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I Really Like this book. Just about each recipe comes with a non acoholic version which I like because now I can make the drinks for my children as well. Each drink recipe comes with a picture so you know exactly how your finish outcome is suppose to look. There is 34 drink recipes in the book. Some of the recipes you will find are: Sparkling mint & strawberry lemonade, Mango Tango, Dockside delight, Petal Punch, Mimosa Punch, Citrus cooler, etc. This is a wonderful book to add to any cookbook collection.Get more detail about Punch.

Mild Ale: History, Brewing, Techniques, Recipes (Classic Beer Style Series, 15) Order Now

While traveling in the UK years ago I entered a pub and asked the publican to pour me one of his best. He poured me a mild ale. I was really surprised. It had a wonderful flavor and wasn't at all mild. Ever since then I've been hunting for another purveyor of mild ales. It's not a type of ale pursued by the American brewing establishment.

At last, this book presents the history of mild ales and is the first source I've found that explains why some really aren't that mild. It's a lovely history and hopefully will rekindle an interest in this dying style.

I hope some microbrewery will make a mild ale where I live (Colorado), but until then this book has given me a number of recipes to try. I've been home brewing for years and have tried making a few mild ales with moderate results. The book addresses the types of ingredients that are needed to recreate this style. Armed with the knowledge in this book, I look forward to brewing some mild ales of my own.

Mild ales are a style of ale missing in today's microbrew marketplace, one I feel merits a rediscovery by the brewing community. This book should be in the library of anyone seriously interested in brewing ales, especially British ales. Excellent.Get more detail about Mild Ale: History, Brewing, Techniques, Recipes (Classic Beer Style Series, 15).

Infused: 100+ Recipes for Infused Liqueurs and Cocktails Decide Now

I ordered this for myself and loved the recipes so much I bought 2 more for gifts. Great Book!Get more detail about Infused: 100+ Recipes for Infused Liqueurs and Cocktails.

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Okay, I bought this because it has the recipe for TollHouse chocolate chip cookies written by the lady who created chocolate chip cookies(and no, it wasn't Mrs.Fields). This has a lot of old time kitchen advice my Grandmas would have given if they had given advice. That old time common sense kind of advice, especially for young brides. Look, I've been cooking for 45 years and I can still appreciate good advice. You never stop learning(if you know what's good for you) and this is also why I guess I love Paula Dean so much. She's an old country cook, too. It also compliments my heritage Betty Crocker cookbook from the 60s from which I learned to cook(my mother wasn't a cook, my one grandma lived too far away to spend time in her kitchen, and I couldn't spend ALL my time watching my other grandma cook, though I helped her a lot). I just wish I had watched my Dad make Potato Soup(he was the champian potato soup maker and I don't even think Bobby Flay would have dared issue him a throwdown, having become discouraged right off the bat thinking he had to try to out do my Dad at Potato soup would have made even Paula Dean have second thoughts(sorry, Paula Darlin', but Daddy was the Potato soup KING). Maybe that's because Dad's Grandma was Irish? You betcha!Get more detail about Toll House Tried and True Recipes.

Lowest Price Favorite Brand Name 4 Ingredient Cookbook

This cookbook lives up to its name, as well as its subtitle fast & easy recipes. There are ALOT of great recipes in this book. I have actually borrowed alot of cookbooks from the library & this cookbook was a MUST buy! Unlike some cookbooks where you may find limited recipes appealing, this cookbook has many, many simple & great tasting recipes. Highly recommended! This is now my go-to cookbook.Get more detail about Favorite Brand Name 4 Ingredient Cookbook.

Low Price Wine Basics: A Quick and Easy Guide

In a nutshell,basic information what to look for in a nice bottle of wine. Takes all the guess-work out of your next purchase. Loaned it to a friend who was touring the wine country in France. "Can't wait to hear how helpful it was." Any-one can be a wine connoisseur! Get more detail about Wine Basics: A Quick and Easy Guide.

Save Somersize Cocktails: 30 Sexy Libations from Cool Classics to Unique Concoctions to Stir Up Any Occasion

I never recieved this item, I am very disappointed and would not recommend using this seller again. Although the item was inexpensive, they did not respond to my email or offer any assistance. Do not do business with this seller.Get more detail about Somersize Cocktails: 30 Sexy Libations from Cool Classics to Unique Concoctions to Stir Up Any Occasion.

Discount Coffee: A Dark History

This is at my local coffee shop and I read some of it everytime I have coffee. Overall, it is fascinating and well written. Wonderful to know more about my dailey brew.Get more detail about Coffee: A Dark History.

