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The Tea Cyclopedia: A Celebration of the World’s Favorite Drink by Keith Souter [162636091X, Format: EPUB]

  • Title: The Tea Cyclopedia: A Celebration of the World’s Favorite Drink
  • Autor: Keith Souter
  • Print Length: 224 pages
  • Publisher (Publication Date): Skyhorse Publishing; 1 edition (November 1, 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B00E259AIW
  • ISBN-10: 162636091X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1626360914
  • File Format: EPUB

 

Tea drinking has become a way of life. To put it frankly, it is a love, an addiction, and some would even go as far to say a philosophy. Dr. Keith Souter examines the perpetual impact that this adored beverage has bestowed upon the world for centuries, from its mystical origins in the East, to its inevitable influence on the West. The Tea Cyclopedia is an indispensable reference for anyone interested in all things tea. Commencing each chapter with insightful quotes, it not only captures the historical beginnings of this beloved drink, but also explores tea’s involvement in politics, health, the economy, and even fortune-telling. This unprecedented beverage has united people in times of adversity; it has also divided nations, causing volatile revolutions, such as the Sri Lankan Civil War and the Boston Tea Party. But today you will most likely find that various cultures have developed their own unique style of enjoying tea, and the ritual of tea drinking itself is not only intriguing, but also highly rewarding.

In this meticulously detailed guide, readers will rediscover tea, its cultivation, and all of its richness and intricacy as a worldwide beverage. The Tea Cyclopedia is an enthralling tribute to the illustrious, invigorating, and elusive leaf that has vehemently continued to inspire people for more than two thousand years.

About the Author

Dr. Keith Souter was born in St. Andrews, Scotland, and studied medicine at Dundee University. He is a part-time doctor, medical writer, and novelist. Using his own name and a few pen names, he has published over thirty books, including twelve novels in four different genres. In 2006, he won the Fish Prize for one of his historical short stories.

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Cleveland Beer: History & Revival in the Rust Belt (American Palate) by Peter Chakerian [146711779X, Format: EPUB]

  • Title: Cleveland Beer: History & Revival in the Rust Belt (American Palate)
  • Autor: Peter Chakerian
  • Print Length: 192 pages
  • Publisher (Publication Date): The History Press (November 2, 2015)
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B01A605ZHG
  • ISBN-10: 1540202275, 146711779X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1540202277, 978-1467117791
  • File Format: EPUB

 
Cleveland loves its craft beer. The city’s breweries are flourishing under a period of brewing renewal and an insatiable taste for quality local craftsmanship. But Cleveland’s brewing industry hasn’t always enjoyed such prosperous times. The industry boomed during the 1800s only to see Prohibition, dwindling demand and increased competition stifle production. Each brewery, one by one, closed its doors until none remained. In 1988, Patrick and Daniel Conway opened the fledgling Great Lakes Brewing Company, and the industry was born anew. Today, local visionaries are engineering the comeback and bringing national attention to Cleveland’s award-winning craft brews. Authors Leslie Basalla and Peter Chakerian chart the remarkable history of the ups and downs of Cleveland beer.

About the Author

Native Clevelander Leslie Basalla owns Cleveland Brew Bus, a brewery tasting tour service. She majored in journalism at Ohio University and covered local news before falling into the restaurant industry and professional craft beer service. While manager of Market Garden Brewery, Leslie learned a great deal about Cleveland beer history and craft brewing. Leslie is a Certified Beer Server through the Cicerone Certification Program and a Certified Beer Steward through the MBAA.Peter Chakerian is an award-winning writer, author and journalist whose work has been featured on Yahoo! News, America OnLine, Technorati, RootsRated and in dozens of publications across the country. His twenty-five-year career has earned him several awards, including “Best in Ohio” nods for online journalism by the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists. He is a regular contributor to The Plain Dealer and Cleveland.com covering dining, nightlife, popular culture and entertainment.

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Beer in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance by Richard W. Unger [0812219996, Format: PDF]

  • Title: Beer in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
  • Autor: Richard W. Unger
  • Print Length: 344 pages
  • Publisher (Publication Date): University of Pennsylvania Press (May 22, 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B00D2M4KFY
  • ISBN-10: 0812237951, 0812219996
  • ISBN-13: 978-0812237955, 978-0812219999
  • File Format: EPUB, PDF

 

The beer of today—brewed from malted grain and hops, manufactured by large and often multinational corporations, frequently associated with young adults, sports, and drunkenness—is largely the result of scientific and industrial developments of the nineteenth century. Modern beer, however, has little in common with the drink that carried that name through the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Looking at a time when beer was often a nutritional necessity, was sometimes used as medicine, could be flavored with everything from the bark of fir trees to thyme and fresh eggs, and was consumed by men, women, and children alike, Beer in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance presents an extraordinarily detailed history of the business, art, and governance of brewing.

