A book to be offered ! All secrecies of the ' small goutte'.
By Stefaan van Laere. Astonishing history of juniper and all its alternatives
old and current. With suggestions of excursions and receipts exclusive.
Photographs to give water to the mouth. It is perfect as well with aperitif like
digestive after a good meal. For the ones, it is used as tonic in the event of
blow of pump, for the others it is the guarantee to spend a soft night. Juniper,
it is a little all that at the same time. But it is also a natural product and
well from us that one tastes always with pleasure. However, if Belgium, them
Netherlands and the North of France are its grounds of election, the world of
juniper remains ignored and nobody had still really made the turn of it.
"Juniper and pèkèt Our brandy" revives all history of the ' small goutte'
through some 25 distillers impassioned: of the manager of a trade undertaking
leaving to the conquest market until that which chose an artisanal production
and with small scale, of the creative distiller who launches new varieties to
the fruits until this other which sticks to old traditional receipts. The result
? A colourful range of products which insufflate a new life with the good small
old woman drips. That it acts of pèkèt Walloon, of the typical juniper of
Hasselt, traditional brandy of Netherlands or of the North of France, it are as
many drinks but also of enthralling accounts which are worth the sorrow to be
discovered. Often, distillings of juniper are located in one superb area or have
impressive equipment. Why not in to make a goal of excursion - before of course
the traditional tasting of use ? And for the unconditional ones, each chapter
ends in the receipt of one speciality with juniper: either an original creation
of the author himself, or traditional of the regional kitchen, is the receipt of
a decided restorer to exploit all the pallet of tastes of juniper. Lastly, a
chapter gastronomical gives the occasion three chefs to show how to use juniper
in a creative way.
The many ones and splendid photographs of Philippe Debeerst have what to
already give water to the mouth. A book which tastes page after page. With good
yours! Stefaan van Laere written for magazines, newspapers and literary reviews.
He is also the author of novels with suspense, like Botero, Tango mortale and
Koudvuur published at Davisdsfonds/Literair. One him must of the popular works
devoted to the whisky and tango. It is besides its passion for the whisky which
led it to explore the world of juniper, this another brandy of higher quality.
The French adaptation was carried out by Michel Teller, who "Beers of Abbey
Divine Beverage had already translated" and which collaborate regularly in
various magazines of voyage or general information.
176 pages. Format 25 X 29 cm.
