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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
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Anthony Bourdain, Lord
New York Chef Tony Bourdain gives away secrets of the trade in his wickedly funny, inspiring memoir/expose. Kitchen Confidential reveals what Bourdain calls "twenty-five years of sex, drugs, bad behavior and haute cuisine." Last summer, "The New Yorker" published Chef Bourdain's shocking, "Don't Eat Before Reading This." Bourdain spared no one's ...
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Windows on the World Complete Wine Course
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Kevin Zraly
"Windows on the World Complete Wine Course" is simply the bestselling wine book in the United States - it's a classic. This new edition contains an additional 16 wonderful pages, including a featured supplement about the olfactory system and how it deepens our enjoyment of wine. Written in a question-and-answer format, the section is co-authored ...
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Wine for Dummies
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Ed McCarthy, Mary Ewing-Mulligan
Wine enthusiasts and novices, raise your glasses! The No. 1 wine book has been extensively updated! If you're a connoisseur, "Wine For Dummies", fourth edition will get you up to speed on what's in and show you how to take your hobby to the next level. If you're new to the world of wine, it will clue you in on what you've been missing and show you ...
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The Wine Bible
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Karen MacNeil
THE WINE BIBLE is like a lively course from an expert teacher, grounded deeply in the fundamentals and enriched with passionate opinions, asides, tips, anecdotes, definitions, glossaries, illustrations, maps, photos, charts, and wine labels - everything, in fact, but the actual bottle of wine itself. Beginning with the basics of mastering wine - ...
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Wine and War: The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure
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Don Kladstrup, Petie Kladstrup
This World War II history tells of the inventive and sometimes risky effort by the French to preserve their cultural heritage and to keep their wines from falling into Nazi hands during the occupation.
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The Oxford Companion to Wine
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Jancis Robinson
Hailed by Frank J. Prial in The New York Times as "a required reference for anyone who is serious about wine," and by Anthony Dias Blue as "one of the definitive reference books on the subject," The Oxford Companion to Wine won every major wine book award, including the Julia Child and the James Beard awards. Now, Jancis Robinson has completely ...
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The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine
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Benjamin Wallace
Suspenseful, witty, and thrillingly strange, this work delivers the vintage tale of what could be the most elaborate con since the Hitler diaries.
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The Bartender's Black Book
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Stephen Kittredge Cunningham
The seventh edition of this most popular new drinks guide for the new generation imbiber or the traditional Martini lover. Over 2,500 recipes provided, with 500 Martinis alone! Clear and easy instruction from one of America's most famous professional bartenders makes for fun browsing of drink options and mixing, stirring or shaking. "What shall we ...
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Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book
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Hugh Johnson
This year's edition boasts up-to-date news on more than 6,000 wines, growers, and regions from world experts, with invaluable vintage information, peerless food and wine matching tips, as well as a personal review of the last three decades from the world's best-known wine writer. Maintaining the same authoritative tone and clarity of presentation ...
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The New Wine Lover's Companion
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Sharon Tyler Herbst, Ron Herbst
The first edition of this popular wine reference was hailed by Jurgen Gothe of the "Vancouver Sun" as athe best new wine book in more than a decade.a "The New Wine Loveras Companion" has been completely rewritten and updated to make it even better. No wine snobbery here. This bookas style is relaxed and conversational, serving up information ...
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How to Taste: A Guide to Enjoying Wine
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Jancis Robinson
Hailed by Paul Levy in "The Wall Street Journal" as "our cleverest, most thoughtful wine writer," Jancis Robinson makes learning about wine almost as enjoyable as drinking it. With "How to Taste," she's put together a unique wine-tasting course based on practical exercises that appeal to wine connoisseurs of all levels. Robinson explains first how ...
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Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide: The Complete, Easy-To-Use Reference on Recent Vintages, Prices, and Ratings for More Than 8,000 Wines from All the Major Wine Regions
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Robert M Parker, Jr.
Thoroughly revised and updated, this sixth edition of the "Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide" has been eagerly awaited by seasoned collectors and occasional drinkers alike. No one wants to waste his or her precious dollars on an unenjoyable bottle, and with Parker's advice in hand, no one ever will. Employing his famous 100-point rating system, Parker ...
