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O chowder de mariscos foi o prato de resistência servido aos marinheiros que Melville dissecou no seu livro Moby Dick. Um mar de vinho Marsala engoliu Woodhouse no seu desembarque na Sicília.

O pintor surrealista Dalí dedicou dois grandes livros, de vinho e comida, para sua mulher Gala, ciente de que "a mandíbula é a melhor forma para conhecer o conhecimento filosófico".

O poeta Apollinaire preparou lagosta para Picasso, na cozinha de seu pequeno apartamento, época em que Paris era uma festa e acolhia artistas "exilados" de todo mundo. No La Tour D'Argent, em Paris, o pato prensado faz parte de um espetáculo gastronômico. O charme: o comensal recebe um cartão com o número do cannard que degustou, já com muitos dígitos.

Amor em tempos de murais. Frida Kahlo preparava comidas mexicanas para o comunista Diego Rivera, quando este pintava contundentes cenas em território imperialista: a Ford de Detroit.

Com um mar de molho de peixe fermentado, o gourmand Apicius empresta seu nome para receitas romanas reunidas no pioneiro De Re Coquinaria. No Monte Érice siciliano, marzipãs nos levam aos céus.

Uma das bebidas preferidas de Ernest Hemingway era o mojito, do Floridita, na Cuba onde morou. Mas foi com Mâcon da Borgonha que embalou uma viagem pela França com Scott Fitzgerald.

No cardápio ateniense, sempre há café grego (não turco) e ouzo. E quando se fala em vinho, cada país destila seus ditados, quase sempre na base de In vino veritas, "no vinho, a verdade".

COM SEUS SALTOS TEMPORAIS E GEOGRÁFICOS, E UMA INTENSA CONJUNÇÃO DE CULTURAS, HISTÓRIAS E MITOS, ESTÁ ALTURA DAS OBRAS CAPAZES DE ORGANIZAR NOSSAS EXPERIÊNCIAS EM GRANDES NARRATIVAS HISTÓRICAS.

Este audiolivro foi criado para todos os interessados em chás e seus benefícios a saúde. O guia abrange: cura pelas ervas, antiestresse, depressão ansiedade, cólicas, dores do dia a dia, cansaço, dormir bem, fortalecer o sistema imunológico, sabedoria milenar. Oferece ainda um glossário de ervas e chás. Seu guia de referência e consulta.

Do it yourself—don’t buy expensive boxed brands of teas that are overprocessed, ineffective, and unspecific. Once you know what to look for, it’s easy to make your own herbal remedies to treat anything from sleep, anxiety, and low energy to menstrual cramps or the common cold.

A boozy ice cream drink can be a fun and delicious addition to any occasion. This book contains a collection of prepare-ahead ice cream drink recipes to make entertaining simple and easy. Each recipe is accompanied by garnish suggestions to help make your drinks look as fancy as they do in a restaurant.

"Grüntee gilt als das "gesündeste Getränk der Welt". Wissenschaftlichen Forschungen zufolge kann Grüntee mit seinem hohen Anteil an Antioxidantien vor Krebs und Herzerkrankungen schützen, den Blutzucker senken, Darmentzündungen reduzieren, Karies vorbeugen und die Entgiftungsprozesse im Körper unterstützen.

From an amateur affair made by retirees to a multi-million-pound industry with quality to rival Champagne, the rise of English wine has been one of the more unexpected wine stories of the past 30 years. In this illuminating and accessible account, award-winning drinks writer Henry Jeffreys takes you behind the scenes of the English wine revolution. It's a story about changing climate and technology but most of all it's about men and women with vision, determination and more than a little bloody-mindedness.

Tea is the most consumed beverage in the world after water. People around the globe sip tea daily, enjoying not just its delicious flavors, but also its numerous health benefits, such as weight loss, glowing skin, strong immunity, and stress relief, just to name a few.

Follow Yooper Ale Trails to visit the 29 unique craft breweries and brewpubs of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Choose from among eight different Ale Trails for your personal journey. Explore the backstories of the breweries, brewers and owners, along with tasting notes on each brewery's most popular beers. Jon C. Stott, award-winning author of five beer travel books, provides expert guidance for both craft beer aficionados and tourists to enjoy one of 170 locally-brewed lagers or ales after visiting the many scenic wonders of the U.P.:

Discover how to make more than 200 easy, delicious, and affordable recipes with only four ingredients or less in the third edition of the hugely popular Home Bartender. From classic cocktails to alcohol free mocktails, this bartender’s bible has everything any host, hostess, or hobbyist could...

Kaffee ist einer der meistgehandelten Rohstoffe der Welt. Von Menschen, die ihn in Äthiopien oder Vietnam anbauen, über Geschäftsleute, deren Arbeitstag an der Wall Street mit einem coffee to go beginnt, bis hin zu KaffeeforscherInnen in Costa Rica – rund um den Globus prägt dieses faszinierende Genussmittel unseren Alltag. In der Sonderausstellung "Kosmos Kaffee" nähert sich das Deutsche Museum dem vielseitigen Getränk aus einer wissenschaftlichen und zugleich sinnlichen Perspektive.

Bourbon whiskey is perhaps Kentucky's most distinctive product. Despite bourbon's prominence in the social and economic life of the Bluegrass state, many myths and legends surround its origins. In Kentucky Bourbon, Henry C. Crowgey claims that distilled spirits and pioneer settlement went hand in hand; Isaac Shelby, the state's first governor, was among Kentucky's pioneer distillers. Crowgey traces the drink's history from its beginnings as a cottage industry to steam-based commercial operations in the period just before the Civil War.

Reflections of a Vintner recounts the lessons learned, relationships forged, and observations made from an insider's nearly 50-year journey through the burgeoning wine industry in Napa Valley. From the mid-'70s, when there were less than 50 wineries, to the present, with over 800, Tor Kenward shares his recollections as the region became a world-class wine destination.

Are you tired of strict diets? Sick of prepared food systems or trendy weight loss programs? Tired of all magic pills or inflexible diets? In this gorgeous cookbook with full-color pictures of every recipe, you'll learn why the keto diet is not any of those things. You'll learn the basic foundation of the ketogenic protocol and how to use ketosis to jumpstart your weight loss whenever needed. And this book will show you how to do it quickly!