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Boozy ice lollies you can make at home. The sun is out, the mercury
is finally hitting 30 degees ... what better way to toast the start
of summer than with a frozen cocktail - on a stick! With the onset
of summer, the alcoholic ice-lolly trend is getting BIG. The adult
popsicle market is one of the fastest-growing product areas in the
ice cream market, with sales up 23% to GBP40m in the past year,
according to Kantar Worldpanel. From high-end gourmet ice pops on
the festival scene to mass-market popsicles that were a sell-out at
Aldi, people's appetite for frozen booze is growing. Even Fortnum
and Mason have produced their own alcoholic ice-lollies for the
best people. But why go for shop-bought, when you can easily mix
and freeze these drinks at home, and never spill a drop. This book
provides 60 recipes for popsicles, slushies and ice-creamy frozen
drinks, with stylish photography.
Experience American history like never before with this unique,
informative, and fun guide for history buffs, whiskey enthusiasts,
folks who like to cook at home, and fans of popular music. American
History Through a Whiskey Glass presents a unique perspective on
American history. It describes how bourbon and rye whiskey played a
role in the most important events in American history, including
the voyage of the Mayflower, George Washington's failed and
successful political campaigns, the Civil War, pioneers moving
west, Prohibition (of course), plus many more into the twenty-first
century. It does so with descriptions of historical events but also
with amusing anecdotes and humorous quotes from the historical
figures themselves. The book carefully aligns five elements: a
narrative about whiskey's role in eight periods of American history
descriptions and tasting notes for American whiskeys that represent
distilled spirits in each historical period tutorials on how
whiskey is produced and its numerous varieties period-specific food
recipes drawn mostly from historical cookbooks playlists of the
popular music during each period The book gives readers an
integrated and entertaining perspective on popular culture in
America at different times, revealing how Americans have
politicked, drank their native spirits, ate, and sang. But it does
more; readers will not only learn about America's history, they can
experience it through numerous illustrations, whiskey tasting,
food, and music. It provides an opportunity for readers to be
involved in a truly immersive approach to life-long learning . . .
and it's fun.
"An intoxicating read. You'll want to consume it twice." -A.J.
Baime, New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental
President and Dewey Defeats Truman A fun little book packed with
historic Churchill information, drinking companions, locations, and
preferences, as well as plenty of cocktail recipes! Churchill was
seldom short of a witty remark, and made his views on drinking
quite well-known: "I have taken far more out of alcohol than
alcohol has taken out of me." When feeling down he said he felt
like "a bottle of champagne . . . left uncorked for the night." And
when encouraging a young government minister to indulge in another
drink, he promised, "Go ahead, I won't write it in my diary."
Divided into four sections-Drink Choices, Drinking Companions,
Drinking Spots, and Drink Recipes-this book will keep readers
turning the pages of fresh and fun material as they lift a drink
along with Winston. The book will also focus on the various
eras-from the 1910s through the 1960s-the times in which he was
drinking alone and with others. Working with the historic companies
that kept him refreshed, it will include vintage advertisements and
marketing material from their closely guarded archives. Winston
certainly drank with a colorful cast of characters, and you'll
glimpse those such as FDR, Stalin, Coco Chanel, Charlie Chaplin,
the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, and various other kings, queens,
dukes, and duchesses. Among the elegant settings we will pop in and
out of for a drink include Hearst Castle, Chanel's house in the
South of France, the Ritz Hotel in Paris, the Dorchester in London,
Monaco, the Savoy, the Biltmore, and of course the bars and
first-class cabins of the famed ocean liners the Queen Elizabeth
and the Queen Mary. So raise a glass and join us in toasting
Churchill's life and unique abilities!
