What to Drink with What You Eat: The Definitive Guide to Pairing Food with Wine, Beer, Spirits, Coffee, Tea - Even Water - Based on Expert Advice from America's Best Sommeliers
by Andrew Dornenburg
from Bulfinch
The most comprehensive guide to matching food and drink ever compiled, by the James Beard Award winning author team of Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg, with practical advice from more than seventy of America's leading pairing experts In a great meal, what you drink is just as important as what you eat.This groundbreaking food and beverage pairing reference allows food lovers to learn to think like a sommelier, and to transform every meal- breakfast, lunch, and dinner - from ordinary to extraordinary. Exceptional in its depth and scope - with over fifteen hundred entries - What to Drink with What You Eat is based on the collective wisdom of experts at dozens of America's best restaurants, including Alinea, Babbo, Bern's, Blue Hill, Chanterelle, Daniel, Emeril's, French Laundry, Frontera Grill, Inn at Little Washington, Jean Georges, Masa's, The Modern, Per Se, Rubicon, Tru, and Valentino. You'll find authoritative recommendations for stocking your cellar and kitchen with must-have beverages, from wines to waters.You'll also learn what to drink with everything from French toast to Chinese food, and what to eat with everything from Pinot Noir to green tea, to create mouthwatering matches.Follow the authors three simple Rules to Remember when making a match - or just dive into the wide-ranging listings in chapters 5 and 6. This incisive, hip writing team (Publisher's Weekly) distills history, geography, science, expert technique, and original insight to create a remarkably user-friendly and engaging reference.Lavishly illustrated with gorgeous four-color photographs, What to Drink with What You Eat is an instant classic essential to every connoisseur's bookshelf.
The Bartender's Black Book, Eighth Edition: 2,800 New and Classic Recipes
by Stephen Kittredge Cunningham
from Wine Appreciation Guild
Easy to use: Designed with your convenience in mind. Index by ingredient: Find all of the drinks made with your favorite spirits. Over 2,800+ recipies Spiral Binding: Allows this bar guide to lie flat, open to your drink selection while you mix it. Martini Section: Complete list of martinis. Mixing instructions: How to mix them. Garnishes: The finishing touches. Expanded Wine Section: Serious wine info! 150 of the HOTTEST New Drinks EXPANDED Glossary and Beer Section COGNAC Guide Weights and Measures Shooters Floaters and Frozen Drinks Dessert Drinks Mixing Techniques MORE advice for the professional bartender PLUS: Robert M. Parker Speaks On Wine! Glossary of Wine Terms Wine Rating System Latest Vintage Guide The Worlds Greatest Wine Values
Power Juices, Super Drinks: Quick, Delicious Recipes to Prevent & Reverse Disease
by Steve Meyerowitz
from Kensington
How's Your Drink?: Cocktails, Culture, and the Art of Drinking Well
by Eric Felten
from Agate Surrey
Imbibe!: From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to "Professor" Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar Featuring the Origina
by David Wondrich
from Perigee Trade
A lively, historically informed, and definitive guide to classic American cocktails.
Cocktail writer and historian David Wondrich presents the colorful, little-known history of classic American drinks-and the ultimate mixologist's guide-in this engaging homage to Jerry Thomas, father of the American bar.
Wondrich reveals never-before-published details and stories about this larger-than-life nineteenth-century figure, along with definitive recipes for 100 punches, cocktails, sours, fizzes, toddies, slings, and other essential drinks, plus twenty new recipes from today's top mixologists, created exclusively for this book.
This colorful and good-humored volume is a mustread for anyone who appreciates the timeless appeal of a well-made drink-and the uniquely American history behind it.
Cheese & Wine: A Guide to Selecting, Pairing, and Enjoying
by Janet Fletcher
from Chronicle Books
From the best-selling author of The Cheese Course comes a new guide to enjoying one of the most basic yet sophisticated culinary delights: cheese and wine. Janet Fletcher leads readers on an international tour of 70 cheeses, exploring the best wine pairings and serving suggestions. From Oregon's autumnal Rogue River Blue to aromatic Brin d'Amour evocative of the Corsican countryside, cheese lovers will savor the range of textures, flavors, and colors. Featuring mouth-watering color photography and detailed, informative text, this collection of cheeses and the wines that go with them will inspire perfect pairings.
