How to Drink

Name: How to Drink
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ISBN: 9780740785740

ISBN-10: 0740785745

ISBN-13: 9780740785740

Edition: 2009

Authors: Victoria Moore

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In the past few decades, many of us have become sophisticated about food, but we have not given the same attention to what we drink. In this inspiring book, Victoria Moore aims to redress the balance, by showing how to drink well throughout the seasons and at all times of day.She explains how to make the most delicious coffee and juices; how to choose wine that complements your food; and how to make cocktails for every occasion--whether to serve a garden barbecue, as a cold weather aperitif, or just to unwind with at the end of the day.Here are recipes for mint juleps in the spring, sloe gin in the autumn, hot buttered rum in the winter, and year-round showstoppers including the world's…

Book details

List price: $23.50
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Publication date: 11/18/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 344
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



About This Book



Basics


Stocking up


Ice and other techniques


Wine basics



Breakfast & Brunch


Weekday mornings


Brunch



Spring


Sap rising


Something a little harder


Friends over


Food and wine


Thirst-quenchers


Herbs from the garden: calming drinks



Summer


In the garden


Lazy weekends


Sultry heat


Other summer sundowners


Nonalcoholic refreshers


Alfresco


Summer wine: temperature control


Pure hedonism


Back-endish: when summer's heat starts to fade



Autumn


Aperitifs and digestives for evenings that are drawing in


Midafternoon: something to invigorate weekend cooks and gardeners


The apple harvest


Food and drink to graze on


Dinnertime



Winter


Christmas is coming


Hot drinks from the stove


Hibernation


In from the cold: Warming up after walks across frozen fields


A sip of something by the fire


Something different


Ice and snow


Glamorous wine-and-food combinations for dark days



Year-Round Showstoppers


The martini


Simple aperitifs


Gin and tonic


All-night drinks


After dinner


P.S...Five Useful Lists


Acknowledgments


Select Bibliography


Index