Author: Frank J. Prial
Publisher: Times Books(NY)
ISBN:
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Bordeaux sip by sip
Author: Nicolle Croft
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782817707136
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782817707136
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Drink This
Author: Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0345511654
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Ever been baffled by a wine list, stood perplexed before endless racks of bottles at the liquor store, or ordered an overpriced bottle out of fear of the scathing judgment of a restaurant sommelier? Before she became a James Beard Award—winning food and wine writer, Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl experienced all these things. Now she presents a handy guide that will show you how to stop being overwhelmed and intimidated, how to discover, respect, and enjoy your own personal taste, and how to be whatever kind of wine person you want to be, from budding connoisseur to someone who simply gets wine you like every time you buy a bottle. Refreshingly simple, irreverent, and witty, Drink This explains all the insider stuff that wine critics assume you know. It will teach you how to taste and savor wine, alone, with a friend, or with a group. And perhaps most important, this book gives you the tools to learn the only thing that really matters about wine: namely, figuring out what you like. Grumdahl draws on her own experience and savvy and interviews some of the world’s most renowned critics, winemakers, and chefs, including Robert M. Parker, Jr., Paul Draper, and Thomas Keller, who share their wisdom about everything from pairing food and wine to the inside scoop on what wine scores and reviews really mean. Readers will learn how to master tasting techniques and understand the winemaking process from soil to cellar. Drink This also reveals how to get your money’s worth out of wine without spending all you’ve got. At last there’s a reason for wary wine lovers to raise a glass in celebration. Savor the insider’s viewpoint and straight talk of Drink This, and watch your intimidation of wine transform into well-grounded, unshakeable confidence.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0345511654
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Ever been baffled by a wine list, stood perplexed before endless racks of bottles at the liquor store, or ordered an overpriced bottle out of fear of the scathing judgment of a restaurant sommelier? Before she became a James Beard Award—winning food and wine writer, Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl experienced all these things. Now she presents a handy guide that will show you how to stop being overwhelmed and intimidated, how to discover, respect, and enjoy your own personal taste, and how to be whatever kind of wine person you want to be, from budding connoisseur to someone who simply gets wine you like every time you buy a bottle. Refreshingly simple, irreverent, and witty, Drink This explains all the insider stuff that wine critics assume you know. It will teach you how to taste and savor wine, alone, with a friend, or with a group. And perhaps most important, this book gives you the tools to learn the only thing that really matters about wine: namely, figuring out what you like. Grumdahl draws on her own experience and savvy and interviews some of the world’s most renowned critics, winemakers, and chefs, including Robert M. Parker, Jr., Paul Draper, and Thomas Keller, who share their wisdom about everything from pairing food and wine to the inside scoop on what wine scores and reviews really mean. Readers will learn how to master tasting techniques and understand the winemaking process from soil to cellar. Drink This also reveals how to get your money’s worth out of wine without spending all you’ve got. At last there’s a reason for wary wine lovers to raise a glass in celebration. Savor the insider’s viewpoint and straight talk of Drink This, and watch your intimidation of wine transform into well-grounded, unshakeable confidence.
I Drink Therefore I Am
Author: Roger Scruton
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408194694
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Here Scruton explains the connection between good wine and serious thought with a heady mix of humour and philosophy. We are familiar with the medical opinion that a daily glass of wine is good for the health and also the rival opinion that any more than a glass or two will set us on the road to ruin. Whether or not good for the body, Scruton argues, wine, drunk in the right frame of mind, is definitely good for the soul. And there is no better accompaniment to wine than philosophy. By thinking with wine, you can learn not only to drink in thoughts but to think in draughts. This good-humoured book offers an antidote to the pretentious clap-trap that is written about wine today and a profound apology for the drink on which civilisation has been founded. In vino veritas.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408194694
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Here Scruton explains the connection between good wine and serious thought with a heady mix of humour and philosophy. We are familiar with the medical opinion that a daily glass of wine is good for the health and also the rival opinion that any more than a glass or two will set us on the road to ruin. Whether or not good for the body, Scruton argues, wine, drunk in the right frame of mind, is definitely good for the soul. And there is no better accompaniment to wine than philosophy. By thinking with wine, you can learn not only to drink in thoughts but to think in draughts. This good-humoured book offers an antidote to the pretentious clap-trap that is written about wine today and a profound apology for the drink on which civilisation has been founded. In vino veritas.
