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Odd Eldritch headphones, lunches with audiobook legends, and seeing celebrities in the wild! These and other strangeness await the listener along with twelve episodes of the Geekery & Wine podcast! Pairing some of Colby's favorite bottles with the best of Geek culture and including liner notes from the audiobooks made along the way, it’s part memoir, part critique and part how-to.

Discover the joy of creating your own exquisite wines with "Home Wine Making for Absolute Beginners: Unlocking the Secrets of Homemade Wines." This powerful guide takes you from the very basics to advanced techniques, allowing you to freely expand your skills in an easily understandable way. Whether you're in a cramped city apartment or a spacious country house, this book has everything you need to start your winemaking journey.

A cup of coffee or tea paired with interesting company is an unbeatable combination. We learn and share so much through this simple social ritual. Nuanced origin stories. Brow-raising secrets. Good news. Bad news. Hopes and dreams, insecurities and fears. Sip by sip, we do business, catch up, plan our lives, and discover common ground.

Infuse it or lose it Whether enjoying a detox diet, some spa water, or merely the occasional fruit drink, you will not be disappointed. These all-natural recipes are carefully chosen for their mental, physical and psychological enhancements... Indispensable micronutrients, minerals, herbs and crucial vitamins are infused in every drink, guaranteed for every common ailment. Includes: Strawberry Basil Bonanza Red Apple Brown Detox Cleanser Cucumber Mint Medley Watermelon Coriander Pineapple Mint Cooler Kiwi Coconut Refresher Thyme, Tangerine-Fennel Fusion Cantaberry Meltdown Orange Spritzer ...

An interesting public health paradox has emerged in some developing nations. Despite government commitment to eradicating noncommunicable diseases and innovative prevention programs aimed at reducing obesity and type 2 diabetes, sugary beverage and fast food industries are thriving. But political leaders in countries such as Mexico, Brazil, India, China, and Indonesia are reluctant to introduce policies regulating the marketing and sale of their products. Why? Eduardo J. Gomez argues that the challenge lies with the strategic politics of junk food industries in these countries.

Spill the Tea aims to provide listeners with the most vital information about the flavored tea industry. It distills 15 years of career knowledge by systematically answering top questions about flavored and blended tea, providing a complete view behind the blending room door.

From Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka, an innovative cocktail book that caters to a growing trend—mocktails for nondrinkers that are just as delicious and fun as their cocktail counterparts—in a joyful combination of seventy elevated, perfectly paired alcoholic and nonalcoholic recipes that let everyone raise a glass.

God tells us in His Word that “My people perish for a lack of knowledge.” Many people, including Believers, have severe food allergies and digestive issues; many are lactose intolerant. I’ll never forget, working along with my pastor at a Healing and Deliverance conference in California, my pastor Fernando Perez obtained a Word of Knowledge that there were people in the room suffering from digestive issues and lactose intolerance due to they had consumed food and beverages, which they did not bless. He explained that they had been inflicted with these ailments because they had ...

Whether you want to make wine for your own sipping pleasure, to share with friends and family, or even to sell and make a profit, this book is your simple guide to making it happen.

From coffee beans to extraordinary flavors. Being hundreds of years old, coffee has influenced civilizations and inspired many makers to discover new recipes for millions to enjoy. Yet what if there was a way to experience the best natural coffee flavors in the world by making them yourself? Why We Love Coffee is a visual collection of coffee facts and recipes that not only teach you how to recreate beloved coffee blends, but taste them like a professional coffee enthusiast.

This book is a celebration of chai, the healthy Ayurvedic drink that is not only woven into the fabric of life in India, but now rapidly growing in popularity and enjoyed across the world. The Book of Chai presents 65 delicious recipes for chai, including recipes using chai spices and dishes to accompany chai. As well as explaining the health benefits and different techniques for making chai, this book contains chais for different seasons, times of day and moods.

Vintage refers to the year grapes are harvested, and that vintage holds meaning. You can look up the weather in any almanac, but some stories are known only to insiders—until now. In this wine book Grant Reynolds, award-winning sommelier, deciphers these signatures to reveal the impact of marketing and mentorship, technology and trends, and influencers old and new.

Professor Erika Szymanski makes wine science accessible to non-experts. Rather than approach wine science as body of facts about wine, Szymanski explores how wine science can open up multiple ways of seeing, understanding, and appreciating wine. Too often, wine science is presented as a comprehensive body of knowledge that enthusiasts aiming to become experts should memorize. This book instead uses scientific research to explore wine as an endlessly rich cultural phenomenon.

Here eminent food historian Jeffrey M. Pilcher narrates the brewing traditions and contemporary production of beer across Europe, North America, Africa, Asia, and Latin America—from the fermented beverages of precapitalist societies to the present. Unique local products, often homebrewed by women, were transformed into homogenous global commodities as giant brewing factories exported their beers using new refrigeration technology, railroads, and steamships.

Beer is the first alcoholic beverage known to human civilization. It is a drink that has perhaps played an important role in the evolution of mankind. In fact, many believe that beer is the reason why humans started to grow barley around 9000 BC. In short, humans started to make beer long before they started to make bread for food! This book How to Brew Your Own Beer offers you a comprehensive guide you can follow to brew your very first batch of beer right at home!

Jordan Salcito was drawn to wine from a young age (her father shared memories of making wine with his father in their basement in their Italian American community), but she didn’t encounter great wine until she moved to New York and started working harvests at world-renowned wineries in Burgundy. Over the years of sommelier exams, wine tastings, and creating award-winning programs at top restaurants, she honed her palate and her own criteria for choosing the perfect bottle for any occasion. Using her personal journey as a template, she demystifies this beloved beverage for everyone.

Journeying through the decades, this book profiles a diverse array of influential hostesses. With each historic era comes iconic recipes, featuring a total of forty main cocktails and more than 100 variations that listeners can make at home. Whether its happy hour punch a la Martha Washington or a Harlem Renaissance-inspired Green Skirt, listeners will find that many of the ingredients and drinks they're familiar with today wouldn't be here without the hostesses who served them first.

In Fermentation, Rachel de Thample shines a light on one of the oldest methods of preserving food, which is just as relevant today, and shows you how to produce delicious and health-boosting ferments in your own kitchen.

To many, the idea of brewing a cup of coffee at home seems quite a feat. How do you know which coffee beans to choose? How long do you brew them for? And, more importantly, how do you know which coffee machine to purchase in order to make this homemade beverage a reality? All of these questions make it seem simpler to plunk down three or four dollars each morning at the coffee stand. But the process of creating the perfect cup no longer needs to be a daunting task!

HowExpert Guide to Tea explores the best practices you can find worldwide when it comes to making teas of all kinds. Tea is the second-most consumed beverage globally, and this book seeks to explore all the ways people enjoy it, and how you can make yourself the very best cup of tea. Learn the difference between the different types of tea and what makes their flavors distinct and delicious. Learn how to blend your own tea, and how to brew it once you’re ready.