Amy Stewart

Event takes place at ArtBar, 119 Gold Ave SW, in downtown Albuquerque If you’ve got plants (and happy hour) on your mind, Friday, April 19, at 7pm, Bookworks welcomes back to Albuquerque best-selling author and journalist Amy Stewart for a cocktail hour at ArtBar to toast her new cocktail book, The drunken botanist: The Plants that Create the World’s Great Drinks. Stewart, a writer for the New York Times and Washington Post, offers a sweet, old-fashioned letter-press style tome that is one part recipe book, one part natural history of intoxicating plants. The drunken botanist explores “the twin alchemical processes of fermentation and distillation, from which wine,beer and spirits issue forth” and details the plants, mixers, and garnishes that compose local favorites like margaritas and sangria and old fashioned cocktails in Stewart’s trademark wit and repartee. VIP (Very Important Potation) tickets are available at Bookworks or online at https://www.bkwrks.com/amy-stewart. Each VIP ticket is good for one copy of The drunken botanist when it is released March 19 and a sign-and-sip with Amy Stewart at the ArtBar April 19.

Location: Street: 4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW City: Albuquerque, Province: New Mexico Postal Code: 87107-3157 Country: United States (tillagd från IndieBound)… (mer)

7PM WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17 Cocktail Event | Amy Stewart: The drunken botanist Join Fine Gardening editor Amy Stewart, cofounder of GardenRant.com, for a cocktail booksigning and presentation of The drunken botanist: The Plants that Create the World's Great Drinks.

Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley, tequila from agave, rum from sugarcane, bourbon from corn. Thirsty yet? In The drunken botanist, 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. Of all the plants that have been fermented and distilled, a few are dangerous, some are downright bizarre, and one is as ancient as the dinosaurs. Her concoction of biology, chemistry, history, etymology, and mixology—complete with more than fifty drink recipes and growing tips for gardeners—will make you the most popular guest at cocktail parties.

COCKTAILS FOR ATTENDEES | That's right, we're serving drinks right from the pages of Amy Stewart's new book! Hope you like Primm's Ginger Beer, Vodka, and limes, because we're serving Moscow Mules!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Amy Stewart is the award-winning author of six books on the perils and pleasures of the natural world. She has written for The New York Times and the Washington Post; appeared on NPR's Morning Edition, Good Morning America, and the PBS documentary The Botany of Desire; and lectured at Cornell, Google's mountainview campus, and botanical gardens and garden clubs nationwide. Three of her books have been New York Times bestsellers, and she is the recipent of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, an American Horticulture Society's Book Award, and a California Horticultural Society Writer's Award. Two of her books, Wicked Bugs and Wicked Plants, have been adopted into national traveling exhibits and appeared at botanical gardens and museums nationwide. A cofounder of the popular gardening blog GardenRant.com, Stewart lives in Eureka, California, where she owns an antiquarian bookstore called Eureka Books with her husband. More »

Location: Street: 6428 S McClintock Dr. City: Tempe, Province: Arizona Postal Code: 85283 Country: United States (tillagd från IndieBound)… (mer)

Tuesday, April 16 at 7PM

Bestselling Author Amy Stewart speaking & signing The drunken botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks

Book & tickets for the signing now available!

We are psyched to welcome one of our favorite people in the world, Amy Stewart, back to BookPeople! We're huge fans of Wicked Plants and Wicked Bugs and her new book, The drunken botanist, is right up our alley - it 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." Oh, yes.

This is going to be a very special event. Amy and the folks at Liber & Co. (a local independently-owned company that makes phenomenal small-batch cocktail ingredients) have created an original recipe for The BookPeople Botanical, a delightful cocktail featuring Liber & Co's fine wares mixed with Tito's Handmade Vodka.

What's more: the good folks at Austin's The Great Outdoors Nursery will be giving away a gift basket full of green-thumb goodies.

It's going to be a great night! Join us!

PLEASE READ:

The speaking portion of this event is free and open to the public.

Tickets are only required for the signing portion of the event.

Tickets are only available with the purchase of a copy of The drunken botanist from BookPeople. Books & tickets for the signing line are now available in-store and via our website. When ordering online, we will automatically assign you a ticket for the signing line. There is no separate "ticket" item to add to your cart - just order the book and we will automatically reserve a ticket for you with your book. If you cannot make it to the event and would like a signed copy, you can order one from us. Simply write "SIGNED COPY" in the comments field during checkout. We ship all over the country and internationally. Signed books will ship out after the event. Many thanks to tonight's sponsors:

Location: Street: 603 N Lamar Blvd City: Austin, Province: Texas Postal Code: 78703-5413 Country: United States (tillagd från IndieBound)… (mer)

Who knew that horticulture was such an intoxicating subject? In this follow-up to the New York Times bestsellers Wicked Bugs and Wicked Plants, Amy Stewart explores the odd, unusual, and surprisingly common plants that have produced the world’s greatest spirits. The drunken botanist (Algonquin, $19.95) uncovers the enlightening botanical history and the fascinating science and chemistry of over 150 plants, flowers, trees, fruits, and even a few fungi. With a delightful two-color vintage-style interior, over fifty drink recipes, growing tips for gardeners, and advice that carries Stewart’s trademark wit, this is the perfect gift for gardeners and cocktail aficionados alike. What’s Books & Books’ signature drink? Find out tonight as Amy Stewart unveils her own concoction created in honor of our very own bookstore! Botany, Books & Booze – what could be better? 8pm

Location: Street: 265 Aragon Ave City: Coral Gables, Province: Florida Postal Code: 33134-5008 Country: United States (tillagd från IndieBound)… (mer)

Amy Stewart, author of The drunken botanist, at Great Lakes Distillery Wednesday April 10, at 7:00 pm

Co-sponsored by Friends of Boerner Botanical Gardens, this event is being held at Great Lakes Distillery, which is located at 616 W. Virginia St., in Milwaukee.