Sipsmith: Sip
Author: Sipsmith
Publisher: Mitchell Beazley
ISBN: 178472646X
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Cocktails don't need to be complicated to taste delicious. Take cocktails back to basics with Sipsmith's uncompromisingly handcrafted gin. 100 gin cocktails, all with only three ingredients. Enjoy fuss-free drinks, from summer sipping to winter warmers, time-honoured classics to new twists. Along the way, you will find expert mixing tips, drink history and stories worth reading over a Martini or two. Delicious cocktails range from classics such as the Negroni and Martini to drinks for sipping at occasions, whether it's an Earl Grey Sour for a nightcap, or a new take such as a Gin Espresso Martini. Recipes include: Dry Martini Negroni Gin Fizz Gin Basil Smash Watermelon Martini Hot Gin Twist Earl Grey Sour Gin Caipirinha Dark Fruit Bramble Gin Espresso Martini ...and many more.
Publisher: Mitchell Beazley
ISBN: 178472646X
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Cocktails don't need to be complicated to taste delicious. Take cocktails back to basics with Sipsmith's uncompromisingly handcrafted gin. 100 gin cocktails, all with only three ingredients. Enjoy fuss-free drinks, from summer sipping to winter warmers, time-honoured classics to new twists. Along the way, you will find expert mixing tips, drink history and stories worth reading over a Martini or two. Delicious cocktails range from classics such as the Negroni and Martini to drinks for sipping at occasions, whether it's an Earl Grey Sour for a nightcap, or a new take such as a Gin Espresso Martini. Recipes include: Dry Martini Negroni Gin Fizz Gin Basil Smash Watermelon Martini Hot Gin Twist Earl Grey Sour Gin Caipirinha Dark Fruit Bramble Gin Espresso Martini ...and many more.
Drinking French
Author: David Lebovitz
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
ISBN: 1607749300
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
TALES OF THE COCKTAIL SPIRITED AWARD® WINNER • IACP AWARD FINALIST • The New York Times bestselling author of My Paris Kitchen serves up more than 160 recipes for trendy cocktails, quintessential apéritifs, café favorites, complementary snacks, and more. Bestselling cookbook author, memoirist, and popular blogger David Lebovitz delves into the drinking culture of France in Drinking French. This beautifully photographed collection features 160 recipes for everything from coffee, hot chocolate, and tea to Kir and regional apéritifs, classic and modern cocktails from the hottest Paris bars, and creative infusions using fresh fruit and French liqueurs. And because the French can't imagine drinking without having something to eat alongside, David includes crispy, salty snacks to serve with your concoctions. Each recipe is accompanied by David's witty and informative stories about the ins and outs of life in France, as well as photographs taken on location in Paris and beyond. Whether you have a trip to France booked and want to know what and where to drink, or just want to infuse your next get-together with a little French flair, this rich and revealing guide will make you the toast of the town.
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
ISBN: 1607749300
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
TALES OF THE COCKTAIL SPIRITED AWARD® WINNER • IACP AWARD FINALIST • The New York Times bestselling author of My Paris Kitchen serves up more than 160 recipes for trendy cocktails, quintessential apéritifs, café favorites, complementary snacks, and more. Bestselling cookbook author, memoirist, and popular blogger David Lebovitz delves into the drinking culture of France in Drinking French. This beautifully photographed collection features 160 recipes for everything from coffee, hot chocolate, and tea to Kir and regional apéritifs, classic and modern cocktails from the hottest Paris bars, and creative infusions using fresh fruit and French liqueurs. And because the French can't imagine drinking without having something to eat alongside, David includes crispy, salty snacks to serve with your concoctions. Each recipe is accompanied by David's witty and informative stories about the ins and outs of life in France, as well as photographs taken on location in Paris and beyond. Whether you have a trip to France booked and want to know what and where to drink, or just want to infuse your next get-together with a little French flair, this rich and revealing guide will make you the toast of the town.