The Good Beer Year Book is a must-read for anyone interested in
beer, brewing and more in the UK. With entries curated by leading
beer writer Emma Inch, The Good Beer Year Book is a round-up of all
of the current news, stories, events, awards, festivals and more
from 2022. This Book is also looking at innovations, influencers
and the people to look out for in the months ahead. With articles
covering Top 10 beers of the year Alco-free & 'functional
beers' - what's the future? - Pete Brown Milds - not just for May -
Matthew Curtis Reckoning in the industry - Melissa Cole Colour bar
a racial segregation - David Jesudason Sustainability - the move to
carbon Zero - Hollie Stephens Why pubs are the best places to drink
- Jess Mason and more from, Jonny Garrett, Jane Peyton, Laura
Hadland, Adrian Tierney-Jones, Roger Protz, Tim Webb, Andy-Parker
For Prosecco drinkers everywhere, this delightful little book is
packed full of helpful tips for how to store, chill and serve your
bottles of liquid gold, as well as numerous ideas for delicious
Prosecco cocktails. Within these pages you can also find handy
suggestions for other sparkling wines to look out for and ideas for
how to add some pizzazz to your table with some unlikely but
brilliant recipes for cooking with Prosecco.
The Sake Handbook is the foremost guide to the history, brewing,
and distinctive flavors of sake. Just what are jizake, namazake and
ginjoshu? The Sake Handbook answers all these questions and much
more about sake wine and will help you enjoy Japan's national
beverage in style. Author John Gauntner is recognized as the
world's leading non-Japanese sake expert. A longtime Japan
resident, he is well known among sake brewers and others within the
sake industry. He wrote the Nihonshu Column in the Japan Times for
many years before writing a weekly column on sake in Japanese for
the Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan's and the world's most widely
distributed Japanese newspaper. In 2006, John received the Sake
Samurai award. He has published five books on sake including Sake
Confidential This sake book features: This new edition has been
completely revised and updated Gives you all the information you
need in a handy, portable format Offers a detailed explanation of
the sake brewing process Reviews over a hundred sake brands, with
illustrations of their labels for easy identification Profiles over
50 Japanese izakaya or pub-style restaurants in Tokyo and the
surrounding environs Lists specialty shops in Japan where you can
purchase hard-to-find Japanese wine brands Lists specialty
retailers in the United States and elsewhere
Drink your way through Japan (even from home) with the help of this
book! Japan is home to some of the world's most interesting
alcoholic beverages from traditional Sake and Shochu to Japanese
whisky, beer, wine and cocktails that are winning global acclaim
and awards. In this comprehensive survey of Japanese drinks,
experts Stephen Lyman and Chris Bunting cover all the main types of
beverages found in Japanese bars and restaurants, as well as
supermarkets and liquor stores around the world. The book has
chapters on Sake, Shochu, whisky, wine, beer, Awamori (a
moonshine-like liquor from Okinawa), Umeshu plum wine and other
fruit wines. There is also a fascinating chapter on modern
Japanese-style cocktails complete with recipes so you can get the
authentic experience, including: Sour Plum Cordial; Sakura Martini;
Improved Shochu Cocktail; Far East Side Cocktail. Thorough
descriptions of the varieties of each beverage are given along with
the history, production methods, current trends and how to drink
them. Detailed bar and buyer's guides at the back of the book list
specialist establishments where readers can go to enjoy and
purchase the drinks, both in Japan and cities around the world,
including London, Paris, New York, San Francisco, Chicago,
Washington DC, Shanghai and more! This is an indispensable book for
anyone interested in brewing, distilling, new cocktails or Japanese
culture, travel and cuisine. Kampai! Cheers!
You know what you like to drink-but what's next? Expert mixologist
and James Beard Award-winning editorial director of Milk Street
J.M. Hirsch has the answer in Pour Me Another, where every recipe
helps you choose your next drink. * Consider the rum Mojito. If
that's your go-to, you might not consider yourself a bourbon
drinker. But a whiskey Mint Julep delivers many of the same
refreshing, minty notes. And from there it's a short jump to a
vodka Mint Fizz, which livens things up with lemon and almond
syrup. * Or maybe you're a bourbon Old Fashioned drinker. Pour Me
Another guides you to a gin Bijou, which brings in Manhattan-like
notes. Then try a Vieux Carre, with herbal notes atop peppery rye.
