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    Scratch and Sniff Your Way to Becoming a Whiskey Know-It-All

    Richard Betts follows up his popular The Essential Scratch and Sniff Guide to Becoming a Wine Expert with The Essential Scratch and Sniff Guide to Becoming a Whiskey Know-It-All: Know Your Booze Before You Choose .

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    By Evan Kleiman • Dec 11, 2015 • 1 min read

    Richard Betts follows up his popular The Essential Scratch and Sniff Guide to Becoming a Wine Expert with The Essential Scratch and Sniff Guide to Becoming a Whiskey Know-It-All: Know Your Booze Before You Choose.

    Once again, Betts uses illustrations, scratch and sniff scents and simple explanations to teach us about whiskey as a category of spirits.

    Music: "Sing Me to Sleep" by Fran Healy

    The full episode

    3 of 7
    Donabe Cooking, Scratch and Sniff Guide to Whiskey, Mexicano
    1. 0:33Blending Teas and Tisanes with Steve Schwartz
    2. 10:35The Best Cookbooks of 2015
    3. 18:26Scratch and Sniff Your Way to Becoming a Whiskey Know-It-AllYou’re reading this
    4. 28:52Jonathan Gold Reviews Mexicano
    5. 34:48Donabe: The Art of Japanese Clay Pot Cooking
    6. 43:20Market Report
    7. 50:05Beyond Baklava, Discovering Middle Eastern Sweets
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Camellia Tse

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    The full episode

    3 of 7
    Donabe Cooking, Scratch and Sniff Guide to Whiskey, Mexicano
    1. 0:33Blending Teas and Tisanes with Steve Schwartz
    2. 10:35The Best Cookbooks of 2015
    3. 18:26Scratch and Sniff Your Way to Becoming a Whiskey Know-It-AllYou’re reading this
    4. 28:52Jonathan Gold Reviews Mexicano
    5. 34:48Donabe: The Art of Japanese Clay Pot Cooking
    6. 43:20Market Report
    7. 50:05Beyond Baklava, Discovering Middle Eastern Sweets
    Back to Good Food