: March 20
Celebrated Los Angeles bartender Christiaan Röllich approaches a drink the way a master chef approaches a dish: he draws on high-quality seasonal ingredients to create cocktails for every occasion
and Diana Kennedy has spent many years traveling the length and breadth of Oaxaca to record in words and photographs "these little-known foods
where the samovar and chaikhana reign supreme
Jane Butel's Simply Southwestern includes over 200 recipes from appetizers to desserts including beverages showcasing both traditional and innovative preparation and presentation
Doctors and Distillers: The Remarkable Medicinal History of Beer, Wine, Spirits, and Cocktails (Camper English) Mexico City : March 20Alcohol and Medicine have an inextricably intertwined history, with innovations in each altering the path of the other. The story stretches back to ancient times, when beer and wine were used to provide nutrition and hydration, and were employed as solvents for healing botanicals. Over time, alchemists distilled elixirs designed to cure all diseases, monastic apothecaries developed mystical botanical liqueurs, traveling physicians concocted dubious