Soon you're sipping a Mexican Vieux Carre, which uses tequila for a
similar rich and spicy effect. * If a Gin & Tonic is more your
speed, head toward tropical territory with a gingery Lime in de
Coconut. Like that one? Go for a Coconut-Lime Daiquiri next. *
Everyone loves a Margarita, but have you tried the
Manhattan-inspired La Rosita? * Discover the versatility of vodka
with a cousin to the Martini, in the botanical Stupid Cupid. No
matter your taste or liquor of choice, Pour Me Another guides you
to a new world of drinks you'll love. It's an essential handbook
for cocktail lovers and home mixologists everywhere.
The ultimate listening party guide, Booze and Vinyl shows you how
to set the mood for 70 great records from the 1950s through the
2000s. From modern craft cocktails to old standbys, prepare to
shake, stir, and just plain pour your way through some of the best
wax ever pressed. Wickedly designed and featuring photography
throughout, Booze & Vinyl is organized by mood, from Rock to
Chill, Dance, and Seduce. Each entry has liner notes that
underscore the album's musical highlights and accompanying "Side A"
and "Side B" cocktail recipes that complement the music's mood,
imagery in the lyrics, or connect the drink to the artist. This is
your guide to a rich listening session for one, two, or more. Among
the 70 featured albums are: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club,
Purple Rain, Sticky Fingers, Born To Run, License to Ill, Appetite
for Destruction, Thriller, Like a Virgin, Low End Theory, The Rise
and Fall of Ziggy Stardust, Hotel California, Buena Vista Social
Club, Back to Black, Pet Sounds, Vampire Weekend, and many more
**2021 Gourmand Cookbook Award Winner for Japan in Spirits and
Other Drinks** The Japanese Sake Bible is the ultimate book about
Japan's national drink--from its history, culture and production
methods to how to choose the best sake and recommended food
pairings. Author Brian Ashcraft--the author of the popular guide
Japanese Whisky--has put together lively commentaries based on
dozens of interviews with master brewers and sake experts across
Japan. His fascinating stories are accompanied by over 300
full-color photographs, maps and drawings. A unique feature of this
book is that it includes reviews, tasting notes, scores and a
buying guide for over 100 of the leading sake brands, written by
respected Japanese sake expert Takashi Eguchi. These include all
the sakes most commonly found outside Japan. Each sake has a photo
of the label, tasting notes, a score and recommended food pairings.
Information on the leading brewers is provided, and the sakes are
grouped by flavor profile. Japanese sake is brewed worldwide today
and is winning over many converts. A foreword by sake connoisseur
and world-renowned DJ Richie Hawtin addresses the spread in global
popularity and the shared mission of making this specialty beverage
as accessible as possible. With the help of this book you'll soon
become an expert in selecting, serving and enjoying Japan's
favorite drink.
This classic book is for any really enthusiastic and ambitious home
brewer - the person who wants to brew high quality 'true' beers
that were long thought beyond the ability of the amateur. It brings
to beginners and experts alike a simple method of 'mashing' for
producing the finest flavoured beers, real ales, stouts and lagers
from all-grain ingredients. It is the most advanced and
comprehensive guide to mashing and brewing.