Liquid Memory
Author: Jonathan Nossiter
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1429977124
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Jonathan Nossiter, acclaimed filmmaker and former sommelier, had his first taste of wine at the age of three in Paris, from his father's fingertip. For him, wine is "memory in its most liquid and dynamic form," as essential an expression of culture as cinema, books, baseball, painting, even sex. With great wit and passion, he celebrates wine and its enthusiasts—and defends both from those who tell us what to drink and how to think about it. In Liquid Memory, the American expatriate investigates the infinite mysteries of terroir, the historical sense of place that makes wine a living, thrilling expression of cultural identity that can stretch back centuries. The book is a deliriously joyful master class in locating the soul of a wine, and in learning to trust your own palate and desires. Nossiter, who has already created an uproar in the world of wine with his film Mondovino, arms us against the tyranny of snobs, critics, and charlatans who would prevent us from taking part in what should be a gloriously democratic bacchanalia. From the sacred wine shops and three-star restaurants of Paris to the biodynamic vineyards of Burgundy, from the hipster bistros of New York to film locations in Rio de Janeiro and Athens, this singular journey invites us to consider how power, misused, can sometimes mask an absence of taste—and how our own personal taste can combat power in any sphere. A controversial bestseller in Europe, Liquid Memory is sure to rile the establishment, enlighten the thirsty, and reveal the inner life of the world's most mysterious, contradictory, and jubilatory drink.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1429977124
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Jonathan Nossiter, acclaimed filmmaker and former sommelier, had his first taste of wine at the age of three in Paris, from his father's fingertip. For him, wine is "memory in its most liquid and dynamic form," as essential an expression of culture as cinema, books, baseball, painting, even sex. With great wit and passion, he celebrates wine and its enthusiasts—and defends both from those who tell us what to drink and how to think about it. In Liquid Memory, the American expatriate investigates the infinite mysteries of terroir, the historical sense of place that makes wine a living, thrilling expression of cultural identity that can stretch back centuries. The book is a deliriously joyful master class in locating the soul of a wine, and in learning to trust your own palate and desires. Nossiter, who has already created an uproar in the world of wine with his film Mondovino, arms us against the tyranny of snobs, critics, and charlatans who would prevent us from taking part in what should be a gloriously democratic bacchanalia. From the sacred wine shops and three-star restaurants of Paris to the biodynamic vineyards of Burgundy, from the hipster bistros of New York to film locations in Rio de Janeiro and Athens, this singular journey invites us to consider how power, misused, can sometimes mask an absence of taste—and how our own personal taste can combat power in any sphere. A controversial bestseller in Europe, Liquid Memory is sure to rile the establishment, enlighten the thirsty, and reveal the inner life of the world's most mysterious, contradictory, and jubilatory drink.
Betrayal
Author: Rachid Amokrane
Publisher: Abbott Press
ISBN: 1458200868
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Cupid, the angel of love, is mean. He promises love but deals heartache and agony. Patrick, a Manhattan businessman who found and lost the love of his life, is one of his victims. While visiting Paris, he encounters the capricious winged boy in extraordinary circumstances and gives him a piece of his mind. Carmen, an exotic Bronx beauty, dreams of romance but bad boy with bow and arrows introduces her to Alain, a ruthless Parisian drug addict. She discovers hell on Earth while Gordon, her loving brother, rushes to her help but ends up behind bars. Jean Claude, an eccentric Geneva art dealer, meets a French beauty and believes heaven is his but instead he finds murder. Events come to a head at a fashionable Parisian party, where a surprise guest is about to tell Patrick a secret. Cupid sits nearby and is all ears. The secret is so shocking Patrick freezes with horror while a startled, awestruck cupid loses his wry grin and slips away.
