The Complete Idiot's Guide to Beer Tasting will provide readers with a comprehensive introduction to understanding and enjoying the vast styles and complex characteristics of beer. Understanding and enjoying beer is no longer a simple process, as beer has gone from a world of relatively small offerings from major brewers to a universe of literally hundreds of unique styles from craft brewers around the world. Like wine, the taste and subtle characteristics of beer can be affected by a number of different components including the brewing style, the yeasts and hops that determine taste and character, how the various grains are used in brewing, and more. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Beer Tasting is not a guide to brewing, it's a guide to tasting, understanding, and enjoying what has become a complex and often confusing process of enjoying one of the world's oldest beverages. Readers will learn the brewing process and how it can affect a beer, how to recognize tasting notes and aromas, how to identify unique styles, how to taste and enjoy them properly; even how to select the right glassware and serving temperature for maximum enjoyment.

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You're no idiot. You've mastered one of the trickiest languages on earth, English. You've trained your German shepherd, you cook strudel like a hausfrau, and you drive a Volkswagen with ease. But when you enven think about conjugating a German verb or asking for directions in the Black Forest, you feel like a Dummkoph. Don't despair! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning German on Your Own gives you the help you need to begin speaking German today. Using the exercises and examples in this book, you'll soon be speaking German like a native. In this Complete Idiot's Guide you get:

Patty Sachs and Phyllis Cambria give advice on planning any size of a party, with step-by-step instructions on how to buy, prep, and arrange food, how to keep the conversation going, and how to make and stick to a budget. They provide lots of worksheets to help you get organized, includes full party plans for every occasion, and even gives tips on how to entertain business associates in your home.

You're no idiot, of course. You've known your whole life that when it came time for your only sister or best female friend to get married or have a baby, you'd be the one to plan the shower. But now the time has finally come--and you suddenly want to hide under an umbrella! Between the invitations, food, decorations, party favors, and the fact that Aunts Sylvia and Ethel haven't spoken in 10 years, how are you going to make sure it doen't rain on your guest-of-honor's parade? Don't run for cover just yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Bridal Showers is any woman's best friend when it comes to coordinating this happy event, covering everything from invite do's and dont's and food choices to making sure it's a party that's fun for everyone--especially the guest of honor. In this complete Idiot's Guide, you get:

Casseroles are back and today's cover and bake dishes are not your mother's 1960s tuna casserole! Today's cooks are excited about fresh herbs, quality ingredients, terrific pastas and grains, lighter ingredients, and modern, quick twists on yesterday's time-consuming classics. While America continues its return to comfort food and sit-down dinners with the family, cover and bake dishes fit the bill perfectly from breakfast or brunch to lunch or dinner. In The Complete Idiot's Guide to Cover and Bake Meals, Chef Ellen Brown gives us delicious new flavours (Caribbean Curried Seafood Pilau with Black Beans and Rice) to updated classics (Chicken with Potatoes, Mushrooms and Onions in Red Wine sauce - Coq au Vin)