An essential guide to grappa, the Italian pomace brandy distilled from the remnants of the winemaking process. The authors include an A to Z of both vintners and distillers, talk about the distilling process, identify winegrowing regions, and adorn their account with photos of both products and countryside. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The world s best drink book contains everything about the Italian spirit grappa with beautiful photos by Europe s #1 grappa expert."

No Sunday school teacher, Kool-Aid drinker or politician is ever going to be ok with any of the contents of this book, oh well. So many people have become sick and tired of how soft and fluffy the world has become. Where anything and everything is either offensive or dangerous, regardless if it was intended to be or not. A world where bubble wrap and participation ribbons are now more valued than honesty and hard work. Yet, few will ever admit to this out loud due to a fear of reprisal at the hands of a right fighter or political correctness warriors, but that’s not here. A liquor infused, open, honest, direct personal insights about the strange world we have now made, that only gets more and more interesting and unique as each additional shot is consumed. If words + booze + free thinking scare you, you’re likely going to be wetting the bed tonight. Sleep with a nightlight on and a butter knife under your pillow and you’ll be alright, but if you don’t just drink the lukewarm water from the fishbowl of this Band-Aid, beige world, you may find some truth, humour and a lot of questions both raised and maybe even answered within here. www.GrappaThoughts.com

The Bassano del Grappa Pocket Guide will help you discover the city, with its history and fine living. You will be able to organize your personal itinerary thanks to the following information found in the book: -Useful information for an all-round experience; -Localized route with short descriptions of museums and monuments to learn about its history; -Rooms and restaurants in the city centre; -Information about what to visit in the surroundings; -The people who made the city famous; -The role of Bassano in the First and Second World War.

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Capture the flavors of Italy with over 150 recipes for conserves, pickles, sauces, liqueurs, and more in this “engagingly informative” guide (Elizabeth Minchilli, author of Eating Rome). The notion of preserving shouldn’t be limited to American jams and jellies, and in this book, Domenica Marchetti puts the focus on the ever-alluring flavors and ingredients of Italy. There, abundant produce and other Mediterranean ingredients lend themselves particularly well to canning, bottling, and other preserving methods. Think of marinated artichokes in olive oil, classic giardiniera, or, of course, the late-summer tradition of putting up tomato sauce. But in this book we get so much more, from Marchetti’s travels across the regions of Italy to the recipes handed down through her family: sweet and sour peppers, Marsala-spiked apricot jam, lemon-infused olive oil, and her grandmother’s amarene, sour cherries preserved in alcohol. Beyond canning and pickling, the book also includes recipes for making cheese, curing meats, infusing liqueurs, and even a few confections, plus recipes for finished dishes so you can savor each treasured jar all year long. “Pack artichokes, peppers and mushrooms in oil. Make deliciously spicy pickles from melon. Even limoncello, mostarda and confections like torrone can come straight from your kitchen... The techniques may have been passed down by generations of nonnas, but they knew what they were doing.”—Florence Fabricant, The New York Times “Marchetti elevates preserved food from the role of condiment to center stage.”—Publishers Weekly

Adam Jacobs, a Jewish seventh grader at Beachmont Middle adores Sally Fletcher. But it is 1966, and Sally is Catholic. Horrified by the religious and racial divisions of their suburban town, Adam and Sally organize a kids' march to protest the Vietnam War and meet Martin Luther King who is shaping the civil rights movement of their day.