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Alcoholica Esoterica

Alcoholica Esoterica

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Finally, there's a book that's almost as much fun as having a couple of drinks. Alcoholica Esoterica presents the history and culture of booze as told by a writer with a knack for distilling all the boring bits into the most interesting facts and hilarious tales. It's almost like pulling up a stool next to the smartest and funniest guy in the bar. Divided into chapters covering the basic booze groups--including beer, wine, Champagne, whiskey, rum, gin, vodka, and tequila--Alcoholica Esoterica charts the origin and rise of each alcohol's particular charms and influence. Other sections chronicle "Great Moments in Hic-story," "Great Country Drinking Songs," "10 Odd Laws," and "Mt. Lushmore, Parts I-V." Additionally, famous quotes on the joys and sorrows of liquor offer useful shots of advice and intoxicating whimsy.

Did you know...

  • that the word bar is short for barrier? Yes, that's right--to keep the customers from getting at all the booze.

  • that Winston Churchill's mother supposedly invented the Manhattan?

  • that the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock because the sailors on the Mayflower were running low on beer and were tired of sharing?

  • that you have a higher chance of being killed by a flying Champagne cork than by a poisonous spider?

  • that the Code of Hammurabi mandated that brewers of low-quality beer be drowned in it?

  • that beer was so popular with medieval priests and monks that in the thirteenth century they stopped baptizing babies with holy water and started using beer?

  • Alexandre Gauthier Chef La Grenouillere

    Alexandre Gauthier Chef La Grenouillere

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    The first book by acclaimed Michelin-starred French chef Alexandre Gauthier, owner of the extraordinary restaurant La Grenouillère in northern France

    Since 2003, Alexandre Gauthier has been the chef at La Grenouillère, a 16th-century farmhouse by the river Canche in La Madelaine-sous-Montreuil in northern France. There, he creates a highly personal cuisine, a snapshot of every season. Powerful, warm, sensuous, earthy yet delicate, it rests on the building blocks of a classic French cuisine that he has stripped of its formality and unnecessary intricacies. In this lush volume, superb photographs by Marie Pierre Morel showcase Gauthier's food and the beauty of the region, where La Grenouillère has become an important destination for food lovers from all over the world. Here, he offers 100 of his culinary creations to read, to cook, to consider.

    Alice Waters and Chez Panisse

    Alice Waters and Chez Panisse

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    The first authorized biography of the mother of American cooking (The New York Times)

    This adventurous book charts the origins of the local market cooking culture that we all savor today. When Francophile Alice Waters opened Chez Panisse in Berkeley in 1971, few Americans were familiar with goat cheese, cappuccino, or mesclun. But it wasn't long before Waters and her motley coterie of dreamers inspired a new culinary standard incorporating ethics, politics, and the conviction that the best-grown food is also the tastiest. Based on unprecedented access to Waters and her inner circle, this is a truly delicious rags-to-riches saga.

    Alimentari

    Alimentari

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    Cafe and deli favorites for sharing and entertaining with friends and family

    'Alimentari' literally means 'good food and camaraderie' - and that is just what this celebrated Melbourne-based cafe/deli stands by. They present delicious, attainable Italian, modern European, and Middle Eastern food (with some cheffy touches) alongside a compelling story of success of the little deli that became a beloved cornerstone of the thriving and unparalleled cafe culture that Melbourne fosters. From Spanish tortilla, confit potato and caramelized onion to semolina porridge with rhubarb compote; kibbeh wraps to risoni pasta; suckling pig and fennel lasagna to Portuguese fish stew; fig and mascarpone tartin to baklava, there is something to entice and excite any palate.

    Accompanied by beautiful food and location photography from the deli and the café, this book will resonate with food lovers around the world as the story of a company that flourished because it spurned food fads and stuck to what it does so well: wholesome ingredients, accessible techniques, and traditional flavors.

    Alinea

    Alinea

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    The debut cookbook from the restaurant Gourmet magazine named the best in the country.

