The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks by Amy Stewart

The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks

Amy Stewart

611 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink history science informative lighthearted slow-paced

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Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley, tequila from agave, rum from sugarcane, bourbon from corn. Thirsty yet? In The Drunken Botanist, Amy Stewart explores the dizzying array of herbs, flowers, trees, fruits, and fungi that ...

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