Cheapest Raw Spirit

I really wanted to like this book, I promise. It's a great premise, and Banks' fiction work is great. But I found the book boring. There's not all that much about whisky or distilleries, other than a seemingly endless count of passages that read something like "We woke up that morning and had another large breakfast at the Hogsbreath Inn, then went to visit Quoylesly, Bruighbladdach, and Dinglefoot distilleries. Let me tell you about this time I passed another car in my M5 before meeting up with more friends to drink beer and whisky....." There's no coherent narrative (yes, I am aware it is non-fiction), many of the anecdotes are just boring, I lost track of the names of all of his friends and relations. I sympathized with his anti-war sentiment, but his attitudes seemed mildly hypocritical given that he's driving around a bunch of fuel-hogs. I don't know, the book just wasn't worth it, so I stopped reading...Get more detail about Raw Spirit.

Cheap Backroads of the California Wine Country: Your Guide to the Wine Country's Most Scenic Backroad Adventures (Backroads of ...)

When many people visit California to tour wineries, they head for Napa Valley on the weekend and sit in traffic jams for hours on route 29. Realizing that everyone in the slowly moving train may not be totally sober, the visitors think about how much they would like to be someplace else. A little known fact is that there are back roads into virtually every wine region in California that offer stunning vistas, gorgeous greenery and constantly changing scenes around every curve.

Backroads of the California Wine Country is a great resource for those inexperienced visitors. Otherwise, these well-meaning travelers will miss the best of what the wine country has to offer: Scintillating scenery!

The photographs do a great job of picking up on the amazing sights. Here are a few of my favorites:

p. 6 -- The moon rises over vineyards in Napa County's Carneros region

p. 11 -- A dramatic sunset over Napa Valley wine country

p. 13 -- Cirrus clouds float above the hills of the Redwood Valley of Mendocino County

pp. 18-19 -- The early morning sky glows orange in the hills above Ukiah

p. 22 -- Orr Springs Road twists and turns through some of the most pristine and dramatic landscapes in wine country

p. 30 -- This lovely tree-lined drive leads to Fetzer Vineyards, a wholly organic winery and the sixth-largest premium wine producer in the country

p. 31 -- The warm valleys around Hopland offer an ideal climate for growing grapes as well as apples and pears

p. 34 -- Mount Konocti, illuminated by the setting sun, looms large above this Lake County vineyard

p. 35 -- Peaceful at sunrise, Clear Lake State Park

p. 35 -- The vibrant flower gardens of Tulip Hill Winery

p. 38 -- A distant moon sets beyond a winter vineyard in the Valley of the Moon

pp. 42-43 -- Vineyards stretch across the Alexander Valley in northern Sonoma County

p. 47 -- Downtown Geyserville is lined with charming buildings

p. 83 -- A rainbow forms

p. 90 -- Hot air ballooning

p. 94 -- Winery at Groth Vineyards

p. 99 -- Grape vines and mustard plants

Nice work, Mr. Crabbe!

The text is equally inspired with a nice mix of California history, wine background, local features, and suggestions for activities you can enjoy. The text is also well endowed with maps to show you the directions of the backroads that you are being encouraged to pursue.

Here are some of the unexpected materials:

p. 24 -- Seabiscuit's home in Willits

p. 36 -- Organic farming methods

p. 45 -- Cyrus Alexander's founding of the Alexander Valley

p. 61 -- Jack London in the Sonoma Valley

p. 89 -- The soil of Rutherford

p. 108 -- Apple Hill, east of Placerville

p. 117 -- The Gold Rush

p. 125 -- Covered bridges

p. 133 -- Steinbeck's world

Here are the areas covered:

The Redwood Valley in Mendocino County
Anderson Valley
Hopland and the McDowell Valley
Lake County
Alexander Valley
Dry Creek Valley
The Russian River Valley
Green Valley
Valley of the Moon
Sonoma Valley
Northern Napa Valley
St. Helena
Eastern Napa Valley
Yountville
Oakville
Mount Veeder
Town of Napa
Wooden Valley
Los Carneros
El Dorado County
Shenandoah Valley
Calaveras County
Santa Cruz Mountains
Carmel Valley
Salinas Valley
San Juan Bautista
Paso Robles
Edna Valley
Santa Barbara County
Santa Ynez Valley

Nice work, Ms. Misuraca!

Don't miss this gorgeous volume. It'll transform your life if you follow its advice.


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Buying The Wine Roads of Texas: An Essential Guide to Texas Wines and Wineries

Interested in Texas wines and vineyards?
This is a good primer, albeit somewhat out of date.
The author, well versed in the system of grapes-to-bottle, focuses on local interests and the personalities of the grape growers and winemakers.
And it is interesting to compare the data in the book with actual contemporary information to see how the industry is maturing. Get more detail about The Wine Roads of Texas: An Essential Guide to Texas Wines and Wineries.