    A pioneer in American cuisine, chef Grant Achatz represents the best of the molecular gastronomy movement--brilliant fundamentals and exquisite taste paired with a groundbreaking approach to new techniques and equipment. ALINEA showcases Achatz's cuisine with more than 100 dishes (totaling 600 recipes) and 600 photographs presented in a deluxe volume. Three feature pieces frame the book: Michael Ruhlman considers Alinea's role in the global dining scene, Jeffrey Steingarten offers his distinctive take on dining at the restaurant, and Mark McClusky explores the role of technology in the Alinea kitchen. Buyers of the book will receive access to a website featuring video demonstrations, interviews, and an online forum that allows readers to interact with Achatz and his team.

    "Achatz is something new on the national culinary landscape: a chef as ambitious as Thomas Keller who wants to make his mark not with perfection but with constant innovation . . . Get close enough to sit down and allow yourself to be teased, challenged, and coddled by Achatz's version of this kind of cooking, and you can have one of the most enjoyable culinary adventures of your life." --Corby Kummer, senior editor of Atlantic Monthly

    "Someone new has entered the arena. His name is Grant Achatz, and he is redefining the American restaurant once again for an entirely new generation . . . Alinea is in perpetual motion; having eaten here once, you can't wait to come back, to see what Achatz will come up with next." --GourmetReviews & AwardsJames Beard Foundation Cookbook Award Finalist: Cooking from a professional Point of View Category James Beard Foundation Outstanding Chef Award! "Even if your kitchen isn't equipped with a paint-stripping heat gun, thermocirculator, or refractometer, and you're only vaguely aware that chefs use siphons and foams in contemporary cooking, you can enjoy this daring cookbook from Grant Achatz of the Chicago restaurant Alinea.. . . While the recipes can hardly become part of your everday cooking, this book is far too interesting to be left on the coffee table. As you read, a question emerges: Is Alinea's food art? . . . I go a little further, describing Achatz with a word that he would probably never use to describe himself: avant-garde, as it defined art movements at the beginning of the last century--planned, self-concious, and structured attempts to provoke and shake the status quo. Just as with those artists, the results are not necessarily as interesting as the intentions and concepts behind them. In this sense, this volume constitutes a full-blown although not threatening manifesto."--Art of Eating

    All about Braising: The Art of Uncomplicated Cooking

    All about Braising: The Art of Uncomplicated Cooking

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    The art of braising comes down to us from the earliest days of cooking, when ingredients were enclosed in a heavy pot and buried in the hot embers of a dying fire until tender and bathed in a deliciously concentrated sauce. Today, braising remains as popular and as uncomplicated as ever. Molly Stevens's All About Braising is a comprehensive guide to this versatile way of cooking, written to instruct a cook at any level. Everything you need to know is here, including:
  • a thorough explanation of the principles of good braising with helpful advice on the best cuts of meat, the right choice of fish and vegetables, and the right pots,
  • 125 reliable, easy-to-follow recipes for meat, poultry, seafood, and vegetables, ranging from quick-braised weeknight dishes to slow-cooked weekend braises,
  • planning tips to highlight the fact that braised foods taste just as good, if not even better, as leftovers,
  • a variety of enlightened wine suggestions for any size pocketbook with each recipe.
  • All About Cake

    All About Cake

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    Welcome to the sugar-fueled, manically creative cake universe of Christina Tosi.

    It's a universe of ooey-gooey banana-chocolate-peanut butter cakes you make in a crockpot, of layer cakes that taste like Key lime pie, and the most baller birthday cake ever.

    From her home kitchen to the creations of her beloved Milk Bar, All About Cake covers everything: two-minute microwave mug cakes, buttery Bundts and pounds, her famous cake truffles and, of course, her signature naked layer cakes filled with pops of flavors and textures.

    But more than just a collection of Christina's greatest-hits recipes (c'mon, like that's not enough?) this book will be your guide for how to dream up and make cakes of any flavor you can think of, whether you're a kitchen rookie or a full-fledged baking hardbody.

    All about Coffee: A History of Coffee from the Classic Tribute to the World's Most Beloved Beverage

    All about Coffee: A History of Coffee from the Classic Tribute to the World's Most Beloved Beverage

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    The original homage to the world's most extraordinary drink!

    In 1922, William H. Ukers wrote the definitive work on coffee. As the founder of The Tea and Coffee Trade Journal, an industry magazine still active today, he spent seventeen years traveling the world and uncovering everything there was to know about both the bean and the beverage. From its historic roots and the drinking customs of different countries to its effects on the mind and the preparation of the perfect cup, this book captures all the rich and complex history of coffee.

