Filip Gujanicic
1 May 2014
Bio 100
The Drunken Botanist
The Drunken Botanist: The Plants that Create the World's Great Drinks by Amy Stewart is an extraordinary encyclopedia that gives the reader insight as to how plants are connected to alcohol beverages and which species, specifically, that are used to make drinks that are popular around the globe with such examples as wine, tequila and vodka. Stewart also goes further on to elaborate as to how these ingredients are implemented in the process that is used in making the alcoholic drinks, such as fermentation and distillation. In addition, Stewart also covers the process and which specific plants are used to flavor the spirits and all of the mechanics and steps that go into creating liquor and alcoholic beverages.
Amy Stewart is quite accomplished and acknowledged. Stewart graduated from Arlington High School and received a B.A. degree in anthropology and a master's in community and regional planning from the University of Texas at Austin. After she graduated, Steward moved to Santa Monica in California, where she took up the hobby of gardening. That was her inspiration for the first book “From the Ground Up: The Story of a First Garden” in 2001. She is an author of “Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful”, “Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities” which was on New York Times bestseller list in 2009, and “Wicked Bugs: The Louse That Conquered Napoleon's Army & Other Diabolical Insects” in 2011. For “Drunken Botanist” she received an International Association of Culinary Professionals Judge's Award in 2014. I am very impressed with her work and how well accepted and acclaimed that it is.
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...u age your drink. It also clarifies why wine connoisseurs and craft beer lovers seek out new experiences, because they vary much more than I thought imaginable. It would be an interesting hobby to pick up later, to taste test and distinguish the differences.
I applaud Stewart for the creation of this book. Millions, I am sure, will find this book necessary for their social life after reading it once, not only as a recipe guide but also conversation stimulator. It was a pleasure to read due to the relativity to a huge facet of our history and society. Also, it was great to learn about the different biological processes that went into the process of making such everyday items such as fermenting, distilling, and even growing plants. This book is something that everyone can find interest in. I would highly recommend this book to others and will definitely use it again.
Alcoholism. A disease that not only affects one person, but others around them. Alcoholism is defined as a chronic disorder characterized on the dependence of alcohol all the time. In The Glass Castle, alcoholism affects many characters, but the one it truly affects is Rex Walls.
In The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls, Rex Walls is highly dependent on alcohol, which significantly hurts Jeanette and her siblings and drives the family apart. The Walls children and countless others like them across the United States have become victims of alcoholism, which is a factor that they cannot control, but debilitates them socially, physically, financially, and emotionally. Rex Wall’s alcoholism causes him to frequently neglect his children and ignore their needs, which often endangers them. Furthermore, Rex’s alcohol addiction affects his behavior causing him to use profanity and act in an angry and even violent manner, negatively impacting the family as a whole. Many readers of
Walker, Alice. (1974). “In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens.” Ways of Reading. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, pp. 694-701.
The last half of the Glass Castle provided more information into Jeannette's paternal grandparents, Erma and Ted. When the family arrives at the grandparent's house, Erma said “Nice of you to let me see my grandchildren before I die” (p. 130, Para 3). As you continue to read it is self-evident that Erma did not care for her grandchildren, so it is unclear what she meant by it. Jeannette's father Rex had a brother named Stanley. The alcoholism that Rex had was also prevalent in both Erma and Stanley. “You could smell the whiskey on his breath….” (p. 131, Para 2). “Erma pulled a bottle of whiskey from the pocket of her house dress….” (p. 131, Para 4). Drinking was not the only pattern; poverty and abuse are also evident.
Imagine, a little boy sitting at home alone, hungry and scared because he doesn’t know where his parents are. Millions of children live this scenario every day because they have parents who abuse alcohol. Alcohol abuse is an addiction that affects everyone in the drinker’s life. Many examples of this are shown in The Glass Castle, Jeanette Walls and her siblings are heavily impacted by their father’s drinking habit and are constantly forced to take care of themselves. Having a parent with a harmful history of alcohol abuse increases the risk of child maltreatment greatly, alcohol use disorder creates many problems especially when children are involved so government should step in and remove children from that environment.
Within the memoir, The Glass Castle, the self destructing addiction of alcohol becomes an apparent theme throughout the literature. Alcoholism is a disease that can cause destruction to families and even ruin lives. This is a common occurrence that effect’s many Americans today. Alcoholism is one of the most common problems in families, it doesn’t always interfere with just the person drinking the alcohol. It also affects the people around the influenced person. Rex’s struggle with alcohol is logged through his daughter Jeannettes struggles as she is finding the balance between respecting daughter and a strong individual. It is through her accounts that the reader is able to see the truly damaging effects of this disease.
