Cooking / Beverages / Wine & Spirits

Bartending for Dummies

by Ray Foley

This latest edition of Bartending For Dummies features over 1,000 drink recipes in an A-Z format with clear, easy-to-follow instructions. This 4th Edition also provides:

• Detailed information on how to properly...

Wine for Dummies

by Ed McCarthy & Mary Ewing-Mulligan

Wine enthusiasts and novices, raise your glasses! The #1 wine book has been extensively updated! If you’re a connoisseur, Wine For Dummies, Fourth Edition will get you up to speed on what’s in and show you...

A-Z of Whisky

by Gavin D Smith & Richard Paterson

WHISKY is not only the world's most consistently successful and popular drink, it is also one of the oldest, having been around in one form or another since the first millennium. However, documentary records...

The Standard Wine Cookbook

by Anne Director

Petterson's California Journal "The Standard Wine Cookbook, by Anne Director, is the perfect addition to any cooking library. Director has recorded hundreds of food and drink recipes using wine from around the...

Wine Secrets

by Marnie Old

Inside Tips from Top Wine Experts

Michael Mondavi, Jacques Pépin, Gina Gallo, and Kevin Zraly are just four of the contributors to Wine Secrets—a compilation of tips and tricks from today’s top wine...

Making Fine Wines and Liqueurs at Home

by Leigh Beadle

Making Fine Wines itemizes the simple equipment needed for wine-making, and clearly describes the procedures for making wine and sparkling wines, sherry and port.  There is also an extensive section on liqueurs. ...

Wine for Dummies

by Ed McCarthy & Mary Ewing-Mulligan

The #1 wine book—now updated!

The art of winemaking may be a time-honored tradition dating back thousands of years, but today, wine is trendier and hotter than ever. Now, wine experts and authors Ed McCarthy...

Ultimate Little Cocktail Book

by Ray Foley

More than 1000 cocktail recipe! Top recipes from the pros The Ultimate Little Cocktail Book is the perfect drink resource for any bar, party or event. With more than 1,000 of the best cocktail recipes form America's...

Educating Peter: How I Taught a Famous Movie Critic the Difference Between Cabernet and Merlot or How Anybody Can Become an (Almost) Instant Wine Expe

by Lettie Teague

Lettie Teague knows wine. She has been the wine editor at Food & Wine magazine for almost a decade. The only question she is asked more than "Can you recommend a great wine for under $10?" -- great cheap white:...

The Way to Make Wine: How to Craft Superb Table Wines at Home

by Sheridan Warrick

Geared to everyday wine lovers who want to drink well, save money, and impress their friends, this book reveals everything needed to make delicious wines-both reds and whites-from start to finish. A new preface...

Hugh Johnson's Pocket Encyclopedia of Wine 2001

by Hugh Johnson

An indispensable tool of the wine enthusiast, Hugh Johnson's Pocket Encyclo- pedia of Wine 2001 is thoroughly revised to provide the most up-to-date information. This 24th edition of the world's bestselling...

Grapes into Wine

by Philip M. Wagner

As the first to write a basic book in English on winemaking from the winemaker’s point of view, Philip Wagner has long been considered an authority on the subject, and his book American Wines and Wine-Making...

Italian Wine for Dummies

by Mary Ewing-Mulligan & Ed McCarthy

?A must-have book for anyone who is serious about Italian wines.?

?Lidia Bastianich, host of PBS?s Lidia?s Italian Table

?I have yet to encounter more knowledgeable guides to...Italian wine.?

?Piero Antinori, President,...

Whiskey and Spirits for Dummies

by Perry Luntz

Would you like to better appreciate fine distilled spirits? Whiskey & Spirits For Dummies is your complete guide to selecting and enjoying this family of noble beverages, flavor by flavor. From whiskey, rum,...

Home Winemaking for Dummies

by Tim Patterson

An informative, fun guide to making your own wine

It's estimated that one million North Americans make their own wine. Relatively inexpensive to make (a homemade bottle costs from $2 to $4), a bottle with your...

The Everything Guide to Wine

by Peter Alig

A robust resource to take you from first sip to fully stocked wine cellar! With this guide, you can go from only knowing the difference between red and white to understanding the nuances of all varieties. You'll...

The Vintner's Apprentice: An Insider's Guide to the Art and Craft of Wine Making, Taught by the Masters

by Eric Miller

An insider tour of vineyards, wineries, cellars, and more! In The Vintner’s Apprentice, you get behind-the-scenes access to the wine world’s real-life masters of the craft, as well as a guide to the techniques...

The Kentucky Bourbon Cocktail Book

by Joy Perrine

Interest in bourbon, America's native spirit and a beverage almost exclusively distilled in Kentucky, has never been greater. Thanks in part to the general popularity of cocktails and the marketing efforts of...

Let's Talk Wine!

by Marc Chapleau & Vladimir Konieczny

Chapleau answers more than 120 questions in this ideal companion for wine lovers, whether beginner or connoisseur.

The Wine Trials 2011

by Alexis Herschkowitsch & Robin Goldstein

The Wine Trials is the essential under-$15 wine guide that shook the wine world to its core by proving that in brown-bag blind tastings, people actually preferred cheaper wines to more expensive ones. It all...