“Victoria Moore applies charm to what is often a rather boring subject (unless you partake at the same time you read) drinking. You won’t find an ounce of boring here as she takes you through the whole gamut. The focus, is of course, alcohol related drinks which she presents seasonally. As you read, you’ll be enticed to try drinks you may never heard of before (new ones for me included Kir and Eaux-de-vie) and view old stand-bys with new appeal.” ––Project Foodie http://www.projectfoodie.com/spotlights/cookbooks/reading-for-the-foodie.html
“Unlike your typical recipe book, “How to Drink” by Victoria Moore, offers readers a guide to make what we drink taste better - from choosing the rights foods to go with your drink to selecting the right drink for the occasion or season. It’s also unusual because it’s not laden with glossy photographs, each image perfect down to its exacting garnish. Instead you have to - gasp! - use your mind to imagine the loveliness of a cucumber martini on the first warm summer day (which we frankly think looks better than any picture in a book). Moore, who lives in London and writes for the Guardian about wine, ensures no drink lover commit a beverage faux pas.” ––The San Luis Obispo Tribune http://www.sanluisobispo.com/books/story/1014142.html
“Victoria Moore’s How to Drink is not a beginner’s bar book. She is a Brit with a continental flair for libation lore. She offers little treatises on Pimms’ Cups, fresh juice, and a how-to on tea, coffee, and cocktails. I enjoyed it immensely. Ms. Moore also offers recipes for snacks and dishes to accompanies her favourite beverages. This is a great book for bon vivants!” ––DolceDolce http://www.dolcedolce.com/?cat=211
“The book is arranged by season with suggestions for everything from breakfast smoothies to after-dinner drinks. Her food selections and recipes complement the drink rather than vice versa. It is filled with useful, fun and sometimes funny advice.” ––Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09344/1019679-389.stm
“In the past few decades, many of us have become sophisticated about food, but we have not given the same attention to what we drink. In How to Drink, Victoria Moore aims to redress the balance, by showing how to drink well throughout the seasons and at all times of day. She explains how to make the most delicious coffee and juices; how to choose wine that complements your food; and how to make cocktails for every occasion — whether to serve a garden barbecue, as a cold weather aperitif, or just to unwind with at the end of the day. … How to Drink is a hugely readable, browseable and authoritative handbook, whose aim is to inform, entertain and crucially, make sure you can find the right drink at the right time.” ––The Gastronomer’s Bookshelf http://www.thegastronomersbookshelf.com/4762_new-release-how-to-drink
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“A good drink – the right drink poured at just the right moment – becomes not just a thirst-quencher, but part of our social fabric.” – from How to Drink .
“How To Drink” by the Guardian’s wine writer Victoria Moore.
I love reading cookbooks – the sort with a story and background. I like to learn about the history of the food, the author and the region of where the food is from. The actual ‘how-to’ of putting a dish together is really a by-product.
This book does precisely that. In brief granted, as many drinks require whole library sections dedicated to them, but the novel thing about this book is it is all about drinks, alcohol or alcohol free, and not just how to throw together a brain aching number of cocktails. Victoria provides some historical background on numerous well known spirits as well as some of the lesser known or less popular drinks.
I want to cut out and laminate the tea section to have to hand every time I get served up some dishwater. I want to send a copy to every hotel, cafe and restaurant from here to Sydney who has ever served me a cup of tea, and shout “look this is how you do it!” It just shouldn’t be so hard to get a decent cuppa right, yet I don’t remember the last time I had a good one served outside my kitchen
You may be better off reading this in a tee-total household as I was constantly tempted to rush to the drinks cabinet and rustle up various concoctions along the way, no matter the time of day.
The books structure covers the seasons although Victoria is not suggesting you only drink certain drinks at those times of the year; but a mulled wine and a Pimms all have their own special place in both my heart and the calendar. There are suggestions to help you marry up different foods to drinks, handy if you’re hosting a party and are unsure what to serve, especially if your guests are the sort to pick up on such things.
On New Years Eve we visited a local pub where I had a really pleasant Hendricks Gin and Tonic (Fever Tree). I’m sure if I had looked over the counter I would have found a copy of this book!
I have friends who call me a food snob and I do hope that I’m not becoming a drink snob as well, because I think I could become very boring if that were the case. I do believe in spending good money on good food and eating healthily, and that should not just stop at food but should mean good drink too. “How to Drink” is a great handbook to browse through (or read cover to cover like I did) that will help you to do just that.