Jody was born biologically with male genitals and he was brought up as a boy. Unlike his more gender-typical older brother, Jody’s childhood behavior was considered “sissy”. Jody genetically preferred the company of girls compared to boys during childhood. Jody considered herself a bisexual male until the age of 19. At 19 years of age, she became involved with a man, and her identity would be transgender, meaning that Jody was unhappy with her gender of birth and seeks a change from male to female. It would seem that there was some late-onset dissatisfaction, and late-onset is linked to attraction to women; in comparison to early childhood-onset, which are attracted to men. Jody identified herself as bisexual. The relationship with the man ended; nevertheless, Jody’s desire to become a woman consumed her, and Jody feels that’s he was born in the
In the short story, “The Chaser” by John Collier, a young man of the name Alan goes out to a strange old man to buy a love potion because he believes his girlfriend should only live for him. The love potion is said to transform her into an absolutely obsessed girlfriend after just one sip.
The ingestion of alcoholic beverages for their enjoyable effects is a custom which has been around for thousands of years, and alcohol continues to be a popular drug because of its short-term effects (Coleman, Butcher & Carson, 1984). An enormous amount of damage can be attributed directly to alcohol abuse as a result of lost jobs, accidents caused by drunk drivers, and so forth (Maltzman, 2000). Alcohol also compounds other problems--an estimated 25% to 40% of hospital patients have problems caused by, or recovery delayed by alcohol abuse (Maltzman, 2000). Clinical psychologists spend about one-fourth of their time dealing with people who are suffering in part from alcohol or other substance problems (Vaillant, 1995). Although alcohol problems have been around for so long, it is only recently that these problems have begun to be associated with medical or psychological difficulties.
Alcoholism is a disease in which the drinking of alcohol becomes uncontrollable. Compulsion and craving of alcohol rules the life of the alcoholic. Many of us drink alcohol to socialize which is not alcoholism. An alcoholic is a frequent habitual user. Alcohol, a central nervous system depressant, dulls the senses especially vision and hearing. Signs of alcoholism are tremors, delirium, inability to concentrate and many others. “According to the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, more than 13 million Americans abuse alcohol”(Mayo Clinic Health Information 1). There are many causes leading an individual to alcoholism. Alcohol damaging effects are physically, psychologically, and socially devastating.
Works Cited:.. Walker, Alice. A. In Search of Our Mother's Garden. New York: Harcourt Brace Javanovich, 1983.
Wisconsin is a state known for many things: cheese, football, and drinking. The culture of drinking is, out of these three one of the most prominent one of them all, particularly in our area of LaCrosse, Wisconsin. In Wisconsin, there is a total of 3,043 bars with 360 in LaCrosse alone. But with the drinking culture comes the issue known as drunk driving. Over the years, though it seems it’s getting worse and worse with each passing year as many are getting busted with DUI’s and OUI’s. In 2012 alone, 33,000 people were convicted of drunken driving related offenses in Wisconsin alone (Drunk Driving/Alcohol Related Traffic Offenses, 2014). Also, in a recent study done by the U.S. Department of Health and Services, Wisconsin had the highest rate
Logan was on his way home from an evening at the local bar. He and some friends had gone out to have a couple beers. As he sped down the road, he blinked vigorously to try to clear his vision. Although it was a perfectly clear summer night, Logan’s vision was blurred from the alcohol. “As long as I keep this car on my side of the road, I’ll be fine,” he thought to himself. He was doing a decent job of obtaining control over the vehicle, or so he thought. Only three miles from his country home, he became unaware of his position on the road as it began to curve. As he continued around the familiar curve in the road, a truck came out of nowhere at hit Logan’s small Toyota Camry head on. The big F-350 pickup truck was no comparison to the little
Should drunk drivers face jail time after their first offense, the opinions of people differ. One side states that a person after being convicted of drunk driving should have a jail sentence, as to the other side states that there should be other things offered to the person such as counseling and classes. The difficult part of the decision is that the person’s life could be ruined because of one bad decision.
Alcohol is a class of organic compounds that is characterized by the presence of one or more hydroxyl groups (-OH) attached to a carbon atom. Alcohol was unknowingly produced centuries ago when fermentation occurred to crushed grapes (Pines, 1931). In today’s society alcohol is produced for the use of household products such as varnishes, cleaning products, but is more commercially important in the liquor business. A chemical process called fermentation accomplishes the production of ethanol, the alcohol or liquor. From there, the ethanol goes through distinct processes to become the dark and clear liquors on the store shelves.