Purchase WineSmarts, Vol. 1

This game has 100 flashcards and a pad of score sheets. The cards have questions and then multiple choice answers or true/false. There are 25 questions about grapes, 25 questions about regions, 25 questions about vocabulary, and then 25 wild card questions.

The grape questions refer to characteristics of the grapes you're most likely encounter. The region questions highlight wines from some of the major wine-producing regions. The vocabulary questions defines useful wine terms. And then the wild card questions include history, trivia and other choice bits of information.

The guidelines for the games includes having teams and then each team must answer correctly. If the question is answered correctly, place an x on the score sheet in that category. The winner is the team who answers 3 questions correctly from each category.

You could also use The Wine Deck: 50 Ways to Choose, Serve, and Enjoy Great Wines (Discerning Tastes). Those are flashcards but with no answers.

Overall a great game and would be nice to play sitting around with friends tasting bottles of wine. It is also a good learning tool if you just use the flashcards. It would be great for a geography of wines teacher to use in the classroom.

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Order Gourmet Shops of NY: Markets, Foods, Recipes

The book arrived quickly. The Pictures are beautiful. And info on Gourmet shops and deli's are great. A terrific book for foodies.Get more detail about Gourmet Shops of NY: Markets, Foods, Recipes.

Where To Buy Early American Cookery: "The Good Housekeeper," 1841

The book is interesting. I enjoyed seeing how they measured and found some different receipes. I am very pleased with the book. I also liked the way they told other housekeeping hints.Get more detail about Early American Cookery: "The Good Housekeeper," 1841.

Shop For Diffordsguide Cocktails 8 (Diffords Guide)

This is an amazing book. The pictures are amazing, the recipes are clear and the notes are interesting.

It has sections on bar tools, techniques, and at the back a glossary with lots of great detail on all things mentioned in the recipes.

It has key ingredients listed, from which you can make 500 of the drinks in the book.

However, the only index is by these same key alcohols... you can find out what drinks use one of them, but other than that the only way to find things is by name. This is somewhat ameliorated because the website allows you to search all recipes by ingredient and the search is quite powerful. However, it would have been nice to have that in the book.

My only other complaint is that while the ratings go from 1-5 (in 1/2 point increments) almost all are 3 or above. There are three 2 star ratings and one 1.5 star rating (found only by using the website's search).

Those minor complaints aside, this is a fantastic reference. If someone comes and asks for an obscure drink, you are likely to find it here.

By the way, the #8 is the edition. Difford keeps updating and refining the guide which is impressive.Get more detail about Diffordsguide Cocktails 8 (Diffords Guide).

The Cakebread Cellars Napa Valley Cookbook: Wine and Recipes to Celebrate Every Season's Harvest

By Bill Marsano. If you haven't heard of Jack and Dolores Cakebread it's probably because their wine is so fine it's always on allocation--there's not enough to go around, so the annual production is allocated to customers and restaurateurs who supported the Cakebreads when they founded their family winery in Napa in 1973. Still, you can get a taste of the Cakebreads and their way of life through this handsome book, written with their resident chef, Brian Streeter. One guiding principle here is the seasons: They dictate life at the winery, and so the recipes are seasonal as well. Another guiding principle is "Napa style"--the kind of relaxed elegance the area has become known and envied for. It's simple, stylish and superb. The recipes are clearly presented one to a page in legible type, and they come from many sources. Of course one expects Hispanic and Italian dishes--the Spanish discovered the place and the Italians were among the first to grow wine there. But the Cakebreads have cast their net wide to cover most of the Mediterranean basin--southern France, Morocco, Greece are also included--and there are Pacific Rim and Asian influences as well. And just for lagniappe, there are several recipes contributed by guest chefs at the Cakebreads' annual American Harvest Workshop. After a few pages of this you are going to have a powerful inclination to get yourself out to Napa. You could do worse. --Bill Marsano is a James Beard award-winning writer on wines, food and travel.Get more detail about The Cakebread Cellars Napa Valley Cookbook: Wine and Recipes to Celebrate Every Season's Harvest.

American Bar: The Artistry of Mixing Drinks Review

I bought this book approx 7 years ago when I was learning to bartend. It makes a great presentation in my "library". But no recipes for Cosmopolitans(?) This is during the comeback of the cocktail.
I tend to use my Ultimate A to Z Bar Guide more often. The American Bar is not aimed at the usual bar clientèle.Get more detail about American Bar: The Artistry of Mixing Drinks.