Recs if you like The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks...

microhistory: the intensive historical investigation of a well defined smaller unit of research (such as an event, community, individual or a settlement); it aspires to "ask large questions in small places"

A look at how toxins derived from the world around us are used! We're talking poisons, venoms, any compounds generated by animals, plants, fungi, and other natural processes. Whether used for defending against herbivores (🌱), capturing dinner (🕷️) , or even cutting loose after a long week (🍸), toxins are inescapable!

Non-fiction that focuses on plants. Grow that brain🌻

This is a list of books representing every pokemon in HeartGold and SoulSilver (So Johto+Kanto regions). For my sanity, this is one book per evo line. The list with match-ups is in the comments✊🏻💚

A mix of non-fiction on drinking history and culture, and tried-and-true recipe books. I will only add a recipe book to this list if I have personally made three delicious cocktails from it and find the instructions clear and useful. Feel free to share your recs for books I should test and history/culture reads, or hit me up for tips on making drinks at home. Please enjoy responsibly.

nonfiction on the history and lives of alcoholic beverages & spirits

all about food! how we cook, what we eat, why we eat what we eat, how south american food was rebranded as italian, why food chemistry is original witchcraft, the joy of fusion, food politics, why eating and cooking is a labor rights issue, so gendered, and so communal.

happy eating!