The Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart Reptile & Amphibian Skulls Solid copper

Solid copper

What reader can resist a chance to look inside a cockroach’s body to see how it works or open a wasps’ nest to see what’s inside

Of all the extraordinary and obscure plants that have been fermented and distilled

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Frame measures 38" x 26"

The Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart Reptile & Amphibian Skulls Solid copperSake 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, 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. Of all the extraordinary and obscure plants that have been fermented and distilled,