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Cedric Dickens, neto do escritor Charles Dickens, classifica os bebedores dos romances do avô: daqueles capazes de beber um Tâmisa inteiro aos que não dispensam um grog para celebrar a amizade.

O poeta Apollinaire preparou lagosta para Picasso, na cozinha de seu pequeno apartamento, época em que Paris era uma festa e acolhia artistas "exilados" de todo mundo. No La Tour D'Argent, em Paris, o pato prensado faz parte de um espetáculo gastronômico. O charme: o comensal recebe um cartão com o número do cannard que degustou, já com muitos dígitos.

O chowder de mariscos foi o prato de resistência servido aos marinheiros que Melville dissecou no seu livro Moby Dick. Um mar de vinho Marsala engoliu Woodhouse no seu desembarque na Sicília.

Com um mar de molho de peixe fermentado, o gourmand Apicius empresta seu nome para receitas romanas reunidas no pioneiro De Re Coquinaria. No Monte Érice siciliano, marzipãs nos levam aos céus.

Uma das bebidas preferidas de Ernest Hemingway era o mojito, do Floridita, na Cuba onde morou. Mas foi com Mâcon da Borgonha que embalou uma viagem pela França com Scott Fitzgerald.

COM SEUS SALTOS TEMPORAIS E GEOGRÁFICOS, E UMA INTENSA CONJUNÇÃO DE CULTURAS, HISTÓRIAS E MITOS, ESTÁ ALTURA DAS OBRAS CAPAZES DE ORGANIZAR NOSSAS EXPERIÊNCIAS EM GRANDES NARRATIVAS HISTÓRICAS.

Este audiolivro foi criado para todos os interessados em chás e seus benefícios a saúde. O guia abrange: cura pelas ervas, antiestresse, depressão ansiedade, cólicas, dores do dia a dia, cansaço, dormir bem, fortalecer o sistema imunológico, sabedoria milenar. Oferece ainda um glossário de ervas e chás. Seu guia de referência e consulta.

Do it yourself—don’t buy expensive boxed brands of teas that are overprocessed, ineffective, and unspecific. Once you know what to look for, it’s easy to make your own herbal remedies to treat anything from sleep, anxiety, and low energy to menstrual cramps or the common cold.

A boozy ice cream drink can be a fun and delicious addition to any occasion. This book contains a collection of prepare-ahead ice cream drink recipes to make entertaining simple and easy. Each recipe is accompanied by garnish suggestions to help make your drinks look as fancy as they do in a restaurant.

"Grüntee gilt als das "gesündeste Getränk der Welt". Wissenschaftlichen Forschungen zufolge kann Grüntee mit seinem hohen Anteil an Antioxidantien vor Krebs und Herzerkrankungen schützen, den Blutzucker senken, Darmentzündungen reduzieren, Karies vorbeugen und die Entgiftungsprozesse im Körper unterstützen.

Kaffee ist einer der meistgehandelten Rohstoffe der Welt. Von Menschen, die ihn in Äthiopien oder Vietnam anbauen, über Geschäftsleute, deren Arbeitstag an der Wall Street mit einem coffee to go beginnt, bis hin zu KaffeeforscherInnen in Costa Rica – rund um den Globus prägt dieses faszinierende Genussmittel unseren Alltag. In der Sonderausstellung "Kosmos Kaffee" nähert sich das Deutsche Museum dem vielseitigen Getränk aus einer wissenschaftlichen und zugleich sinnlichen Perspektive.

Bourbon whiskey is perhaps Kentucky's most distinctive product. Despite bourbon's prominence in the social and economic life of the Bluegrass state, many myths and legends surround its origins. In Kentucky Bourbon, Henry C. Crowgey claims that distilled spirits and pioneer settlement went hand in hand; Isaac Shelby, the state's first governor, was among Kentucky's pioneer distillers. Crowgey traces the drink's history from its beginnings as a cottage industry to steam-based commercial operations in the period just before the Civil War.

Are you tired of strict diets? Sick of prepared food systems or trendy weight loss programs? Tired of all magic pills or inflexible diets? In this gorgeous cookbook with full-color pictures of every recipe, you'll learn why the keto diet is not any of those things. You'll learn the basic foundation of the ketogenic protocol and how to use ketosis to jumpstart your weight loss whenever needed. And this book will show you how to do it quickly!

Do you love beer and want to know more about breweries? Are you thinking of starting your own brewery? This book will quench your curiosity and answer all your questions.

Jeff and Mike, better known as the social media sensations, the Sparkling Winos, present their first book, Life Is the Bubbles: An Effervescent Guide to Sparkling Wine. Just like this dynamic duo's captivating Instagram feed, the book is a bold, brash and colourful guide to all things sparkling. Presented in two parts, the book opens with fundamentals that will help you find your sparkle and identify your preferred sparkling wine style.

The perfect introduction to the world of wine, The Wine Doctor infuses personal narrative with expert knowledge. Written by doctor of nursing practice and French wine scholar Jesse McClain, this nonfiction book details everything there is to know, from what temperature wine should be stored at to his two time-international medal winning wine recipes. By the end of The Wine Doctor, you’ll not only hold the power to choose the best sauvignon blanc and merlot, but also understand the health correlations brought to you by wine.

Schon die alten Griechen wussten: Der Wein ist unter den Getränken das nützlichste, unter den Arzneien die schmackhafteste, und unter den Nahrungsmitteln das angenehmste. Und tatsächlich bestätigen heute auch Wissenschaftler, dass Wein, speziell Rotwein, in Maßen genossen, der Gesundheit dient. Es gibt zahlreiche Belege dafür, dass moderate Weintrinker seltener herzkrank werden, als Abstinenzler und starke Trinker. Darüber hinaus hebt er die Stimmung, regt den Appetit und die Verdauung an und senkt sogar den Blutdruck.

So wurde der Rum auch genannt. Als Oliver Cromwell im Kampf um die Vorherrschaft auf den Meeren, der englischen Flotte den Befehl gab, das spanische Imperium in Westindien anzugreifen, kamen die Seeleute seiner Majestät anlässlich der Eroberung von Jamaika im Jahre 1655 zum ersten Mal mit jenem hochprozentigen Getränk in Berührung. Die ersten einschlägigen Erfahrungen mit dem "Seelentröster der Seeleute" machte Admiral Pen, als er Jamaika für die Krone Englands in Besitz genommen hatte.

And are you too lazy to spend any time whatsoever learning things? This might be your jam. The greatest wine book ever—written by the world’s leading wine influencer. Adapted from the hugely popular Drinking & Knowing Things blog, this book provides 52 specific wine recommendations. All you gotta do is spend five minutes each week listening to the weekly wine recommendation, and then go out and drink a bottle of it. Within three months, you’ll be wine conversant. Within six months, you’ll become the de facto sommelier of your social group.

If you’re ready for the inside scoop on the craft beer revolution from some of America's most respected breweries, then you need to buy One More Beer, Please! We interview everyone from mammoth craft breweries to small micro and nano breweries run out of a garage! Breweries that have been around for decades and breweries that are new and making a big splash! Heck, we even interviewed real-life monks who make beer to support their ministry. This is one of the most interesting books about beer written in the last decade.