Beer Snacks
Tasty bites from around the world

By Oscar Smith

It was a certain character from The Simpsons who once said: “Homer no function beer well without.ˮ The same applies to their accompanying snacks.

This cookbook is a celebration of the very best accompaniments to the very best beverage. Beer is enjoyed the world over, and wherever beer is imbibed, there’s usually some kind of deliciously salty snack to go with it. From the smaller snack fare like moreish Malaysian ikan bilis and Japanese otsumami to more substantial drinking food like spicy buffalo wings and currywurst, Beer Snacks brings you the world’s best of what to eat, while you drink.

More of the international recipes in Beer Snacks include: Edamame (Japan), Boiled peanuts (USA), Chicharrón (Mexico), Pimientos de Padrón (Spain), Pickled onions (UK), Biltong (South Africa), Jalapeño poppers (USA), Masala peanuts (India), Salted egg French Fries (Thailand), Oysters Kilpatrick (Ireland), Buffalo wings (USA), Pretzels and beer cheese (Germany), Tsukune (Japan), Adobo Chicken Wings (The Phillippines) and (last, but most cheesily) Poutine (Canada).

Kombucha, Kefir & Natural Sodas

A Simple Guide for Creating Your Own

By Nina Lausecker & Sebastian Landaeus

Making thirst-quenchingly healthy kombucha, kefir, and natural sparkling sodas at home is easier than you probably think. This book breaks the process down step-by-step.

This simple and stunningly photographed book explains the basics of brewing your own kombucha, kefir, and natural soda – right from your very own home. Truly, this book couldn’t arrive in your life at a better time. At this crucial moment of consumer awareness, many of us are starting to make better and more informed choices about what we eat and drink – and we’re given plenty more choice than in the years gone by. The fridges of all supermarkets and corner stores are now laden with healthier options which challenge the classic selection of commercialised, sugar-filled soft drinks of our youth.

Today you’ll find anywhere a whole range of naturally low-sugar, fermented alternatives such as kombucha, switchel, and kefir – all healthy, gut-friendly drink options. These thirst-quenchers might seem too complicated to consider making yourself – but in fact, fermented drinks are much easier to create at home than you might think. That’s the thing about fermentation… You just bottle it up and wait.

This book contains forty easy-to-create drinks that will not just save you money, but will make you feel great too! Recipes in the book include kefir, kombucha, grapefruit soda, cider, switchel, and mead. You’ll be a (mocktail) mixologist in no time!