Category: Doctors and Distillers
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Wall Street Journal Review of Doctors and Distillers
Previously the Wall Street Journal had posted an excerpt from my book Doctors and Distillers, so I wasn't expecting this review from wine writer Eric Asimov to come in. Read it here!
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Review of Doctors and Distillers in The American Spectator
A very nice review by Kevin R Kosar in The American Spectator! Walk into the average American grocery store and you will see the spices in one aisle, herbal cures in another, and beer and wine somewhere else. Over-the-counter medicines have their own section, and drugs are locked up behind the pharmacist’s counter. And distilled…
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Aqua Vitae Opinions from a 1540 Book on Metallurgy
I read about a reference to distillation in the Pirotechnia, so I decided to look up the book. According to Wikipedia, "De la Pirotechnia is considered to be one of the first printed books on metallurgy to have been published in Europe. It was written in Italian and first published in Venice in 1540.…
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A Nice Review on DrinkHacker of Doctors and Distillers
DrinkHacker posted a nice review of Doctors and Distillers. English does an excellent job diving deep into the symbiotic history between medicine and alcohol, but he skillfully avoids the dry, academic presentation of information with a light touch and informal accessibility usually absent in alcohol history books. Reviewer Rob Theakston gives it an "A" or…
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Doctors and Distillers Named One of the Best Medical Books of 2022
According to the What's Health Got to Do With It? podcast on WJCT news, Doctors and Distillers is one of the best medical books of 2022. Listen to the podcast in which I'm a guest in the second segment.
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An Interview with Me in Imbibe Magazine
In which I talk about laser beams and syphilis. Read it here.
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The New York Times Recommends Doctors and Distillers
Along with the review, the New York Times put Doctors and Distillers on their list of book recommendations for the week. Awesome!
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An Interview on KCRW’s Good Food
I was interviewed for KCRW's Good Food podcast, and they transcribed some of the interview here.
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Washington Examiner Review of Doctors and Distillers
For the Washington Examiner, Jacob Grier reviews Doctors and Distillers: The recipes are a welcome addition, since, as befits the subject matter, Doctors and Distillers is not a dry text. The history is lively, told without getting too bogged down in details of medieval medicine, fermentation, and distillation. Mix the drinks as one goes…
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A Review of Doctors and Distillers in Falstaff International Magazine
The UK title of Doctors and Distillers is A Perfect Tonic. It's the same book otherwise. A Perfect Tonic was reviewed in Susan Low's The Kitchen Bookshelf column in Falstaff International. She writes: Drinks writer Camper English’s deep interest in science fuels The Perfect Tonic. The book explores the history of fermented and distilled beverages,…