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The Beverage Terroir Canon
Eight hundred and seventy-nine entries
Contents
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II5
IIIopening
IV12
V5
VI790
VII57
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IX7
Xopening
Overview & Cultural Context
Why this cuisine is its own thing — roots, history, the living movement.
The Land & Sea
Terroir — geography, climate, what grows and swims here.
The Pantry
The defining ingredients, named to species.
The Method
The foundational techniques the cuisine is built on.
The Canonical Dishes
The dishes a serious practitioner is expected to know.
The Beverage Tradition
Wines, spirits, ferments, tea and coffee, ceremonial drinks.
The Table & Service
How the food is served and eaten — the order, the rituals, the hospitality.
The Thread
Where this book connects to others — migration, trade, diaspora.
The Lineage & Authorities
The masters, the literature, the sources an entry is anchored to.
The Network
The producers and purveyors who carry the real ingredients.
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Beverage Terroir · VI The Beverage Tradition
Andalusian Sherry Wine
Seven entries
Amontillado: the two-phase sherryFino and manzanilla: biologically aged sherryOloroso: oxidatively aged sherryPalo cortado: the accidental sherryPedro Ximénez: the extreme sweetness techniqueSherry in cooking: the application techniqueSolera system: fractional blending of sherry
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