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1 online resource (ix, 351 pages). |
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text file |
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Arts and traditions of the table : perspectives on culinary history
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Arts and traditions of the table.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Turn over a bottle of wine and you may well see a reference to its terroir, the total local environment of the vineyard that grew the grapes, from its soil to the climate. Winemakers universally accept that where a grape is grown influences its chemistry, which changes the flavor of the wine. A detailed system has codified the idea that where the grapes are grown matters to the wine. But why don't we feel the same way about whiskey? The master distiller Rob Arnold reveals how innovative whiskey producers are recapturing a sense of place to create distinctive, nuanced flavors. He takes readers on a world tour of whiskey and the science of flavor, stopping along the way at distilleries in Kentucky, New York, Texas, Ireland, and Scotland. Arnold puts the spotlight on a new generation of distillers, plant breeders, and local farmers who are bringing back long-forgotten grain flavors and creating new ones in pursuit of terroir. In the twentieth century, we inadvertently bred distinctive tastes out of grains in favor of high agronomic yields-but today's artisans have teamed up to remove themselves from the commodity grain system, resurrect heirloom cereals, bring new varieties to life, and recapture the flavors of specific local ingredients. The Terroir of Whiskey makes the scientific and cultural cases that terroir is as important in whiskey as it is in wine"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Whiskey -- United States.
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Whiskey. |
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United States. |
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Distilleries -- United States.
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Distilleries. |
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Distillers -- United States.
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Distillers. |
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COOKING / Beverages / Wine & Spirits. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Arnold, Robert, 1987- The terroir of whiskey New York : Columbia University Press, [2021] 9780231194587 (DLC) 2020026158 |
| ISBN |
9780231550895 electronic book |
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0231550898 electronic book |
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9780231194587 hardcover |
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