Mention rum and it conjures up visions of swaying palm trees on white sandy Caribbean beaches. There's probably a pirate sailing ship gliding past, as well. There's a good reason for this romantic tropical image. Rum is made from sugar, and is traditionally produced where cane sugar is grown, and that's in warmer, tropical climates Because of this tropical connection, rum-based cocktails often include tropical fruits or fruit juices. Pineapples, bananas and limes also play an important role in many rum cocktails. Rum Cocktails provides recipes for 33 classic and modern cocktails and mixed drinks made from rum, together with a brief look at the history and lore of the spirit and essential information on glasses, mixing, garnishing and serving. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Columnist, author and wine writer David Biggs takes a wry look at the Good Life and the people who live it. His essays aim to "prick the bubble of pretentiousness" that so often surrounds wine and wine connoisseurs.Although Biggs is regularly invited to serve on wine judging panels, he refuses to take the subject of wine - or life - seriously. He once published a series of annual books titled 'The South African Plonk Buyers' Guide, ' but gavethem up when people started taking him seriously.The illustrations were originally drawn on the backs of wine score sheets and unpaid bar bills.
God calls believers to not only be born again but to live a holy life. Those who stay true to God to the end will be saved. God desires that His people stay true to Him and inherit eternal life. In spite of the great danger of falling away, God’s Word, Spirit and power provides believers with what is necessary to stay true to God. “Established in Holiness” focuses on the biblical theme of God’s call for Christians to be established in their faith and God’s call for Christians to not only win others to Christ but to teach them to be disciples who know and obey all that Christ teaches as revealed in the Bible. Learn or reaffirm: How God changes us when He gives us spiritual life and power. The danger of falling away. How God keeps and establishes Christians The Role of God as our keeper. God’s provisions for us to stay true to Him to the end. Consider sharing what you learn from “Established in Holiness” to help other new Christians and all Christians become stronger in their faith and walk with God.
When American forces arrived in Vietnam, they found themselves embedded in historic village and frontier spaces already shaped by many past conflicts. American bases and bombing targets followed spatial and political logics influenced by the footprints of past wars in central Vietnam. The militarized landscapes here, like many in the world�s historic conflict zones, continue to shape post-war land-use politics. Footprints of War traces the long history of conflict-produced spaces in Vietnam, beginning with early modern wars and the French colonial invasion in 1885 and continuing through the collapse of the Saigon government in 1975. The result is a richly textured history of militarized landscapes that reveals the spatial logic of key battles such as the Tet Offensive. Drawing on extensive archival work and years of interviews and fieldwork in the hills and villages around the city of Hue to illuminate war�s footprints, David Biggs also integrates historical Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data, using aerial, high-altitude, and satellite imagery to render otherwise placeless sites into living, multidimensional spaces. This personal and multilayered approach yields an innovative history of the lasting traces of war in Vietnam and a model for understanding other militarized landscapes.
Winner of the 2012 George Perkins Marsh Prize for Best Book in Environmental History In the twentieth century, the Mekong Delta has emerged as one of Vietnam’s most important economic regions. Its swamps, marshes, creeks, and canals have played a major role in Vietnam’s turbulent past, from the struggles of colonialism to the Cold War and the present day. Quagmire considers these struggles, their antecedents, and their legacies through the lens of environmental history. Beginning with the French conquest in the 1860s, colonial reclamation schemes and pacification efforts centered on the development of a dense network of new canals to open land for agriculture. These projects helped precipitate economic and environmental crises in the 1930s, and subsequent struggles after 1945 led to the balkanization of the delta into a patchwork of regions controlled by the Viet Minh, paramilitary religious sects, and the struggling Franco-Vietnamese government. After 1954, new settlements were built with American funds and equipment in a crash program intended to solve continuing economic and environmental problems. Finally, the American military collapse in Vietnam is revealed as not simply a failure of policy makers but also a failure to understand the historical, political, and environmental complexity of the spaces American troops attempted to occupy and control. By exploring the delta as a quagmire in both natural and political terms, Biggs shows how engineered transformations of the Mekong Delta landscape - channelized rivers, a complex canal system, hydropower development, deforestation - have interacted with equally complex transformations in the geopolitics of the region. Quagmire delves beyond common stereotypes to present an intricate, rich history that shows how closely political and ecological issues are intertwined in the human interactions with the water environment in the Mekong Delta. Watch the book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp1-UItZqsk
35 recipes of sheer pleasure await. Here is the ideal companion to choosing and enjoying that perfect last drink of the day. More than just a guide to enjoying brandy, cognac and port, this ebook covers the full range of after-dinner drinks, including dessert wines, Madeira, whisky, bourbon, Armagnac, Calvados, rum, marc, grappa, eaux de vie and other liqueurs, as well as Irish coffees and after-dinner cocktails. These drinks take many forms, according to local custom or family tradition. In Scotland it may consist of a sip of well-aged single malt whisky, while the traditional after-dinner drink in England is an old port. The French appreciate a bedtime balloon glass of good Cognac and South Africans enjoy a fine pot-still brandy, or a sweet jerepigo. In each case the drink is designed to help you digest your meal and relax your mind in preparation for a good night's sleep. No wonder it is sometimes referred to as a nightcap. Sections include information on how to serve, how much to serve, the right glass, accompaniments and timing.,
Management Consulting: A Guide for Students bridges the gap between the latest academic research and practical skills to provide a comprehensive new introduction to modern consulting. David Biggs' important new textbook walks students through the key dimensions of management consulting from the contexts, through the processes, and into skills and implementation using a wide range of examples to provide a refreshing and modern guide for students. Every chapter deploys a consistent pedagogical framework including clear learning objectives that correspond with the latest standard course outlines, mini case studies, and industry snapshots. Full-length case studies appear at the end of every chapter, either prepared specifically for the text by international academics and consultants or supplied from premium vendors such as Harvard Business Review. A full set of online supporting resources for students and lectures make this the complete resource for management consulting courses at all levels.
