The drunken botanist : the plants that create the world's great drinks / Amy Stewart.

By:

Stewart, Amy [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2013.Edition: 1st edDescription: xv, 381 p. : ill. ; 2 1 cmISBN:

9781616200466

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DDC classification:

581.632 23

LOC classification:

QK98.5.A1 S74 2013

Summary: 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 a Dutch physician added oil of juniper to a clear spirit, believing that juniper berries would cure kidney disorders. The Drunken Botanist uncovers the enlightening botanical history and the fascinating science and chemistry of over 150 plants, flowers, trees, and fruits (and even one fungus).

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Includes index.

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 a Dutch physician added oil of juniper to a clear spirit, believing that juniper berries would cure kidney disorders. The Drunken Botanist uncovers the enlightening botanical history and the fascinating science and chemistry of over 150 plants, flowers, trees, and fruits (and even one fungus).

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