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The Perfect Tonic

- The Remarkable Medicinal History of Beer, Wine, Spirits and Cocktails
Af: Camper English Engelsk Paperback

The Perfect Tonic

- The Remarkable Medicinal History of Beer, Wine, Spirits and Cocktails
Af: Camper English Engelsk Paperback
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Shortlisted for the André Simon Food & Drink Book AwardAn intoxicating interconnected history of booze and medicine, from one of the world’s foremost cocktail writers.Consider the Negroni. The bittersweet cocktail dating to the early 1900s is made of equal parts gin, sweet vermouth and Campari. Gin takes its name and flavour from the juniper tree, which medieval doctors burned to ward off bubonic plague and other miasmas. ‘Vermouth’ comes from the German word for wormwood, a herb famous for its ability to rid the body of intestinal parasites. Campari is a brand of liqueur dating to 1860 with a secret recipe probably containing gentian (effective against indigestion) and rhubarb root (used as a laxative). The perfect cocktail of curative ingredients is now self-prescribed as an aperitif.The intertwined stories of medicine and alcohol stretch back to the ancient world, and involve alchemy, madness and monks, not to mention microbiology, biochemistry and germ theory. Now, in The Perfect Tonic, Camper English reveals how and why the contents of our medicine and liquor cabinets were, until surprisingly recently, one and the same.
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Shortlisted for the André Simon Food & Drink Book AwardAn intoxicating interconnected history of booze and medicine, from one of the world’s foremost cocktail writers.Consider the Negroni. The bittersweet cocktail dating to the early 1900s is made of equal parts gin, sweet vermouth and Campari. Gin takes its name and flavour from the juniper tree, which medieval doctors burned to ward off bubonic plague and other miasmas. ‘Vermouth’ comes from the German word for wormwood, a herb famous for its ability to rid the body of intestinal parasites. Campari is a brand of liqueur dating to 1860 with a secret recipe probably containing gentian (effective against indigestion) and rhubarb root (used as a laxative). The perfect cocktail of curative ingredients is now self-prescribed as an aperitif.The intertwined stories of medicine and alcohol stretch back to the ancient world, and involve alchemy, madness and monks, not to mention microbiology, biochemistry and germ theory. Now, in The Perfect Tonic, Camper English reveals how and why the contents of our medicine and liquor cabinets were, until surprisingly recently, one and the same.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 368
ISBN-13: 9780008394608
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0008394601
Udg. Dato: 20 jul 2023
Længde: 30mm
Bredde: 198mm
Højde: 129mm
Forlag: HarperCollins Publishers
Oplagsdato: 20 jul 2023
Forfatter(e): Camper English
Forfatter(e) Camper English


Kategori Kulturstudier: mad og samfund


ISBN-13 9780008394608


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 368


Udgave


Længde 30mm


Bredde 198mm


Højde 129mm


Udg. Dato 20 jul 2023


Oplagsdato 20 jul 2023


Forlag HarperCollins Publishers