Amy Stewart The Drunken Botanist springinterest Pacific Aster

Pacific Aster

this cactus species grows as an epiphyte

rich green and creamy white variegated leaves

velvety crimson blooms

Umbrella Tree

Amy Stewart The Drunken Botanist springinterest Pacific AsterThe Plants that create the world's great drinks by Seattle Author Amy Stewart. Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley, tequila from agave, rum from sugarcane, bourbon from corn. Thirsty yet? In The Drunken Botanist, Amy Stewart explores the dizzying array of herbs, flowers, trees, fruits, and fungi that humans have, through ingenuity, inspiration, and sheer desperation, contrived to transform into alcohol over the centuries. Of