A loving homage to the era celebrated by the hit Netflix series
Bridgerton-and the cocktails that shaped its high society As a
society doyenne and undercover libertine, Lady Thornwood knows what
makes a drink perfect. In The Regency Book of Drinks: Quaffs,
Quips, Tipples, and Tales from Grosvenor Square, this respectable
cocktail connoisseur presents a guide of over 75 cocktail recipes
shaped by the Regency era in both refinement and ingredients-and
served alongside a heaping dose of high-society gossip, scandal,
and speculation. Beginning with the gentlewoman's advice on setting
up a Regency bar, the best glassware and garnishes, and an overview
of the period's most popular ingredients, the book is then divided
into six subsequent recipe chapters drawn from high-society life
during the London social season, from occasions such as "The
Evening Soiree" to "Delicate Daytime Drinks" to even those rare,
deliciously nonalcoholic drinks for "Polite Company." Throughout
these chapters, Lady Thornwood weighs in with stylish sidebars and
entertaining advice on how to host gatherings that are the talk of
the "ton." Amidst all of her sly cheek and drama, our hostess
presents readers and cocktail aficionados with an intriguing true
history. In Regency England, as Britain's Empire expanded,
cocktails were becoming social currency-a showcase for wealth,
trade connections, and even modern marvels like ice. The Regency
shaped British high society for a century and helped launch the
cocktail revolution we still enjoy today. As Lady Thornwood says,
"As the Regency unfolds, ships sail up the Thames from every corner
of the globe freighting exotic spices, vibrant fruits, and
marvelous elixirs. Let us toast this bounty and craft it to our
purpose. Cocktails stiffen the spine, unlock the tongue, and add
sheen to even the dullest drawing room. Coupes up!"
A delightful history of cocktails from the era of new interstate
highways, sprouting suburbs, and atomic engineering America at
midcentury was a nation on the move, taking to wings and wheels
along the new interstate highways and in passenger jets that soared
to thirty thousand feet. Anxieties rippled, but this new Atomic Age
promised cheap power and future wonders, while the hallmark of the
era was the pleasure of an evening imbibing cocktails in mixed
company, a middle-class idea of sophisticated leisure. This new
age, stretching from the post-World War II baby boom years through
the presidency of General Dwight Eisenhower into the increasingly
volatile mid-1960s, promised affordable homes for those who had
never dreamed of owning property and an array of gleaming
appliances to fill them. For many, this was America at its
best-innovation, style, and the freedom to enjoy oneself-and the
spirit of this time is reflected in the whimsical cocktails that
rose to prominence: tiki drinks, Moscow mules, Sea Breezes, Pina
Coladas, Pink Squirrels, and Sloe Gin Fizzes. Of course, not
everyone was invited to the party. Though the drinks were getting
sweeter, the racial divide was getting more bitter-Black Americans
in search of a drink, entertainment, or a hotel room had to depend
on the Green Book for advice on places where they would be welcome
and safe. And the Cold War and Space Race proceeded ominously
throughout this period, as technological advances alternately
thrilled and terrified. The third installment in Cecelia Tichi's
tour of the cocktails enjoyed in various historical eras,
Midcentury Cocktails brings a time of limitless possibilities to
life though the cocktails created, named, and consumed.
This stunning guide invites you into the story of sake--an ancient
beverage finding its way in a modern world. Whether you're a sake
novice or an experienced connoisseur, Exploring the World of
Japanese Craft Sake offers fascinating insights, practical tips,
and rich stories about this popular beverage. Authors and experts
Nancy Matsumoto and Michael Tremblay personally undertook the
challenge of visiting 35 artisanal sake breweries in Japan, the US,
and Canada to interview makers and document every stage of the sake
brewing process. Nancy's celebrated journalistic background
combined with Michael's sake sommelier experience have led to an
engaging and informative look at the world of sake. With over 300
color photos and a lively narrative, this fascinating book
provides: A comprehensive introduction to the science and history
of sake brewing in Japan A look at how fine craft sakes are brewed
today using traditional methods and no additives--only rice, water,
koji, and yeast Histories of Japan's venerable breweries, some of
them over 300 years old! An answer to why some breweries are able
to turn out a superior quality of sake A discussion of rice
varieties and the contentious topic of terroir in the context of
sake making. Current trends in the world of sake, including the
fine sakes now brewed outside Japan Tasting notes and
recommendations for top craft sakes you have not heard about yet
This book also includes personal recipes from several top Japanese
sake-brewing families along with food-pairing tips and a chapter on
the authors' own Japanese sake-bar-going adventures.
