What We’re Reading: The Drunken Botanist. The Plants That Create The World’s Great Drinks.
Algonquin Books, 2013.
Author: Amy Stewart
Exploring botany in a bottle, plant by fascinating plant, with cocktail recipes. Organized by process and botanical families, and styled with a nod to antique tomes, chapter headings include:
Part One: We Explore The Twin Alchemical Processes of Fermentation and Distillation from Which Wine, Beer and Spirits Issue Forth.
The entry for Apple, Malus domestica, Rosaceae (Rose Family) – includes a discussion of cider, notes regarding heritage apples, outlines apple spirit styles, and provides cocktail recipes with history notes. Pear, Pyrus communis, perry and pear spirits are examined as well.
Full of fun facts to know and tell, with Grow Your Own and Field Guide sections, and a diverse array of recipes.
This is the kind of reading you can easily enjoy with a glass of cider; educational, informative, and amusing – a very handy imbibers reference guide indeed.
Visit: drunkenbotanist.com
