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In Colonial Spirits, Steven Grasse presents a historical manifesto on drinking, including 50 colonial era– inspired cocktail recipes. The book features a rousing timeline of colonial imbibing and a cultural overview of a dizzying number of drinks: beer, rum and punch; temperance drinks; liqueurs and cordials; medicinal beverages; cider; wine, whiskey, and bourbon-all peppered with liquored-up adages from our founding fathers. There is also expert...
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A celebration of the nineteenth-century saloon, written with sly humor during Prohibition.
Described by Luc Sante as "a distant ancestor of Rocky and Bullwinkle," George Ade was an early twentieth-century humorist beloved by many, even earning praise from H.L. Mencken. During the waning years of Prohibition, he wrote The Old-Time Saloon-both a work of propaganda masquerading as "just history" and a hilarious exercise in nostalgia that let booze-deprived...
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Features 65 drink recipes inspired by history's most loved novels.
A fun gift for barflies and a terrific treat for book clubs, Tequila Mockingbird is the ultimate cocktail book for the literary obsessed. Featuring 65 delicious drink recipes, paired with wry commentary on history's most beloved novels, the book also includes bar bites, drinking games, and whimsical illustrations throughout.
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A lot can happen in 200 kitchens.
A giant razor-clawed lizard attack. An ecstasy overdose on a busy service. A stripper in the cold-room. A twenty-eight-hour day and a hundred-and eight-hour week. Dish-pigs on acid and billionaire special forces bodyguards. Burnt genitalia and the spine-nipple. Not to mention a whole lot of love, hate, madness and magic.
From tropical beaches to corporate skyscrapers and into the homes of the super-rich. At the big...
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When Steven Laffoley first arrived on the rocky shores of Nova Scotia, he discovered some rather exotic food fare: deep-fried seafoods, oiled crustaceans, and an otherworldly, post-beer, Middle Eastern fusion food called The Donair. They all stimulated the appetite and captured his attention. He was transfixed. Far from the canned ravioli and Jell-O salads of his youth, Laffoley discovered that Nova Scotian food could be fresh and fascinating, frivolous...
7) Crazy Feasts
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CRAZY FEASTS is a culinary history cookbook that includes descriptions of ten banquets that were quite crazy or bizarre in several senses. Each feast is preceded by a short description of the location and historical setting in order to give a background for the dishes served, as well as for the particular kind of craziness involved.
The feasts vary in historical depth from the Roman Empire period to the first decades of the twenty-first century....
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Whether you love The Wire or Parks and Recreation, all television fans have one shared experience: the singular and devasting loss that comes from a dear character being written off a show before you-or any of us-had the chance to say goodbye.Here to give us closure is Pour One Out, the delectable and hilarious cocktail book that pairs sixty-five of television's most dearly departed with the sixty-five artisanal cocktails that best align with their...
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"Joe Berkowitz loves cheese. Or at least he thought he did. After stumbling upon an artisinal tasting at an upscale cheese shop one Valentine's Day, he realized he'd hardly even scratched the surface. These cheeses were like nothing he had ever tasted-a visceral drug-punch that reverberated deliciousness-and they were from America. He felt like he was being let in a great cosmic secret, and instantly he was in love. This discovery inspired Joe to...
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As if fighting an invisible enemy hasn't been enough of a challenge for everyone, we've also had to listen to an inordinate amount of antagonistic political discourse. To stay sane, maybe we should take a step back and try to find some humor. As many are, confined to their homes, and cooking, more and more, I pulled out some old recipes and added a twist. No diet food-only comfort food and some fortifying cocktails to help you along.
For everyone,...
11) Fold in the Cheese: An Unofficial Guide to Splendiferous Entertaining for Fans of Schitt's Creek
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Whether they're throwing ostentatious soirées or Valium-fueled tantrums, entertaining a crowd (and sometimes just Stevie) is what the Roses do best! Let their sagacious advice and biting wit wash over you with Fold In The Cheese: An Unofficial Guide to Splendiferous Entertaining for Fans of Schitt's Creek. Recipes like "Cardamom Rose Cocktail", "Johnny's Hundred-Dollar Sliders", and "Chocolate Ganache Torte" will titillate taste buds while tips on...
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Tim Federle's Tequila Mockingbird has become one of the world's bestselling cocktail books and resonated with bartenders and book clubs everywhere. Now in this much anticipated follow-up, Are You There God? It's Me, Margarita, Federle has shaken up 49 all-new, all-delicious drink recipes paired with his trademark puns and clever commentary on more of history's most beloved books, as well as bar bites, drinking games, and whimsical illustrations throughout....
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This isn't your ordinary wine pairing book...this is wine pairing for the weary! From sweet, pink wines to full-bodied reds, Whine has the humor (and libations) to help you survive parenthood.
Did your daughter just get out of bed for the twelfth time to ask for a glass of water? We've got the perfect rosé for your sanity. Did your son just have a meltdown in the middle of the grocery store? We've got a Pinot for your pain....
Did your daughter just get out of bed for the twelfth time to ask for a glass of water? We've got the perfect rosé for your sanity. Did your son just have a meltdown in the middle of the grocery store? We've got a Pinot for your pain....
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Dishwasher is Public Radio favorite and underground celebrity Pete Jordan's amusing memoir of his dishwashing extravaganza. Part adventure, part parody, and part miraculous journey of self-discovery, it is the unforgettable account of Jordan's transformation from itinerant seeker into "Dishwasher Pete"-unlikely folk hero, writer, publisher of his own cult zine, and the ultimate professional dish dog-and how he gave it all up for love.
"For 12 years,...
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What wine goes with your life?
Any decent wine book can tell you what to drink with a grilled steak. But what's the best wine to pair with a blind date? For watching the Oscars? For a big birthday? Written by Diane McMartin, this inspired drinking guide matches wines and beers to the significant-and not so significant-events in life.
Binge-watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Try a Riesling-refreshing but with depth. Dumped a jerk? Celebrate...
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As a novelist, memoirist, and associate director of the New York State Summer Writers Institute, Amy Wallen has a few things to say about the writing world, many of them irreverent and snarky. From her perspective as a teacher, mentor, and published author, her belief is that the way to survive the hard knocks of writing a book and trying to get published is to bust a gut working, laughing, and eating pie.
With chapters including "Oh Agent, Where...
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Unique and dangerously drinkable cocktail recipes for every astrological sign, so the stars can guide your imbibing as much as they do the rest of your lifeThe movements of the heavens have the power to rule our lives--from who we date or how we express ourselves to when we make career moves or whether we make that big purchase. Why shouldn't we let them rule how we drink as well? Featuring everything from chili-infused tequila for the adventurous...
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Tired of dates that leave you with nothing but a $150 dinner tab, a doggy bag, and blue balls? Enter Cook to Bang, a guide to wining, dining, and sixty-nining for cooks who don't know their asparagus from their elbows. It offers a history of Cook to Bang seduction throughout the ages, tips for setting the bait, the best menu for each "sexual profile," methods for creating a sexy-time vibe, and a game plan for how to make your move. Born from the popular...
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David Page changed the world of food television by creating, developing, and executive-producing the groundbreaking show Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. Now from the two-time Emmy winner David Page comes the book Food Americana, an entertaining mix of food culture, pop culture, nostalgia, and everything new on the American plate.
What is American cuisine? What national menu do we share? What dishes have we chosen, how did they become "American," and...
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A Southern hostess shares the secrets of throwing the proper Southern funeral in a compilation of humor and recipes that answers such essential questions as: Can you be properly buried without tomato aspic? and Who prepares better funeral fare, the Episcopal ladies or the Methodist ladies?
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