and not single malt....