Wine & Beverages

In his innovative book on the attitudes toward and consumption of alcohol, Rod Phillips surveys a 9,000-year cultural and economic history....

Everything you need to know about the fruit of the vine - from A to Zinfandel....

Aldo Sohm is one of the most respected and widely lauded sommeliers in the world. He's worked with celebrated chef Eric Ripert as wine director of three-Michelin-starred Le Bernardin for over a decade, yet his philosophy and approach to wine is much more casual....

This comprehensive but accessible handbook is for the average coffee lover who wants to make better coffee at home. Unlike other coffee books, this one focuses exclusively on coffee—not espresso—and explores multiple pour-over, immersion, and cold-brew techniques on ten different devices....

So many people enjoy beer, but little do they know about the beer ingredients that go into their favorite drink. But what if you could understand how to make the types of beer that have influenced millions all over the world?

As a teenager, Steve Schwartz lived in 24/7 survival mode, going hungry whenever he couldn’t find enough work to pay for a school lunch. His mother’s death launched him on a journey to the far reaches of the world, where he discovered a passion for the ancient, calming rituals of tea....

Infused invites us to discover these remarkable places, introducing us to the individual growers and household-name chefs Lovell has met along the way - and reveals the true pleasures of tea. The result is a delicious infusion of travel writing, memoir, and recipes....

Since its earliest days, The New Yorker has been a tastemaker: literally....

Molecular Gastronomy documents the sensory phenomena of eating and uses basic physics to put to bed many culinary myths....

Designed to help you identify and talk about what you're tasting, bestselling author Jessica Easto provides better understanding of the astounding complexity contained within coffee beans....

The bastard step-child of Milton Friedman and Anthony Bourdain, Socialism Sucks is a bar crawl through former, current, and wannabe socialist countries around the world....

Gain the wine know-how you’ve always wanted in this comprehensive course. With thousands of wines on sale in the US today, choosing just the right one for each occasion can be a challenge even for the experienced....

This is a fun but respectful (and very comprehensive) guide to everything you ever wanted to know about wine from the creator and host of the popular podcast Wine for Normal People, described by Imbibe magazine as "a wine podcast for the people"....

The Book of Hops profiles 50 of the most popular and important hops from around the world with notes on taste, composition, use, origin, history, and associated beer styles....

From renowned booze correspondent Henry Jeffreys comes this rich and full-bodied history of Britain and the Empire, told through the improbable but true stories of how the world’s favourite alcoholic drinks came to be....

So You Want to Start a Brewery? is the first-person account of Tony Magee's gut-wrenching challenges and heart-warming successes in founding Lagunitas Brewing Company....

It was the most expensive bottle of wine ever sold. In 1985, at a heated auction by Christie’s of London, a 1787 bottle of Château Lafite Bordeaux - one of a cache of bottles unearthed in a bricked-up Paris cellar and supposedly owned by Thomas Jefferson - went for $156,000....

The Absinthe Forger pieces together the forger's subterfuge and motivation. It shows how absinthe can transform a person-and even connect drinkers with a deeper, often hidden sense of self.

Every time you open a bottle of wine, you embark on a journey through a world of sensations. Yet for all its pleasurable qualities, wine can be bewildering in its mystery and complexity....

The original India Pale Ale was pure gold in a glass....

Russia is famous for its vodka, and its culture of extreme intoxication. But just as vodka is central to the lives of many Russians, it is also central to understanding Russian history and politics....

Essential wine pairings for everything from popcorn to veggie burgers to General Tso’s chicken, based on the wildly popular Grub Street column....

Veseth has "grape expectations" that globalization, Two Buck Chuck, and the revenge of the terroirists will uncork a favorable future for wine....

We are familiar with the medical opinion that a daily glass of wine is good for the health and also the rival opinion that any more than a glass or two will set us on the road to ruin....

Meet the hostesses who have shaped cocktail history, and learn how to make the drinks they loved.