Beer, Food, and Flavor: A Guide to Tasting, Pairing, and the Culture of Craft Beer

""From lessons in cheese-and-brew pairings to sketching a menu for a multi-course, beer-pairing dinner party ... [this] excellent, 300-page guide to beer and food is a steal."--Evan S. Benn, Esquire.com ""Yes, great beer can change your life," writes chef Schuyler Schultz in Beer, Food, and Flavor, an authoritative guide to exploring the diverse array of flavors found in craft beer--and the joys of pairing those flavors with great food to transform everyday meals into culinary events. Expanded and updated for this second edition, featuring new breweries and other recent developments on the.;Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Foreword by Peter Zien; Introduction; The Craft Beer and Fine Food Movement in America; Pairing Fine Beer and Fine Food; Starting Points; Chapter One: Tasting Beer; Part I: Beer Styles; Part II: The Sensory Components of Beer; Part III: Evaluating Craft Beer-A Tasting Vocabulary; Part IV: Sample Beer Analyses; Chapter Two: Pairing Craft Beer with Fine Cuisine; Part I: What Makes a Good Pairing?; Part II: Complementary and Contrasting Pairings; Part III: Pairing Beer to Food-Selecting Beers Using "Area of Focus."