Infusing the taste of over 60 different edible flowers, weaving
folklore with flavor! The Flower-Infused Cocktail: Flowers with a
Twist is the flower-lover's favorite book, with a fresh take on
traditional mixology, infusing the taste of over 60 different
edible flowers with history and folklore. 63 cocktail and mocktail
recipes, each with uniquely different edible flowers. Recipes for
crafting unique drinks from your homemade edible flower pantry.
Little notes of floral history and folklore and information about
how to use them in a cocktail. Recipes to create Base Spirit
Infusions, Cordials, Shrubs, Simple Syrups, Infused Salts, Bitters
and more. Tips on building your home bar and sourcing edible
flowers. Inspiration to celebrate flowers beyond the vase. Recipes
include: Elderflower Liqueur Hawthorn Rose Cordial Lavender-Infused
Gin Pansy Sugar Cubes Spiced Calendula Simple Syrup Yarrow Bitters
Osmanthus Sweet Vermouth
From The Godfather to Legally Blonde, these coasters feature the
best one-liners from 10 iconic films, paired with cocktail recipes
inspired by them. Sure to delight cinema buffs and cocktail
aficionados alike, this fun coaster book makes an ideal hostess
gift for movie night.
The life of a scholar is stressful. The best way to muddle through
is with a stiff drink. Balancing teaching, research, and service
more than merits a cocktail at the end of a long day. So, sit back,
relax, and infuse some intoxicating humor into old-fashioned
academia. A humorous handbook for surviving life in higher
education, The Faculty Lounge: A Cocktail Guide for Academics
provides deserving scholars with a wide range of academic-themed
drink recipes. Philipp Stelzel shares more than 50 recipes for all
palates, including The Dissertation Committee (rum), The Faculty
Meeting (rye), The Presidential Platitude (gin), and more. Offering
cocktails for every academic occasion along with spirited, amusing
commentary, The Faculty Lounge is the perfect gift for graduate
students, tenure-track professors, and disillusioned
administrators.
A witty and immersive look at the history, mythology, science, and
magical touch that makes whisky taste like a drop of gold. Braving
the "all boys" clubhouse of the world of whisky has not been easy,
but Shelley Sackier has managed to do just that out of her love for
the drink. By turns funny and poignant and filled with vivid
insight into this ancient craft, Make it a Double will persuade
even a teetotaler to want a wee dram. As a woman whose first sip of
whisky created the female doppelganger of a Mr. Yuk sticker, that
experience produced a sharp realization that the liquid was foul,
poisonous, and needlessly dirtied a previously clean glass. And
then she met Scotland. Her curiosity and growing passion lit a
fire-igniting a desire to learn more about this craft's rich and
vivid history and the need to break out of an old life and to
become the mother, partner, and woman she has always sought to be.
After completing a course in Scotland's famed Bruichladdich
Distillery, Shelley begins her path of writing about-and working
within-the world of whisky. There has never been a better time for
Shelley's inimitable voice to shed light on this intoxicating
realm. Women are not only impressively contributing to the
burgeoning sales of the spirit-making up nearly 40% of the
whiskey-drinking population in the United States-but they are also
growing in number as they enter in to, train within, and lead the
industry with their determined creativity and innovation. In the
tradition of Blood, Bones, and Butter, Make it a Double establishes
Shelley Sackier as a fresh new voice in the lush world of culinary
narrative.
Happy Hour is a gorgeous gift book of classic poetry which fizzes
with poetry about all kinds of drink, drinkers and drinking place.
All this and more is introduced by celebrated wine critic Jancis
Robinson. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of
stunning, pocket-sized classics with ribbon markers. These
beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover.
Many of the most famous poets have weaved the delights and
temptations of drink into their verse. In Happy Hour: Poems to
Raise a Glass To, there are chapters on whisky and beer,
celebrations, why we drink and where we go to do it. Robert Burns
is here, of course, alongside Yeats, Keats, Emily Dickinson,
Hilaire Belloc, Sara Teasdale, Edward Lear, G. K. Chesterton and
many more.
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