“Cheers! Around the world in 80 toasts”
No matter what country you clink glasses in, everyone has a word for cheers. In Cheers! Around the World in 80 Toasts, Brandon Cook takes readers on a whirlwind trip through languages from Estonian to Elvish and everywhere in between. Need to know how to toast in Tagalog? Say “bottoms up” in Basque? “Down the hatch” in Hungarian? Cook teaches readers how to toast in 80 languages and includes drinking traditions, historical facts, and strange linguistic phenomena for each.
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“This global lexicon, written with a light touch, is a scholarly treatise on toasts in scores of languages and takes a deep dive into linguistics, history and traditions…You’ll discover what to say, what libation should fill the glass and how it all came about. Read it with a clear head; there’s much to learn.”
~Florence Fabricant, New York Times Food
“Cook debuts with an entertaining guide on how to give a toast in nearly 80 languages. . . . It’s worth raising a glass to the enthusiasm and good nature of this fun project.”
~Publishers Weekly
“A fascinating little book that sheds light on how different cultures raise a glass, and who, what and how they toast while doing so.”
~Decanter
“The collection of wry historical insights about raising a glass in 100 countries and almost that many languages is served up with keen observations on humanity and linguistics.”
~Babs Rodriguez, 360West
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