{"product_id":"drunken-botanist-book","title":"The Drunken Botanist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e-bestselling guide to botany and booze celebrates its 10th anniversary with an updated edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003enow including a guide to planting your very own cocktail garden to go with more than fifty drink recipes. This fascinating, go-to\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003etext about the plants that make our drinks is the ideal gift book for every cocktail aficionado, the perfect drinks book for every plant-lover.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley, tequila from agave, rum from sugarcane, bourbon from corn. Thirsty yet?  In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Drunken Botanist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Amy Stewart explores the dizzying array of herbs, flowers, trees, fruits, and fungi that humans have, through ingenuity, inspiration, and sheer desperation, contrived to transform into alcohol over the centuries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOf all the extraordinary and obscure plants that have been fermented and distilled, a few are dangerous, some are downright bizarre, and one is as ancient as dinosaurs—but each represents a unique cultural contribution to our global drinking traditions and our history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis charming concoction of biology, chemistry, history, etymology, and mixology—with delightful drawings, tasty cocktail recipes, and fun factoids throughout—will make you the most popular guest at any cocktail party. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“A book that makes familiar drinks seem new again . . . Through this horticultural lens, a mixed drink becomes a cornucopia of plants.”—NPR's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMorning Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Amy Stewart has a way of making gardening seem exciting, even a little dangerous.” —\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30608779739187,"sku":"book026","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0103\/9469\/7779\/files\/Screenshot2026-02-05at11.11.20AM.png?v=1770318714","url":"https:\/\/station7seattle.com\/products\/drunken-botanist-book","provider":"Station 7","version":"1.0","type":"link"}