This book is the ideal present for anyone interested in mixing their own special drinks. Appealing both to domestic imbibers and professional bartenders alike, this definitive guide to the subject covers the history of cocktails in Prohibition America and features world famous bars and the bartenders with whom they are associated, as well as providing recipes for more than 140 classic and modern cocktails and mixed drinks.
No one seems to tire of cocktail lore and The Cocktail Handbook just keeps dishing it out."--Market Watch They're fun to mix and fun to drink--these more than 140 cocktails and mixed drinks range from classics such as the Martini and the Bloody Mary to exciting, fiery little shooters like "Love Bite" and "Cactus Flower." This definitive guide, chock full of witty quotes and photos, looks back at the history of cocktail making, highlights world-famous bars and bartenders, and offers invaluable ideas for stocking your own bar; hangover cures for the overindulgent; and nonalcoholic versions for drivers, children, and nondrinkers. But the recipes are the pièces de résistance, and they include the Sidecar, Widow's Kiss, Singapore Sling, Volga Boatman, Rattlesnake, and Death in the Afternoon--a champagne-based treat. Along with the instructions for whipping up these delicious drinks, there are entertaining accounts of their origins and suggestions for garnishes.
One look at the bright, colorful pages here--with an array of traditional and trendy drinks in sunny yellows, jewel-like greens, shimmery golds, rich blues and reds, and hot tropical shades--and you'll know you've come to the right place to make your party swing! As delicious as they are beautiful, these recipes for rum, brandy, gin, vodka, whisky, champagne, and other cocktails will turn you into a bartender par excellence. After introductory information on equipment, glasses, ingredients, trimmings, and techniques (shaken, stirred, or poured), comes a parade of taste sensations: a classic Mai Tai or Piña Colada to cool a summer evening; luscious, rich Chocolate Rum; an elegant White Lady and simple Gin Fizz; Martinis, sweet, dry, and medium; Bloody Mary for brunch; plus Sangria, a Mint Julep, Banana Bomber, Cactus Flower, and non-alcoholic thirst-quenchers for drivers and youngsters. An invaluable fount of practical knowledge and creative ideas for today's best.
The techniques of analytic mapping and of geographic information systems (GIS) have become increasingly important tools for analysing census, crime, environmental and consumer data. The authors discuss data access, transformation and preparation issues, and how to select the appropriate analytic graphics techniques.
Shooters - those bright and brisk quickies - and cocktails are usually grouped together in any collection of drinks recipes. This is obviously because both consist of mixtures of alcoholic beverages. But that's where the similarity ends. They're very different creatures. Shooters are colourful layered drinks, with each contrasting colour carefully poured to keep it separate from those above and below. It takes a steady hand, and involves a good deal of trial and error. The good news, of course, is that you can drink your errors. The bad news is that this does not contribute to a steady pouring hand. And while they may taste good, their names are usually in anything but good taste. Sharp Shooters gives you everything you need to get pouring. The book covers the tricks of the trade, essential equipment, shooter ingredients and their characteristics, drinking games and offers 75 shooter recipes guaranteed to get a party going.
This title features more than 200 easy-to-follow recipes, showcasing the very best the cocktail world has to offer. The recipes include everything from tried-and-tested favourites to more exotic, original concoctions.
Granular materials play an important role in many industries. Continuous ingenuity and advancement in these industries necessitates the ability to predict the fundamental behaviour of granular materials under different working environments. With contributions from international experts in the field Granular Materials; Fundamentals and Applications details recent advances made in theoretical computational and experimental approaches in understanding the behaviour of granular materials including industrial applications. Topics covered include: * key features of granular plasticity * high temperature particle interactions * influence of polymers on particulate dispersion stability: scanning probe microscopy investigations * in-process measurement of particulate systems Presented by world renowned researchers this book will be welcomed by scientists and engineers working across a wide spectrum of engineering disciplines.
There are times when we drink to quench a thirst, of to sharpen our tastebuds before a meal, or to toast a friend or a special occasion. Wine goes with food; beer goes with thirst. But the last drink of the day - the one we have after dinner and before going to bed - is drunk for no other reason than sheer pleasure: That final drink of the day may take many forms, according to local custom or family tradition. In Scotland it may consist of a sip of well-aged single malt whisky, while the traditional after-dinner drink in England is an old port. The French appreciate a bedtime balloon glass of good Cognac and South Africans enjoy a fine pot-still brandy, or a sweet jerepigo to each case the drink is designed to help you digest your meal and relax your mind in preparation for a good night's sleep. No wonder it is sometimes referred to as a 'nightcap'. After Dinner Drinks is the ideal companion to choosing and enjoying that nightcap, More than just a guide to enjoying brandy cognac and port, this book covers the full range of after-dinner drinks, including dessert wines, Madeera, whisky, bourbon, Armagnac, Calvados, rum, marc, grappa, eaux de vie and other liqueurs, as well as Irish coffees and after-dinner cocktails. Sections include information on how to serve, how much to serve, the right glass, accompaniments and timing.
An annotated bibliography describing editing and critical works on three of Chaucer's tales. The authors make extensive use of the standard bibliographies of English literature, medieval studies, and Chaucerian studies.
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