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The Wine Trials
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Robin Goldstein, Alexis Herschkowitsch
6,000 glasses of evidence that will change the way you buy wine: Hide the label...and the truth comes out. Acclaimed Fearless Critic Robin Goldstein has gone around the country serving 6,000 glasses of wine from brown paper bags to experts and everyday wine drinkers around America. Here, in print for the first time, are the shocking results, ...
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Everyday Drinking
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Kingsley Amis, Christopher Hitchens (Introduction by)
Mixing practical know-how and opinion, this collection of hilarious and deeply informed writings about drink is served up by one of the great all-time authorities.
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Bartending for Dummies
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Ray Foley
When you are serving drinks at a bar, you should have at least basic knowledge of about 200 of the most popular cocktails in your head. A cocktail is, according to "Webster's New World Dictionary, " any of various alcoholic drinks made of a distilled liquor mixed as with wine, fruit juice, or soda water and usually iced." There are thousands of ...
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The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia
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Tom Stevenson
The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia The essential insider's guide to every major wine-growing region in the world, this book offers dozens of helpful Top 10 lists covering a broad range of topics, including Best-Value Producers, Greatest-Quality Wines, and Most Exciting or Unusual Finds. The book is a must for every wine serious enthusiast who wants ...
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The World Atlas of Wine
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Jancis Robinson, Hugh Johnson
Written by the world's most authoritative wine duo, the unparalleled clarity and detail of the maps remain core to the Atlas. Each of the 200 maps has been thoroughly researched and updated. Reflecting the happenings over the last six years in the world of wine, the pages devoted to the New World show a lot of changes. New additions include: ...
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The Tender Bar: A Memoir
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J R Moehringer (Read by)
This warmhearted but clear-eyed memoir by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist J.R. Moehringer spotlights the somewhat unorthodox location that served as his refuge in childhood and early adulthood. After Moehringer's mother left his abusive, alcoholic DJ father, the two lived with his grandparents in Manhasset, Long Island. As his grandfather was ...
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The Way to Make Wine: How to Craft Superb Table Wines at Home
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Sheridan F Warrick
Written by a vintner and science editor with twenty-five years experience, "The Way to Make Wine" is the most readable and reliable handbook among the many winemaking guides. In engaging conversational prose, Sheridan Warrick shows that making your own wine is not only easy, but also fun. Geared to everyday wine lovers who want to drink well, save ...
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The Emperor of Wine: The Rise of Robert M. Parker, Jr. and the Reign of American Taste
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Elin McCoy
The first book to chronicle the rise of Robert M. Parker, Jr., the world's most influential and controversial wine critic, who, over the last twenty-five years, has dominated the international wine world and embodied the triumph of American taste. This is the story of how an American lawyer raised on Coca-Cola caused a revolution in the way wines ...
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Judgment of Paris: California Vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting That Revolutionized Wine
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George M Taber
Told for the first time by the only reporter present, this is the full story of the mythic Paris Tasting of 1976--a blind tasting where a panel of esteemed French judges shocked the industry by choosing unknown California wines over France's best.
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Whiskey: The Definitive World Guide
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Michael Jackson
Whether readers are interested in the story behind the aromas and flavors or in what makes certain distilleries unique, this book is one of the most fascinating illustrated examinations of whiskey on the market.
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The Complete Bartender
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Robyn M Feller, Philip Lief Group (Producer)
From classic drinks to new taste sensations, "The Complete Bartender" is the total guide to great bartending and perfect party planning. The easy-to-follow recipes take readers through the steps of preparing drinks of all kinds. Reissue.
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Gary Vaynerchuk's 101 Wines: Guaranteed to Inspire, Delight, and Bring Thunder to Your World
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Gary Vaynerchuk
Deeming himself 'the wine guy for the average Joe,' Vaynerchuk avoids the pomposity of traditional educators. Unlike wine guides that lack animation and lecture rather than inspire, "101 Wines" shows you how to develop the necessary go-drink-wine attitude. Vaynerchuk encourages you to trust your own palate - stressing that your love of a certain ...
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World Atlas of Wine
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Hugh Johnson
There are few books that have had such a monumental impact in their field as The World Atlas of Wine; sales of the first four editions exceed 3.5 million copies. Now, world-renowned authors Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson have teamed up to combine their unrivalled talents. Together they have created the fifth edition of this masterpiece, making ...
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