    Filled to the brim with robust facts, aphorisms, and more, All About Coffee culls the best of Ukers's research and observations sip after sip, page after page.

    All About Cookies

    All About Cookies

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    A mind-blowing collection of more than 100 new cookie recipes and inspiration to create your own masterpieces, from the founder of Milk Bar, host of Bake Squad, and inventor of the Compost Cookie.

    In All About Cookies, Christina Tosi brings us into a cookie wonderland, with recipes from and inspired by Milk Bar's fan favorites. No cookie form is left unturned, from classic crispies to sandies, sammies, chewies, bars, and even no-bakes. She remixes an old classic into the marbled chocolate s'more cookie, takes us on a flavor journey with blueberry-and-corn bars, and introduces us to a new favorite with the jelly-donut cookie sandwich.

    And all that creativity is meant to rub off: Through dozens of recipes, she shows you how to mix and match ideas, flavors, and textures to turn you into a cookie wizard. Whether you're swapping out peanut butter for marshmallow fluff or adding Milk Bar's famous Birthday Crumbs to a recipe, this cookbook will reimagine the cookie game for new bakers and pros alike. All About Cookies will have you rushing to preheat your oven and push your culinary boundaries to the next level.

    All About Dinner

    All About Dinner

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    A Finalist for the 2020 James Beard Foundation Cookbook Award (General)

    The Atlantic "Best Cookbooks of 2019" - Washington Post "Cookbooks That Inspired Us in 2019" - Christian Science Monitor "Best Cookbooks of 2019" - NPR "Favorite Books of 2019" - WBUR Here & Now "Best Cookbooks of 2019"

    An award-winning cookbook author and cooking teacher answers her most-asked question: What do you make for dinner?
    All about Roasting: A New Approach to a Classic Art

    All about Roasting: A New Approach to a Classic Art

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    Successful restaurateurs have always known that adding roasted to a dish guarantees immediate appeal. Molly Stevens brings her trademark thoroughness and eye for detail to the technique of roasting. She breaks down when to use high heat, moderate heat, or low heat to produce juicy, well-seared meats, caramelized drippings, and concentrated flavors. Her 150 recipes feature the full range of dishes from beef, lamb, pork, and poultry to seafood and vegetables. Showstoppers include porchetta ingeniously made with a loin of pork, a roast goose with potato-sage stuffing, and a one-hour beef rib roast-dishes we've dreamed of making, and that Molly makes possible with her precise and encouraging instructions. Other recipes such as a Sunday supper roast chicken, herb-roasted shrimp, and blasted broccoli make this an indispensable book for home cooks and chefs. All About Roasting is like having the best teacher in America in the kitchen with you.

    All About Wine

    All About Wine

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    All American Cheese and Wine Book

    All American Cheese and Wine Book

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    Presents American combinations of cheese and wine, including recipes, an overview of basic types of cheese and wine, and profiles of American cheesemakers and winemakers.
    All Day Vegan

    All Day Vegan

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    100 Easy, Simple, and Straightforward Vegan Recipes From YouTube's Mina Rome

    Have you been considering adopting a vegan lifestyle but you're unsure where to start? Do you have a grasp of what it means to be vegan? Maybe you think the best place to start is the kitchen but you're tired of all those other vegan cookbooks giving you only the most complex of recipes? Still on the fence after all those questions?

    Mina Rome of the eponymous YouTube channel has one more question for you--why not? All Day Vegan offers everything you need--whether you've just bought your first vegan cheese or you already consider yourself an expert in the vegan kitchen.

    All Day Vegan features step-by-step recipes straight from Mina's YouTube channel and beyond, colorful photography of each recipe, and kitchen staples and cooking tips from Mina herself--all packaged in a no-nonsense, easily digestible format. Gone are the overly complex recipes your eyes glazed over in those other books. Here, you'll find everything you need to start cooking vegan all day!

    All New Ball Book Of Canning And Preserving

    All New Ball Book Of Canning And Preserving

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    From the experts at Jarden Home Brands, makers of Ball canning products, comes the first truly comprehensive canning guide created for today's home cooks. This modern handbook boasts more than 350 of the best recipes ranging from jams and jellies to jerkies, pickles, salsas, and more-including extender recipes to create brand new dishes using your freshly preserved farmer's market finds or vegetable garden bounty.