During the medieval and early modern periods beer was as much a daily necessity as a source of inebriation and amusement. It was the beverage of choice of urban populations that lacked access to secure sources of potable water; a commodity of economic as well as social importance; a safe drink for daily consumption that was less expensive than wine; and a major source of tax revenue for the state. In Beer in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Richard W. Unger has written an encompassing study of beer as both a product and an economic force in Europe.

Drawing from archives in the Low Countries and England to assemble an impressively complete history, Unger describes the transformation of the industry from small-scale production that was a basic part of housewifery to a highly regulated commercial enterprise dominated by the wealthy and overseen by government authorities. Looking at the intersecting technological, economic, cultural, and political changes that influenced the transformation of brewing over centuries, he traces how improvements in technology and in the distribution of information combined to standardize quality, showing how the process of urbanization created the concentrated markets essential for commercial production.

Weaving together the stories of prosperous businessmen, skilled brewmasters, and small producers, this impressively researched overview of the social and cultural practices that surrounded the beer industry is rich in implication for the history of the period as a whole.

Review

Entertainingly written and amply illustrated and referenced…succeeds admirably. — Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Winter 2007

About the Author

Richard W. Unger is Professor of History at the University of British Columbia. He is also author of A History of Brewing in Holland, 900-1900: Economy, Technology, and the State, The Art of Medieval Technology: Images of Noah the Shipbuilder, and The Ship in the Medieval Economy, 600-1600.

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Make Mine a Martini: 130 Cocktails & Canapés for Fabulous Parties by Kay Plunkett-Hogge [1620081490, Format: EPUB]

  • Title: Make Mine a Martini: 130 Cocktails & Canapés for Fabulous Parties
  • Autor: Kay Plunkett-Hogge
  • Print Length: 224 pages
  • Publisher (Publication Date): Mitchell Beazley; UK ed. edition (September 1, 2014)
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B00JZVKTU6
  • ISBN-10: 1620081490
  • ISBN-13: 978-1845338817
  • File Format: EPUB

‘Martini is made with gin. A Vodka Martini is made with vodka. Apple Martinis are an abomination. That is all.’ – Kay Plunkett-Hogge

From just a few friends for drinks and snacks in the kitchen to a sophisticated soirée for everyone you know, Kay Plunkett-Hogge draws upon her background in the worlds of film and fashion and her youth in Mad Men-era Bangkok to create the ultimate guide to making your evening as easy as ABC. Kay’s approach to throwing a party is to keep it simple (yet stylish), plan ahead and, above all, enjoy it.

The 80 cocktail recipes are organised by base spirit, with chapters on Gin, Vodka, Rum etc, and the 40 canapé recipes are grouped into Vegetarian, Fish & Seafood and Meat.

As Kay writes in the book’s introduction: ‘Just the sound of ice being shaken, preferably to a rhythm all of its own, is enough to bring a smile to anyone’s face. It’s the promise of sweet relief, of good times, good friends and good conversation. Just make mine a Martini.

Review

Kay can cook – but she can shake a damn fine cocktail too. — Heston Blumenthal Kay is a gifted, warm and talented hostess. She makes a mean cocktail. Anyone is lucky to be at her table. — Hayley Atwell Kay Plunkett-Hogge mixes a cocktail as brilliantly as she cooks. A charming piece of libational literature and a necessity for every good drinker’s bar. — Stanley Tucci Milady is great company, made more so when accompanied by a fine drink. — Jeremy Lee

About the Author

Kay Plunkett-Hogge is a cookery writer and broadcaster based in London. A former model agent in New York and London, and a movie co-ordinator in Bangkok and Los Angeles, Kay is the co-author of the best-selling Bryn’s Kitchen with the award-winning London chef Bryn Williams, LEON: Family & Friends with John Vincent and the new Little Leon series with Henry Dimbleby, Claire Ptak and John Vincent. She is currently working with US chef Chris Bianco on his forthcoming book Rain, Grain & Gratitude (Harper Collins) and with Hollywood actor Stanley Tucci on his second cookbook to be published by Simon & Schuster. Kay has appeared on This Morning and BBC London, as well as local radio. She is a regular contributor to Fork Magazine, has been featured in FT Weekend and Simple Things, and has written for Hello!, Delicious, Olive and SW Magazine. She is also a founding member and contributor to The Art of the Weekend. In addition to her writing and presenting, Kay runs a bespoke location catering service, Kay Cooks For You, for the fashion business. Her clients include international photographers Ellen von Unwerth, Chris Craymer, Patric Shaw, Simon Paske and Alasdair McLellan, for titles and brands including UK and American Glamour, French Vogue, GQ, Kipling, Stella McCartney, Danone, River Island and many more.