More Smoothies for Life: Satisfy, Energize, and Heal Your Body
by Daniella Chace
from Three Rivers Press
Nutritionist Daniella Chace, coauthor of Smoothies for Life, is back with 150 smoothie recipes designed to cure common ailments, increase longevity, and satisfy cravings with fat-burning snacks. Learn how to save money and time by making Starbucks- and Jamba Juice–worthy drinks right in your own kitchen, using the healthiest ingredients on the planet! There’s no easier, more decadent way to provide all the nutrients your body needs. With More Smoothies for Life, you can whip up:
• smoothies that enhance weight loss, increase metabolic rate, and control appetite
•heart-healthy smoothies rich in antioxidants from blueberries, walnuts, green tea, avocados,
pomegranates, and more
•elixirs that heighten mental clarity, improve memory, and support rejuvenating sleep
•quick-and-easy remedies for hangovers, insomnia, and stress
•homemade energy drinks that work and taste like Red Bull, minus the sugar and the price tag
Translating complex food science into easy-to-understand advice, Chace thoroughly explains the scientific basis for each medicinally active ingredient so you know you’re getting the most out of your daily shake. Your blender will never be put to better use!
The Best 50 Smoothies (Best 50)
by Joanna White
from Bristol Publishing Enterprises
Skip expensive juice bars and make your own fresh fruit concoctions. Add nutrition to fruit blends; garnish and serve smoothies with flair.
I Love Coffee!: Over 100 Easy and Delicious Coffee Drinks
by Susan Zimmer
from Andrews McMeel Publishing
Now coffee lovers can make delicious cappuccinos, cold coffee quenchers, decadent coffee desserts, and classy coffee martinis year-round using simple techniques with gourmet results in this indispensable coffee guide and cookbook.
In I Love Coffee! coffee connoisseur Susan Zimmer shares expert advice and techniques, from how to brew the perfect cup and how to make a basic cappuccino without a machine to a World Barista Latte Art Champion's tips for making masterful latte art designs. It is brimful with a wealth of coffee understanding from the "ground" up, from bean to cup, including international coffees and brewing techniques best suited to a variety of preferences, all topped off with plenty of problem-solving tips and delectable full-color photographs.
The Bartender's Bible: 1001 Mixed Drinks and Everything You Need to Know to Set Up Your Bar
by Gary Regan
from HarperTorch
Now you can with this indispensable handbook, the most thorough'and thoroughly accessible'bartending guide ever created for both professional and home use. Encyclopedic in scope and filled with clear, simple instructions, The Bartender's Bible includes information on:
- Stocking and equipping a bar'from liquors and mixers to condiments, garnishes, and equipment
- Shot-by-shot recipes for over 1,000 cocktails and mixed drinks from bourbon to rum to whiskey
- Wine drinks
- Beer drinks
- Nonalcoholic drinks
- Special category drinks'tropical, classics, aperitifs, cordials, hot drinks, and party punches
- Anecdotes and histories of favorite potables
- And more!
If you've ever wondered whether to shake or stir a proper Martini, or what to do with those dusty bottles of flavored liqueurs,The Bartender's Bibleis the only book you need!
A bartender, as a rule, is a person who enjoys the company of others, endeavors to solve problems, listens to the woes of the world, sympathizes with the mistreated, laughs with the comedians, cheers up the down at heart, and generally controls the atmosphere at his or her bar. A bartender is the manager of moods, the master of mixology.Certain scenarios are played out over and over again in bars everywhere. The questions are basically the same; only the details vary: What's in a true Singapore Sling? How long has the Martini been around? What's the difference between a Fix and a Fizz? A reference book is as necessary to a bartender as ice.
-- from The Bartender's Bible
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