Full name: The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks

Author: Amy Stewart Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Science, History Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon Google Books eBooks.com LibraryThing ISBNs: 9781616200466 1616200464

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. Similar books: Wicked Plants by Amy Stewart The Code Book by Simon Singh The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert Cod by Mark Kurlansky Salt by Mark Kurlansky The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough Hackers by Steven Levy The Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan Egan The Cracking Code Book by Simon Singh The Demon in the Freezer by Richard Preston The Information by James Gleick Meetings with Remarkable Trees by Thomas Pakenham Reading the Forested Landscape by Tom Wessels Coming of Age In The Milky Way by Timothy Ferris How to Make a Spaceship by Julian Guthrie Atomic Accidents by James Mahaffey Fingerprints of the Gods by Graham Hancock