Join us for an entertaining talk by bestselling gardening expert Amy Stewart at Milwaukee’s own award-winning distillery. In her new book, Stewart mixes up an intoxicating concoction of history, biology, chemistry, etymology and mixology—topping it off with more than 50 drink recipes. The drunken botanist uncovers the enlightening botanical history and the fascinating science and chemistry of over 150 plants, flowers, trees, fruits, and even a few fungi. Strewn with growing tips for gardeners and witty advice, this is a perfect fit for gardeners and cocktail aficionados alike.

Cocktails will be available for purchase, including selections from the book.

About the Author: Amy Stewart is the award-winning author of six books on the perils and pleasures of the natural world, including three New York Times bestsellers: Wicked Bugs, Wicked Plants, and Flower Confidential. She is the cofounder of the popular blog Garden Rant and a contributing editor at Fine Gardening magazine. She and her husband, Scott Brown, live in Eureka, California, where they own an antiquarian bookstore called Eureka Books.

Location: Street: 616 W. Virginia St. City: Milwaukee, Province: Wisconsin Postal Code: 53202 Country: United States (tillagd från IndieBound)… (mer)

Two appearances AMY STEWART The drunken botanist: The Plants That Create the World’s Great Drinks

In this handsome new book, 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.

See also: Monday, April 8 at7 pm at the store

Location: Street: The Standard Club , (tillagd från IndieBound)… (mer)

When Judy Wicks founded the White Dog Café in the first floor of her University City row home in 1983, she did not plan to start a revolution. The White Dog was one of the first restaurants to feature organic, locally sourced, and humane food as the centerpiece of its menu. Thirty years later, Judy Wicks remains a standard bearer for a number of movements that barely existed when she started, including socially responsible business, local living, slow food, and farm to table. In Good Morning, Beautiful Business, Wicks explains what it takes to do business differently.

Cost: FREE
No tickets required. For Info: 215-567-4341. (MDGentleReader)… (mer)

AMY STEWART The drunken botanist: The Plants That Create the World’s Great Drinks

In this handsome new book, 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.

See also TUESDAY, APRIL 9 at 12 noon, Luncheon, The Standard Club

Location: Street: 811 Elm Street City: Winnetka, Province: Illinois Postal Code: 60093-2236 Country: United States (tillagd från IndieBound)… (mer)

Read her post about Joseph Dombey, including a cocktail recipe for Dombey's Last Word, on the Village Books Blog.

Join Village Books for a special event with cocktail-friendly plants from Mt. Vernon's Christianson's Nursery with featured author Amy Stewart, who will talk about her new book The drunken botanist. There will be plant samples from the "Drunken Botanist Plant Collection" at the event, and participants will have the chance to win door prizes!

Who knew that horticulture was such an intoxicating subject? In this follow-up to the New York Times bestsellers Wicked Bugs and Wicked Plants, Amy Stewart explores the odd, unusual, and surprisingly common plants that have produced the world's greatest spirits. The drunken botanist uncovers the enlightening botanical history and the fascinating science and chemistry of more than 150 plants, flowers, trees, fruits, and even a few fungi. Join Amy as she shares some of the book's more than fifty drink recipes and gives tips for gardeners.

Amy Stewart is the award-winning author of six books on the perils and pleasures of the natural world, including three New York Times bestsellers: Wicked Bugs, Wicked Plants, and Flower Confidential. She is the co-founder of the popular blog Garden Rant and a contributing editor at Fine Gardening magazine. She and her husband, Scott Brown, live in Eureka, California, where they own an antiquarian bookstore called Eureka Books.

Location: Street: 1200 11th St City: Bellingham, Province: Washington Postal Code: 98225-7015 Country: United States (tillagd från IndieBound)… (mer)

Every great drink starts with a plant. Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley. Gin was born from a conifer shrub when medieval physicians boiled juniper berries with wine to treat stomach pain. The drunken botanist uncovers the enlightening botanical history and the fascinating science and chemistry of over 150 plants, flowers, trees, and fruits (and even a few fungi). Some of the most extraordinary and obscure plants have been fermented and distilled, and they each represent a unique cultural contribution to our global drinking traditions and our history. Molasses was an essential ingredient in American independence: when the British forced the colonies to buy British rather than French molasses for their New World rum-making, the settlers’ outrage kindled the American Revolution. Captain James Cook harvested the young, green tips of spruce trees to make a vitamin C rich beer that cured his crew of scurvy, a recipe that Jane Austen enjoyed so much that she used it as a plot point in Emma.

Location: Street: 695 E. Colorado Blvd City: Pasadena, Province: California Postal Code: 91101 Country: United States (tillagd från IndieBound)… (mer)