SAKE: A DRINKER'S GUIDE

by Hiroshi Kondo. Foreword by George Plimpton

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Kodansha, Tokyo, 1984, first edition.. 128 pp, small 4to (10 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0870116533 Map endpapers. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w with photographs, reproductions, drawings. "Here is an expert's guide to types, tasting, and brewing methods, with a . detailed list of Japan's best sakes and a no-nonsense approach to the misleading maze of ranks and gradings and labels. Here is a home entertainer's guide to serving - warm, but not hot, please, and how about on the rocks? or sake cocktails? - and . to the varied cuisine that has developed around sake drinking, with recipes for easy-to-make Japanese foods you and your friends can enjoy with sake throughout the year. For travelers to Japan there are helpful sections on Japanese drinking places . and on ordering, toasting, and banqueting. For North American readers, there is information on brewers and the major imported brands available in the United States. Finally, for lovers of tradition - and what is drink without tradition? - page aft. er page of authentic sake lore, from the age of the gods to the present day, offer a beautifully illustrated celebration of the sophisticated art of imbibing in Japan...." Faint erased pencil marks on free front endpaper, slight waviness to top/b. o t tom edges of textblock, one minor corner bump. Dust jacket is clipped at top of front flap, has minor edge wear, light wrinkling at bottom of spine - very light edge wrinkling elsewhere, very light rubbing. Very Good/Very Good.

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