UNCORKING THE PAST: THE QUEST FOR WINE, BEER, AND OTHER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Book ID/图书代码： 13520009B33613
English Summary/英文概要： In a lively tour around the world and through the millennia, "Uncorking the Past" tells the compelling story of humanity’s ingenious, intoxicating quest for the perfect drink. Following a tantalizing trail of archaeological, chemical, artistic, and textual clues, Patrick E. McGovern, the leading authority on ancient alcoholic beverages, brings us up to date on what we now know about how humans created and enjoyed fermented beverages across cultures. Along the way, he explores a provocative hypothesis about the integral role such libations have played in human evolution. We discover, for example, that the cereal staples of the modern world were probably domesticated for their potential in making quantities of alcoholic beverages. These include the delectable rice wines of China and Japan, the corn beers of the Americas, and the millet and sorghum drinks of Africa. Humans also learned how to make mead from honey and wine from exotic fruits of all kinds-even from the sweet pulp of the cacao (chocolate) fruit in the New World. The perfect drink, it turns out-whether it be mind-altering, medicinal, a religious symbol, a social lubricant, or artistic inspiration-has not only been a profound force in history, but may be fundamental to the human condition itself.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 纵览全球、穿梭历史，本书带领读者踏上一段醉人的旅程，追寻最完美的饮品，将人类的心灵手巧娓娓道出。
作者帕特里克Patrick E. McGovern是研究古代酒类饮料的权威人士，跟随考古学、化学、艺术以及书本所载的资料线索，他大胆探究了饮酒在人类进化史上占有的重要地位。其生动易懂的描述贯穿全书，使读者跟上时代的脚步透彻了解：生活在各种文化背景下的人们，是如何创造发酵饮品，和这些饮品带来的乐趣。
比如，现代世界的谷类粮食都蕴含酿成酒类的条件，种类繁多，分量庞大，包括很多人喜欢的源于中国与日本的米酒；美国的玉米啤酒；非洲的高粱酒等等。
由蜂蜜研制出的蜂蜜酒、从热带水果葡萄酿制的各色葡萄酒、甚至可可树果实那甜甜的果肉，经人类的博学睿智，这些不可能也成为了绘制多彩生活的可能。
不管是振奋精神、用于医疗、象征宗教、有助社交，还是激发艺术灵感，既能使历史跨出深远影响的发展一步，人类生活条件又能大为改善的，的确是对最完美饮品的诠释与真谛！(ZY)
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About the Author/作者介绍： Patrick E. McGovern ，是生物分子考古学研究室的科学主任（研究室坐落于费城宾夕法尼亚大学美术馆），专研烹饪艺术、发酵饮料和健康生活。著有< Ancient Wine: The Search for the Origins of Viniculture >（2004 Grand Prize winner），其对于酒类起源的研究作品曾发表于《泰晤士报》，《纽约时报》，《纽约人》，《自然》等多部刊物。
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