The drunken botanist the plants that create the world's great drinks
Amy Stewart explores the dizzying array of herbs, flowers, trees, fruits, and fungi that humans have, through ingenuity, inspiration, and sheer desperation, contrived to transform into alcohol over the centuries.
| Main Author: | Stewart, Amy. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Chapel Hill, N.C. :
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,
2013.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
Amy Stewart explores the dizzying array of herbs, flowers, trees, fruits, and fungi that humans have, through ingenuity, inspiration, and sheer desperation, contrived to transform into alcohol over the centuries. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes index. Includes charts. |
| Physical Description: |
xv, 381 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781616200466 1616200464 |
| Author Notes: |
Amy Stewart is the award-winning author of six books on the perils and pleasures of the natural world. She is the cofounder of the popular blog Garden Rant and is a contributing editor at Fine Gardening magazine. She and her husband live in Eureka, California, where they own an antiquarian bookstore called Eureka Books. |