Publisher: Abbott Press
ISBN: 1458200868
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Cupid, the angel of love, is mean. He promises love but deals heartache and agony. Patrick, a Manhattan businessman who found and lost the love of his life, is one of his victims. While visiting Paris, he encounters the capricious winged boy in extraordinary circumstances and gives him a piece of his mind. Carmen, an exotic Bronx beauty, dreams of romance but bad boy with bow and arrows introduces her to Alain, a ruthless Parisian drug addict. She discovers hell on Earth while Gordon, her loving brother, rushes to her help but ends up behind bars. Jean Claude, an eccentric Geneva art dealer, meets a French beauty and believes heaven is his but instead he finds murder. Events come to a head at a fashionable Parisian party, where a surprise guest is about to tell Patrick a secret. Cupid sits nearby and is all ears. The secret is so shocking Patrick freezes with horror while a startled, awestruck cupid loses his wry grin and slips away.
Middleware 2009
Author: Jean M. Bacon
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642104444
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Middleware, held in Urbana, IL, USA during November 30 - December 4. The 21 papers presented have been selected from 110 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on communications (protocols and optimization), service component composition/adaption, monitoring, pervasive, stream processing, failure resilience, and support for testing.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642104444
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Middleware, held in Urbana, IL, USA during November 30 - December 4. The 21 papers presented have been selected from 110 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on communications (protocols and optimization), service component composition/adaption, monitoring, pervasive, stream processing, failure resilience, and support for testing.
The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Choosing Wine
Author: Philip Seldon
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780028620169
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
How does one know a good wine year from a bad year? A reputable region from a run-of-the-mill source? A dry wine from a sweet wine? This handy pocket guide explains in easy terms how to make that difficult selection, which can save time, money and possible embarrassment at a dinner party. Cartoon art.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780028620169
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
How does one know a good wine year from a bad year? A reputable region from a run-of-the-mill source? A dry wine from a sweet wine? This handy pocket guide explains in easy terms how to make that difficult selection, which can save time, money and possible embarrassment at a dinner party. Cartoon art.
Children of the Eighth Day
Author: Mark Graves
Publisher: Mark Graves
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
John Jones is an average teenager living an ordinary life in Savannah, GA. A single act of teenage mischief, breaking into the empty house across the street, introduces him into a dark reality that he thought only existed on late-night television, a world where vampires are real, and they kill without remorse to satisfy their lusts. John discovers the personal journals of Alexander McGill, a vampire who resists the unnatural desires of blood lust and fights to protect humans from domination by immortals. John refused to believe Alexander's stories until he is kidnapped off the street and is only saved from a savage death by Alexander. After his brush with death, John and his mother are caught up in the fight to destroy a vicious band of vampires before they can complete their plan to rule all mortals. In the battle between good and evil, not all the lines are clear. Only a desire to retain a piece of his soul keeps Alexander driven to save the world of humans from becoming slaves to the immortals, no matter the cost.
Publisher: Mark Graves
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
John Jones is an average teenager living an ordinary life in Savannah, GA. A single act of teenage mischief, breaking into the empty house across the street, introduces him into a dark reality that he thought only existed on late-night television, a world where vampires are real, and they kill without remorse to satisfy their lusts. John discovers the personal journals of Alexander McGill, a vampire who resists the unnatural desires of blood lust and fights to protect humans from domination by immortals. John refused to believe Alexander's stories until he is kidnapped off the street and is only saved from a savage death by Alexander. After his brush with death, John and his mother are caught up in the fight to destroy a vicious band of vampires before they can complete their plan to rule all mortals. In the battle between good and evil, not all the lines are clear. Only a desire to retain a piece of his soul keeps Alexander driven to save the world of humans from becoming slaves to the immortals, no matter the cost.