Beverages & Wine

1001 Wines You Must Taste Before You Die

This highly opinionated, addictively browsable compilation of 1,001 “must try” wines offers the most enjoyable drinking experience for novice and connoisseur alike. Included in the list are classics as well as groundbreaking new up-and-comers from all major regions of the world. Divided into four sections: red, white, sparkling, and fortified wines. The informed selections offer …

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Taste Buds and Molecules: The Art and Science of Food, Wine, and Flavor

“If Catalan superchef Ferran Adria is the leading missionary of molecular gastronomy, Mr. Chartier is his counterpart with a corkscrew.”—Globe and Mail This award-winning book, now available for the first time in English in the U.S., presents a cutting-edge approach to food and wine pairing. Sommelier Francois Chartier has spent the better part of two decades collaborating with …

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I Taste Red: The Science of Tasting Wine

I Taste Red is the first book of its kind to address and relate all the different sensory and psychological factors that shape our experience of tasting wine. Award-winning author Jamie Goode explores how our sensory system, psychology, philosophy, and flavor chemistry all play a central part in our perception and enjoyment of wine. He uses case studies, …

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The Skinnytaste Meal Planner: Track and Plan Your Meals, Week-by-Week

Get on the road to your best selfA meal planner companion to the New York Times bestselling The Skinnytaste Cookbook, this 52-week journal will help you take an organized, proactive approach toward the lifestyle you want.   • PLAN MEALS: look ahead and decide to eat healthy all week; choose snacks to pack for each day    • TRACK CALORIES OR POINTS: count …

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Questions of Taste: The Philosophy of Wine

Interest in wine has steadily increased in recent years, with people far more sophisticated about wine than they used to be, and with more and more books being written about it, not to mention the success of films like Sideways. And, inevitably, those who take a serious interest in wine find themselves asking questions about it that …

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Taste as Experience: The Philosophy and Aesthetics of Food (Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History)

Taste as Experience puts the pleasure of food at the center of human experience. It shows how the sense of taste informs our preferences for and relationship to nature, pushes us toward ethical practices of consumption, and impresses upon us the importance of aesthetics. Eating is often dismissed as a necessary aspect of survival, and our personal enjoyment …

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Wine Sense: The Art of Appreciating Wine

Wine Sense consolidates 40 years of wine buying and drinking experience and research into an easy-to-understand book on how to improve your wine tasting and appreciation. This book is about enjoying and quickly getting better at drinking wine. Wine is enjoyed sensually, intellectually and emotionally. We first experience wine through our basic senses. …

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A First Course in Wine: From Grape to Glass

Whether you enjoy the occasional glass of wine or you like to have one every night with dinner, Dan Amatuzzi’s A First Course in Wine will provide you with everything you need to know about how to smell, taste, and enjoy fine wines. With stunning imagery and helpful diagrams throughout, you’ll learn:-the science behind winemaking-how to interpret wine …

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More Tastes & Tales from Texas with Love

This second book about Texas cooking was in response to the success of Tastes & Tales From Texas…With Love. Many readers of the first book loved the combination of tales and recipes. Often they sent a favorite family recipe and a story or a bit of history about their area, and a book began to …

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