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"It's not your mother's Piña Colada! Sophisticated, flavorful, with fresh ingredients and the perfect hit of booze, a sloshie is a high-octane slushie--the ideal summer drink that's a far cry from the cloyingly sweet blender cocktails of yore. Written by Jerry Nevins, cofounder of Kansas City's Snow & Co.--named the #1 frozen cocktail bar in the United States--Sloshies features more than 100 innovative refreshers guaranteed to jazz up (and cool down)...
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"For guests, the cocktail hour is the highlight of any party, but hosts can find it stressful to keep the drinks flowing. The solution is simple : Batch it! In this hip collection, Maggie Hoffman offers sixty-five delicious, modern pitcher cocktails that can be made in advance and will serve several friends at time. Organized by flavor profile, with an additional index by season and occasion, [this book] makes it easy to find your new signature drink--and...
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"An aging, booze-addled father makes the trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim a million-dollar Mega Sweepstakes Marketing prize"--www.imdb.com.
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Would life be better without alcohol?
It's the nagging question more and more of us are finding harder to ignore, whether we have a "problem" with alcohol or not. After all, we yoga. We green juice. We meditate. We self-care. And yet, come the end of a long work day, the start of a weekend, an awkward social situation, we drink. One glass of wine turns into two turns into a bottle. In the face of how we care for ourselves
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Every great drink starts with a plant. Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley. Gin was born from a conifer shrub when medieval physicians boiled juniper berries with wine to treat stomach pain. The Drunken Botanist uncovers the surprising botanical history and fascinating science and chemistry of over 150 plants, flowers, trees, and fruits (and even a few fungi).Some of the most extraordinary and obscure plants have been fermented...
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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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This collection of 40 recipes for lemonade is filled with classic and innovative flavors the whole family can enjoy (plus a few variations with alcohol for those who imbibe). The recipes show how the beloved lemon pairs so well with an array of unique and delicious flavors-from pomegranate to ginger and cardamom-and creates a lip-smacking beverage that is a refreshing treat for any occasion. With easy-breezy photography throughout plus helpful how-tos...
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Making your own soda is easy, inexpensive, and fun. Best of all, you can control the sweetness level and ingredients to create a drink that suits your individual taste. In this guide to all things fizzy, Andrew Schloss presents a handful of simple techniques and recipes that will have you recreating your favorite commercial soft drinks and experimenting with new flavor combinations. Try your hand at Pomegranate Punch, Sparkling Espresso Jolt, Slightly...
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From martinis to margaritas to Manhattans, everyone is mixing it up these days. And the guide they're flipping over-and through-is the classic Mulligan's Bar Guide. For almost two decades, Mulligan's has been the bestselling drink bible. This compendium of liquor lore contains more than 350 recipes for cocktails, liqueurs and shooters; toasts; Internet links; and a lexicon of libationary terms. Mulligan's Bar Guide is the host's best friend, providing...
14) The Joy of Brewing Cider, Mead, and Herbal Wine: How to Craft Seasonal Fast-Brew Favorites at Home
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You're ready to try your hand at home brewing, but you want to try something unique-and you also have no idea where to start. This is the book for you. Broken into three sections-mead, cider, and herbal wine-you'll learn what basic equipment you'll need, what ingredients to have on hand, and author Nancy Koziol will walk you through each step of the process. Along the way, you'll pick up some fun facts about ethical consumption, sustainable farming,...
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This flash fiction can be sipped or slammed, just like the booze it represents!
A cocktail is like an excellent story-bitter and sweet and over too quickly, but the memory of it stays with you. From the Pimm's Cup to Smoking Bishop, the Manhattan to the Moscow Mule, Mixed Up features not only more than two dozen classic recipes and hot tips on ingredients and preparations, but new cocktail-themed short stories from some of today's most popular and...
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A Fun and Festive Educational Tool for Both Home Enthusiasts and Bar Professionals!
Let's face it: just ten years ago, hard cider was something sipped by expats watching rugby matches or pined for by former foreign exchange students. Heck, many people thought cider was something preschoolers drank in sippy cups before naptime.
Not anymore. Hard cider sales have skyrocketed in the last decade, with craft cider sales increasing 49 percent in just...
18) The Home Winemaker's Companion: Secrets, Recipes, and Know-How for Making 115 Great-Tasting Wines
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Raise a glass of homemade burgundy and enjoy the fruits of your labor. This informative guide provides an overview of the entire home winemaking process, from the vine (or the boxed kit) to your glass. With more than 100 recipes for a wide range of delicious wines, ports, and champagnes, you're sure to find a wine to suit your taste. Clear diagrams for setting up your equipment and fail-safe instructions ensure that your home winemaking will be a...
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Descorchados is today the most important reference for South American wines. First published in 1999, for more than two decades, it analyzes the wine scene on this side of the world, an extensive and profound annual report on the best wines in South America, but also on trends and names to be known. New regions, new types of grapes and new styles of wines, a wide-angle photo of what is happening today in the main producing regions of Latin America....
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Descorchados es hoy la más importante referencia de vinos sudamericanos. Publicada por primera vez en 1999, por ya más de dos décadas analiza la escena vitícola de este lado del mundo, un extenso y profundo reporte anual sobre los mejores vinos de Sudamérica, pero también sobre las tendencias y de los nombres que hay que conocer. Nuevas regiones, nuevos tipos de uvas y nuevos estilos de vinos, una foto en gran angular de lo que hoy sucede en...
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