Wine (The Good Cook Techniques & Recipes Series)

Time-Life Books, 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9. Alan Duns. Time-Life Books, First published 1983. This is the Second Printing, Revised 1984. Hardcover in Very Good Condition. No Jacket. Clean, rubbed illustrated binding, with burgundy cloth over spine, rubbed on front and around all edges, tight and solid and square sewn binding, ribbon page marker. Pages are completely clean and unmarked. This book is about the care and serving of wine--how to treat it to make it respond in depth, unveiling nuances that less respectful handling would obscure or destroy. It explains what wine is and how it is made; the choosing and storing of wine; the serving of wine; wine's function on a menu; and its role in cooking. Specific wines from different wine-producing countries and from regions within those countries are discussed on pages 79-138. Anthology of Recipes Section, pp143-169 with 56 recipes is organized into categories representing different courses in a meal, for soups, fish and shellfish, poultry and game birds, meats, vegetables, desserts with standard preparations section. Glossary of Grape Varieties. Recipe Index. General Index/Glossary. 176 pages. 9.25 x 10.75". 1979, Time-Life Books.