Wine Great

And a Bottle of Rum tells the raucously entertaining story of America as seen through the bottom of a drinking glass. With a chapter for each of 10 cocktails, Wayne Curtis reveals that the homely spirit once distilled from the industrial waste of the exploding sugar trade has managed to infiltrate every stratum of New World society. Curtis takes us from the taverns of the American colonies, to the plundering pirate ships off the coast of Central America, to the watering holes of pre-Castro Cuba, and to the kitsch-laden tiki bars of 1950s America.

Every great drink starts with a plant. Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley. Gin was born from a conifer shrub when medieval physicians boiled juniper berries with wine to treat stomach pain. The Drunken Botanist uncovers the surprising botanical history and fascinating science and chemistry of over 150 plants, flowers, trees, and fruits (and even a few fungi).

Clara Cannucciari became an internet sensation late in life, making cooking videos until her 96th birthday. Her YouTube® Great Depression Cooking channel garnered an army of devoted followers. Now, in Clara's Kitchen, she gives listeners words of wisdom to buck up America's spirits, recipes to keep the wolf from the door, and tells her story of growing up during the Great Depression with a tight-knit family and a "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" philosophy of living.

Brot backen und dabei abzunehmen, das war das letzte, was Autorin Tanja Ludwig auf der Rechnung hatte. Jahrelang kaufte die Bäckerstochter und selbsternannte "Weltmeisterin der gescheiterten Diäten" nur in der Abteilung für Übergrößen ein. Ein Vortrag einer Ärztin öffnete ihr jedoch die Augen: Sie erkannte, dass Brot und sogar Kuchen keinesfalls dick machen müssen, wenn beim Backen die richtigen Zutaten verwendet werden.