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Alcoholic Spirits

Nonfiction

Edible spring flowers spruce up your punch bowl

Some of Ma Nature’s earliest blooms are also edible, including violets, Johnny jump-ups, pansies and dandelions. You will find a treasure trove of libation inspiration in Punch Bowl & Pitcher Drinks by Jeanne Kelley and Sarah Tenaglia (Clarkson Potter, 2015). Gardens, fields and meadows provide a surprising source of flavors…
Mea Stewart
April 24, 2015
Nonfiction

This spring break, Party Like a President

If nothing else, we here at BookTrib feel bound by the sense of decorum that our devotion to books and literature commands. Therefore, I humbly beg your indulgence while I express the following sentiment: Its SPRING BREAK, baby! Woooo-hooooo!!! PARTY!! PARTY HEARTY, PEOPLE!!! Thanks. I feel better now. Actually, I…
Michael Ruscoe
March 15, 2015
Nonfiction

A Taste of The Whisky Cabinet

My relationship with whiskey started out hot and heavy—more a whiskey shooter than a whiskey sipper. Over time, my tastes matured, and I began to savor the slow and smoky sip of my favorite peaty winter-time whiskey, Laphroaig. Mark Bylok understands the complexity that comes with sipping whiskey and recognizes…
Amanda Harkness
February 1, 2015
Nonfiction

The nerd’s guide to cocktails

The New Year has dawned. The hangovers have passed (hopefully). Now you are wondering what was in your cousin’s mystery punch and plotting ways to get him banned from every liquor store and wine shop in a 100-mile radius. Armed with a New Year’s resolution to not to be a…
Mea Stewart
January 1, 2015