Beverages

Toronto: New Press, 1972. 277 pp. Burgundy boards lettered in gilt on the spine; burgundy endpapers; illustrated with black and white plates and maps. Edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. The Chapters are: Now Look What I've Decanted - Me; What is the Provincial Liquor Commission - About 100 Per Cent; No Agnes Bordeaux is Not a House of Ill-repute; The Paths of Glory Lead but to the Graves; And Introducing that Great New Singing Duo - St Emilion and Pomerol; One Born to Love You Sweet - Browning; If Not an AOC Surely a VDQS; From the New Palace of the Pope to the Ancient Roasted Slope; Drinka Pinta Every Day Light and Fruity Beaujolais; Josephine You Are My Queen but Burgundy is King; Through the Cote de Nuits in a Glass-bottomed Bottle; The Closer the Beaune the Sweet the Meat; The Oyster is Chablis' World; Diane of Poitiers Had a Bust Glass; The Breakfast Wine of Champions; Well Not All Alsatians Have Wet Noses; How to Go Happily into Hock a Glass at a Time; Can Fine Wine be Happy with a Meatball; You Mean I Should Drink Schluck; and OK Pour the Wine You've Talked Long Enough; followed by an appendix and an index. . ISBN: 0887701612. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good-. 8vo. champagne; wine; drinking;. more information

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New York: Ryland Peters and Small, 2002. 64 pp. First U.S. Edition. White boards lettered in silver on the spine; illustrated endpapers; headband. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. Illustrated with colour photographs by Francesca Yorke. The Chapters are: Why Wine; Why One Wine Tastes Different From Another; Setting Up a Winetasting at Home; The Art of Tasting Wine: Sight; Smell; Taste; Tasting Conclusions; Tasting Notes Template; Key Grape Varieties; Food and Wine Matching; White and Rose Wine Styles; Red Wine Styles; and Glossary of Wine Words; followed by an index. . ISBN: 1841723479. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Francesca Yorke;. 8vo. gastronomy; cookery; wine; winery; wine tasting; vintage;. more information

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Edmonton, Alberta: C. C. Books, 1980. 104 pp. Actually undated. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. The Chapters are: A Keg of Knowledge; History and Trends; Types of Beer; Buying Storing and Serving; Guidelines to Quality Beer; Glassware; Beer Cocktail Recipes; Gourmet Cooking with Beer: Appetizers; Soups; Salads and Dressings; Breads/Sandwiches; Vegetables; Main Courses; Desserts; Fun Fads Great Games and Foolish Folly; Rating Beer Drinkers; Did You Know; and Toasts for Enjoying Beer. Included herein are recipes too numerous to list but some of the highlights are; Beer Nog; Black and Tan; Black Velvet; Depth Charge; Beer Fried Shrimp; Cheese Beer Dish; Ham Steaks with Beer Glaze; Beer Fried Trout; Sausages in Beer; Beer Biscuits; and much more.. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. beer; ale; pilsner;. more information

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London: Bracken Books, 1985. 392 pp. Reproduces the 1909 edition. Brown boards lettered in gilt on the spine; headband; illustrated with black and white plates. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. The Chapters are: Genesis of Ales and Inns; Medieval Brewing; The Influence of the Church; The Medieval Inn; Vintners and Taverns; Brewers and Breweries; The Universality of Ale; Ancient Restrictions on Brewing and Selling Ale; Early Licensing and Legislative Repression; Restrictive Punishments in the Olden Time; Introduction of Ardent Spirits and Advent of the Excise; The Gin Fever; Lingering Effects of the Gin Policy; Drinking Customs; Drunkenness the National Vice; Some Mysteries of the Drinking Cult; Old Tavern Life; The Old-time Popularity of Inns; In Praise of Inns; Inns as Public Institutions and Serving Many Public Purposes; Some Historic Inns; Other Notable Inns; The Inns of Fiction; Innkeepers and Innkeeping; Innkeeper's Tokens; Public House Signs; Signboards and Their Painters; Sign Rhymes; Compounded Beverages - Warm Drinks - etc; Drinking Songs; Drinking Vessels; Advent of the Coffee House - 1652; Suburban Tea Gardens; and Smoking. . ISBN: 0946495254. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. drinking; bars; history; british isles; united kingdom;. more information

