The Drunken Botanist Download

ISBN: 1616200464
Title: The Drunken Botanist Pdf
Author: Amy Stewart
Published Date: 2013-03-19
Page: 400

An Amazon Best Book of the Month, March 2013: Peppered with fascinating facts and well-chosen anecdotes, Amy Stewart’s brisk tour of the origin of spirits acquaints the curious cocktail fan with every conceivable ingredient. Starting with the classics (from agave to wheat), she touches on obscure sources--including a tree that dates to the dinosaur age--before delving into the herbs, spices, flowers, trees, fruits, and nuts that give the world’s greatest drinks distinctive flavors. Along the way, you’ll enjoy sidebars on bugs in booze and inspired drink recipes with backstories that make lively cocktail party conversation. Like Wicked Plants, this delightfully informative, handsome volume isn’t intended as a complete reference or DIY guide, but it will demystify and heighten your appreciation of every intoxicating plant you imbibe. --Mari Malcolm "Amy Stewart has a way of making gardening seem exciting, even a little dangerous." —The New York Times "Many boozy books have been published over the years, spilling over with fun facts about absinthe, grog and bathtub gin. What makes Stewart's book different is her infectious enthusiasm for the plants, their uses, their history, and the botanists who roamed the earth finding them. The result is intoxicating but in a fresh, happy, healthy way." —USA Today"The Drunken Botanist is a sipping book, not a quaffing book, best enjoyed in moderation...Part Ripley’s Believe It or Not, part compendium on the order of 'Schott’s Original Miscellany' and part botanical garden tour, albeit with a curated cocktail party at the end . . . a companionable reference and whimsical recitation of historical-botanical trivia, with a little tart debunking." —The Washington Post "Sipping an evening cocktail while flipping through this fine volume, I discovered that Ms. Stewart knew how to change a run-of-the-mill cocktail into an intriguing one." —The Wall Street Journal "A book that makes familiar drinks seem new again…Through this horticultural lens, a mixed drink becomes a cornucopia of plants." —NPR's Morning Edition "Fascinating, well researched and instructive — with appealing recipes too." —Rosie Schaap, New York Times "Gardening can be an intoxicating hobby, especially if the botany is booze-related." —The Associated Press

The Essential, New York Times–Bestselling Guide to Botany and Booze

“A book that makes familiar drinks seem new again . . . Through this horticultural lens, a mixed drink becomes a cornucopia of plants.”—NPR's Morning Edition

“Amy Stewart has a way of making gardening seem exciting, even a little dangerous.” —The New York Times

Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley, tequila from agave, rum from sugarcane, bourbon from corn. Thirsty yet? In The Drunken Botanist, 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.

Of all the extraordinary and obscure plants that have been fermented and distilled, a few are dangerous, some are downright bizarre, and one is as ancient as dinosaurs—but each represents a unique cultural contribution to our global drinking traditions and our history.

This fascinating concoction of biology, chemistry, history, etymology, and mixology—with more than fifty drink recipes and growing tips for gardeners—will make you the most popular guest at any cocktail party.

people will use just about anything to make an intoxicating drink! a fun, easy to read and informative book. fits right in with the series that began with Wicked Bugs, which i think was the first book, well written, although all books fall short because proofreaders aren't used anymore, but, the author or editor did a very good job and there were few grammar mistakes. the anecdotes and the information is presented in a manner that will make amaze and delight any reader who wants to touch on the subject of plants used by humans, and some animals, to intoxicate. proper and/or long forgotten recipes for great cocktails included! i do not imbibe much, but, some of the recipes included in the book are intriguing and enticing. someday i'll try one or two.What a fun book !! I'm NOT a heavy drinker by any stretch of the imagination considering I consume less than a dozen adult beverages a year, in fact I use far more liquor in my alcohol based cleaners and home DIY products but this is such a fun book! If you have any interest in the history and origins of vodka, gin, rum, whiskey and more, this is the absolute best book I've encountered. Tonic has quinine which is a well known muscle relaxer. Gin is made from juniper berries which is long known for their pain relieving properties, so it's safe to presume that once upon a time our ancestors knew that a gin and tonic was great as a pain-relieving muscle-relaxer.My Kind of Trivia Lots and lots of minutiae to keep my grinning head spinning, and without the assistance of alcohol!A few very minor points though:Pg 73 "True yams are almost never sold in the U.S." No longer the case. Most ethnic groceries carry varieties of Dioscorea.Pg 89 "Some millets are called broom-corn; the broom shape is an apt descriptor." Think broom-corn is so called because it's used to make brooms, not because of its shape.Pg 120 Jackfruit. "When ripe, the fruit emits a foul odor from the rind.." Ripe jackfruit does not stink, but durian, which looks like a small jackfruit, certainly does.I was a bit disappointed there is no mention of poncirus trifoliata which is hardy enough to be grown in most gardens in the US and bears a very aromatic fruit, which I'm told by a Korean, makes a good alcoholic infusion. And then there is Asimina triloba, Pawpaw, our largest native fruit, which makes a great liquor, available from at least half a dozen distilleries in the United States.

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