What to Drink & Eat | Pairing Food, Wine, Beer, Spirits, Coffee ..

What to Drink with What You Eat: The Definitive Guide to Pairing Food with Wine, Beer, Spirits, Coffee, Tea - Even Water - Based on Expert Advice from America’s Best Sommeliers.  Whew!  Kind of makes you thirsty already.

While this book’s deliciously descriptive title is quite a mouthful in itself, it does seem appropriate for the extensive amount of food and drink pairing information contained within the pages.  This encyclopedia of recommendations for matching beverages to cuisine has been best described as:

• “A new book that will soon be considered the bible of food and beverage pairing.” ~ Paul Tanguay, sake expert, Sushi Samba
  
• “The most exciting and comprehensive guide to wine pairing that I have ever seen.” ~ Eric Ripert, chef owner, Le Bernardin
  
• “The world’s greatest book on the subject.” ~ Robert Whitley, wine columnist, Copley News Service
  
• “Genius.” ~ Seanan Forbes, Chicago Sun-Times Blog

Numerous awards accompanied the accolades as well.  Recognized in 2006 for both the Georges Duboeuf “Wine Book of the Year” and the Gourmand World Cookbook Award and again in 2007 by the International Association of Culinary Professionals who awarded What to Drink with What You Eat with the “Best Book on Wine, Beer or Spirits” and the “Book of the Year” titles.

The addition of “must have” for home bar owners should be included as well.  While the attention to adult beverages sometimes overshadows everything else, home bars are an investment in entertaining.  Having complementary cuisine alongside is the way to truly enjoy both, rather than treating food and drink as separate items.

What to Drink with What You Eat covers in detail over 1500 pairing categories.  Wine, beer, spirits and a wide variety of alcoholic elixirs along with coffee, tea, juice and even water are expertly paired with near every food grouping imaginable.

The gift that keeps on giving for party planning.  Your ideas as the host can be started from either direction and paired to match in reverse so to speak.  What to Eat with What you Drink is a mirror image section in the guide book which allows matching foods to the beverages you’ve chosen.

Not sure where to start?  Sometimes just flipping through the pictures and the pages will spark your creativity.  Order here.