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Learn to COOK - The Brewmaster's Table: Discovering the Pleasures of Real Beer with Real Food
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Manufacturer: Ecco
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 642
EAN: 9780060005719
ISBN: 0060005718
Label: Ecco
Manufacturer: Ecco
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: 2005-05-01
Publisher: Ecco
Release Date: 2005-05-03
Studio: Ecco
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Traditional craft-brewed beer can transform a meal from everyday to extraordinary. It's an affordable, accessible luxury. Yet most people are only familiar with the mass-market variety. Have you tasted the real thing? In The Brewmaster's Table, Garrett Oliver, America's foremost authority on beer and brewmaster of the acclaimed Brooklyn Brewery, reveals why real beer is the perfect partner to any dining experience. He explains how beer is made, relays its fascinating history, and, accompanied by Denny Tillman's exquisite photographs, conducts an insider's tour through the amazing range of flavors displayed by distinct styles of beer from around the world. Most important, he shows how real beer, which is far more versatile than wine, intensifies flavors when it's appropriately paired with foods, creating brilliant matches most people have never imagined: a brightly citric Belgian wheat beer with a goat cheese salad, a sharply aromatic pale ale to complement spicy tacos, an earthy German bock beer to match a porcini risotto, even a fruity framboise to accompany a slice of chocolate truffle cake. Whether you're a beer aficionado, a passionate cook, or just someone who loves a great dinner, this book will indeed be a revelation.
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Summary: The Brewnaster's Table
Comment: Very comprehensive and interesting review on the global styles of beers and food pairings. Any fan of real beer should probably own this one, although I'll disclose that it doesn't cover every new USA craft brewery that seem to be springing up all over the US. I don't agree with pairing spicy foods with highly hopped beers, but found no major objections to the rest of the book.
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Summary: The Brewmaster is the Master
Comment: I have read this three times and continue to return to it. The author has a very easy to read style and is very knowledgeable. Reading about biking through Belgium makes it that much harder waiting to go there myself. I highly recommend it for anyone that is interested in beer.
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Summary: Best beer and food book I have found
Comment: This is without a doubt the best book on pairing beer and food I have found. It's also one of the best beer books available, with detailed, even passionate descriptions of most beer types, and knowing descriptions of representative individual beers and famous breweries. One can quibble ... it's possible to disagree with a few of his reviews or a few of his selections, and after a while one tires of hearing of beers that can be matched to beef cheeks. But, by and large, a fantastic book. I've started giving copies to friends ... even friends who don't drink beer ... so that they will have a vague idea of what it means to be a beer enthusiast.
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Summary: A Bible for the beer foodie
Comment: Between 1850 and 1880, "Brewers Row" in Brooklyn became home to eleven breweries, due to a massive influx of immigrants from Germany. By the end of the century, Brooklyn had become a major center for brewing, boasting 48 brewing establishments.
In the spirit of this brewing tradition, Garrett Oliver emerges. As Brewmaster and a partner of Brooklyn Brewery, he imparts his knowledge like flakes of gold, creating traditional styles of beer with classic depth. An avid lecturer, he articulates the connection between fine food and beer with the passion of a master.
THE BREWMASTER'S TABLE - DISCOVERING THE PLEASURES OF REAL BEER WITH REAL FOOD is a bible for the beer foodie. Mr. Oliver entices you into his world, using colorful words to tease you into submission. Once captured, he takes you on a grand journey, matching food tastes with beer styles, introducing you to fine European traditions, and creating a burning desire for more.
The reader travels with him throughout Europe, to the Payottenland district west of central Brussels, home to lambic beer. Discover the Bavarian Weissbiers, with their strong spices and malt sweetness, merging seamlessly with Thai, Indian, Mexican and Chinese foods. Visit the pubs of London, with their English Bitters and Imperial Stouts. Enter the fascinating world of Trappist and Abbey Ales - Chimay from Abbaye Notre-Dame de Scourmont and Westmalle from Abdij Trappisten van Westmalle - and onward, through the Czech Republic and returning to America, where traditions are merged by the artisans of beer.
Whether you are a connoisseur of beer, a gourmet cook - captivated with the art of pairing food with beer, or an individual with a passion for palatable treats, THE BREWMASTER'S TABLE leads you into the pleasures of real beer with real food.
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Summary: This book is the guide to beer!
Comment: I've had this book for 2 years and just bought it for a friend because I've loved it so much. I've reread this book twice because there is so much great information. This book changed the way I look at, buy and drink beer. I'm also a home brewer and this book gave me a whole new perspective on what I was trying to make and what I wanted from my beer.
There are few books that talk about pairing beer with food and I think this is THE book on the subject.
If you want to broaden your beer horizons, this book will do it. You will never look back.
Enjoy!
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