    Organized by technique, The All New Ball Book of Canning and Preserving covers water bath and pressure canning, pickling, fermenting, freezing, dehydrating, and smoking. Straightforward instructions and step-by-step photos ensure success for beginners, while practiced home canners will find more advanced methods and inspiring ingredient twists.

    Thoroughly tested for safety and quality by thermal process engineers at the Fresh Preserving Quality Assurance Lab, recipes range from much-loved classics -- Tart Lemon Jelly, Tomato-Herb Jam, Ploughman's Pickles -- to fresh flavors such as Asian Pear Kimchi, Smoked Maple-Juniper Bacon, and homemade Kombucha. Make the most of your preserves with delicious dishes including Crab Cakes garnished with Eastern Shore Corn Relish and traditional Strawberry-Rhubarb Hand Pies. Special sidebars highlight seasonal fruits and vegetables, while handy charts cover processing times, temperatures, and recipe formulas for fast preparation.

    Lushly illustrated with color photographs, The All New Ball Book of Canning and Preserving is a classic in the making for a new generation of home cooks.

    All New Square Foot Gardening Cookbook: Taking the Harvest to the Table

    All New Square Foot Gardening Cookbook: Taking the Harvest to the Table

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    The best selling gardening book author, Mel Bartholomew offers fresh from the garden recipes from the top vegetables, fruits and herbs harvested from a square foot garden. The featured fresh fruits and vegetables offer healthy, cost-effective, and chemical-free additions to every meal. Mel adds harvesting techniques and yield information for each of the seventeen featured vegetables.
    All or Nothing

    All or Nothing

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    Blending Kitchen Confidential, Blood, Bones & Butter, and Breaking Bad, a culinary memoir that illuminates the highs and lows of addiction, anxiety, and ambition in the world of haute cuisine.

    Thirty-one-year-old Jesse Schenker has rocketed to the top of the culinary world. An Iron Chef winner and James Beard nominee, he was voted Best New Chef by New York Magazine, and his acclaimed Recette was named Best New Restaurant by the New York Times. But Jesse's epic rise masks a little-known past filled with demons and obsession, genius and mania.

    Growing up in wealthy suburban Florida, Jesse was introduced to the culinary world--and the world of hard drugs. Becoming a high-school dropout addicted to heroin and crack, he was alienated from his family and wanted by the cops. By twenty-one, he had robbed, cheated, and lied to everyone in his life--and had overdosed, been shot at and nearly beaten to death. His eventual arrest motivated him to get clean.

    Jesse learned to channel his obsessiveness and need to get ever "higher" into his career. But his growing success fueled his anxiety, leading to panic attacks and hypochondria. In this startling and down to earth memoir, Jesse lays it all on the table for the first time, reflecting on his insatiable appetite for the extreme--which has led to his biggest triumphs and failures--and shares the shocking story of his turbulent life.

    All or Nothing

    All or Nothing

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    Blending Kitchen Confidential, Blood, Bones & Butter, and Breaking Bad, a culinary memoir that illuminates the highs and lows of addiction, anxiety, and ambition in the world of haute cuisine.

    Thirty-one-year-old Jesse Schenker has rocketed to the top of the culinary world. An Iron Chef winner and James Beard nominee, he was voted Best New Chef by New York Magazine, and his acclaimed Recette was named Best New Restaurant by the New York Times. But Jesse's epic rise masks a little-known past filled with demons and obsession, genius and mania.

    Growing up in wealthy suburban Florida, Jesse was introduced to the culinary world--and the world of hard drugs. Becoming a high-school dropout addicted to heroin and crack, he was alienated from his family and wanted by the cops. By twenty-one, he had robbed, cheated, and lied to everyone in his life--and had overdosed, been shot at and nearly beaten to death. His eventual arrest motivated him to get clean.

    Jesse learned to channel his obsessiveness and need to get ever "higher" into his career. But his growing success fueled his anxiety, leading to panic attacks and hypochondria. In this startling and down to earth memoir, Jesse lays it all on the table for the first time, reflecting on his insatiable appetite for the extreme--which has led to his biggest triumphs and failures--and shares the shocking story of his turbulent life.