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London: Bracken Books, 1985. 392 pp. Reproduces the 1909 edition. Brown leatherette lettered in gilt on the spine; headband; illustrated with black and white plates. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. The Chapters are: Genesis of Ales and Inns; Medieval Brewing; The Influence of the Church; The Medieval Inn; Vintners and Taverns; Brewers and Breweries; The Universality of Ale; Ancient Restrictions on Brewing and Selling Ale; Early Licensing and Legislative Repression; Restrictive Punishments in the Olden Time; Introduction of Ardent Spirits and Advent of the Excise; The Gin Fever; Lingering Effects of the Gin Policy; Drinking Customs; Drunkenness the National Vice; Some Mysteries of the Drinking Cult; Old Tavern Life; The Old-time Popularity of Inns; In Praise of Inns; Inns as Public Institutions and Serving Many Public Purposes; Some Historic Inns; Other Notable Inns; The Inns of Fiction; Innkeepers and Innkeeping; Innkeeper's Tokens; Public House Signs; Signboards and Their Painters; Sign Rhymes; Compounded Beverages - Warm Drinks - etc; Drinking Songs; Drinking Vessels; Advent of the Coffee House - 1652; Suburban Tea Gardens; and Smoking. . ISBN: 0946495254. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. drinking; bars; history; british isles; united kingdom;. more information

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Rutland, Vermont; Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle, 1994. (xvii) 133 pp. Quarter-bound in brown cloth on patterned boards; pasted-on title on the front pane; banner-style dustjacket; cream-coloured endpapers; headband; green and patterned slipcase with a pasted-on title on the front panel. Very light rubbing on the corners of the slipcase and the book; no interior markings. Illustrated with drawings. The Chapters are: The Cup of Humanity; The Schools of Tea; Taoism and Zennism; The Tea-room; Art Appreciation; Flowers; and Tea-masters; followed by a biographical sketch.. ISBN: 0804800693. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo. japan; japanese; ceremony; custom; gastronomy; cookery; recipe; recipes; culinary arts; collectible;. more information

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Victoria, British Columbia: Fermenthaus, 1979. 48 pp. Light wear on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with line drawings by Reynold Knowlton. The Chapters are: Ingredients: Malts; Hops; Hallertau; Tettnanger; Saaz; Northern Brewer; Styrian Goldings; English Goldings; Yeast; Top Fermenting Ale Yeast; Bottom Fermenting Ale Yeast; Water and Water Treatments; White Cane Sugar; Corn Sugar; Milk Sugar; Heading Agents; Acid; Ascorbic Acid; Gelatin; Potassium Metabisulphite and Sodium Metabisulphite; Irish Moss; Yeast Energizer; and Yeast Nutrient. Equipment: Boiling Kettle; Primary Fermenter; Syphon Equipment; Secondary Fermenter; Fermentation Locks; Beer Bottles; Bottle Filler; Crown Capper; Bottle Washer; Hydrometer; Clinitest; Iodine Starch Test, Recipes: Concentrated Beer Worts; Standard Light German Lager; Irish Brown Ale; British Pale Ale; Pilsner; Munich Lager; Irish 1912 Stout; Malt Extract and Hop Brewing Method; Basic Lager Method; Basic Ale Method; Mashing Malted Cereals. The Product: Chamber of Horrors; and Cornelius Draught Beer System; followed by an index. . ISBN: 0969013108. First Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Reynold Knowlton;. 8vo. beer making; ephemera;. more information

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Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1986. (ix) 150 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. The Chapters are: What's in a Cream Liqueur; Beginning with the Basics; Creating Cream Liqueurs; Cocktails Coffees and Ice Creams; Cakes and Cheesecakes; Pies Filled Pastries and Fruit Dishes; Cookies and Cupcakes; Candies and Confections; Sauces Quiches Fondue and Flan; followed by an appendix and an index. Herein are recipes too numerous to list but some of the highlights are: Amaretto Chocolate Cheesecake; Avocado Kiwi Cream Liqueur; Banana Cream Liqueur; Bundt with Coconut Cream Liqueur Custard; Double-Chocolate Coffee; Basic Recipe for Chocolate Liqueur; Blueberry Quiche Amaretto; Irish Coffee; Haagen-Dazs Creamy Cheesecake; Kahlua Mint Irish Cream Liqueur; Oat Bran Muffins with Banana Cream Cheese Filling; Mocha Coconut Cappuccino Fudge; Wishniak Cream Liqueur; and many more. . ISBN: 0809251213. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. gastronomy; cookery; recipe; recipes; culinary arts;. more information

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London: Impact Books, 1992. 156 pp. First Thus. This is a new edition. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; creasing on the upper left corner of the back cover; not store stamped. The Chapters are: In the Beginning was the Wort; On the trail of the Loathsome Bine; From Gin Lane to Porters' Pleasure; It's just the Gypsum in the Soil; Russian Imperial and Yonkers Scotch; Heavy going; The Turn of the Tied; Denting the Dustbin; Put the Kettle on; Raising the Living; Signs of the Times; Haven't You got Homes to go to; Last Orders; and Plain Person's Guide to Pub and Beer Terms. . ISBN: 1874687013. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. british beer; brewing; lager; ale; inn and pub signs;. more information

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New York: Grove Press - Black Cat Editions, 1962. 151 pp. Black Cat Book BA-12. Light edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. The Chapters are: The Christian Diversion; The Shortest Way Out of Manchester; and The Bird of Warning.. First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. vintage paperback; collectible;. more information

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London: Harper Collins, 1994. 64 pp. Glossy pictorial boards matching the dustjacket; brown endpapers. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. Profusely illustrated in colour with a few black and white drawings. The Chapters are: The East India Company; The Story of Coffee; How Coffee is Produced; Varieties of Coffee; and A Question of Taste; followed by an index.. ISBN: 0004127390. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 16mo. more information

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Nashville, Tennessee: Favorite Recipes Press, 1996. 128 pp. Glossy pictorial boards matching the dustjacket; blue endpapers; headband. Wraparound dustjacket art and interior drawings by LeRoy Neiman. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. The Chapters are: Born in Bubbles - The Place - The 12 Months of Champagne; Taste Will Tell - Styles - Conducting a Tasting - Reading the Label; Champagne Tidbits - Top 10 Champagne Markets - 20 Top Champagne Houses - Vintage Charts; Champagne and Chefs - Cooking with Champagne - Recipes for Everyday - Meals from Acclaimed Chefs; Morning Noon and Night - The Champagne Cocktail - Cocktail Recipes; The Affordable Luxury - Weddings - Gifts and Celebrations - Opening - Storing; and Quips and Quotes - Toasts - Glossary - Reading List. The recipes are are: Champagne Oyster and Corn Soup - from Anne Rosensweig; Oysters in Champagne Sauce - from Andrew d'Amico; Scallops of Striped Bass with Tomato - from Piero Selvaggio; Pizza with Smoked Salmon and Caviar - Wolfgang Puck; Rich and Famous Chicken; and Essence of Silver and Gold - from Robin Leach; Chicken in Champagne Sauce with Green Peppercorns - from The Champagne Lady; Champagne Pineapple Clove Ice - from Stephen Pyles; Champagne Rollos de Lengnado - from Josephina Howard; Chilled Strawberry Soup with Champagne and Saffron - from Kevin Garvin; and Roasted Sea Bass with Champagne Sauce Haricots Verts and Carrots - from Sylvain Portay. . ISBN: 0965185508. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by LeRoy Neiman;. 8vo. champagne; gastronomy; cookery; recipe; recipes; culinary arts;. more information

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