Cooking with Beer

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Cooking with Beer and Beer Recipes.  © 2008 Peggy Trowbridge Filippone

Beer has been brewing for more than 8,000 years worldwide, and in olden days was considered a food staple. With new studies showing beer is actually healthy, why not eat your beer?

Beer History

The word beer comes from the Middle Englishber(e), and from the Latin bibere meaning "to drink." Ancient Babylonian records indicate beer as being used in sacrificial rituals. All of the ancient cultures, including those of Egypt, China, India, and the Incas of Peru, made beer.

Beer Recipes

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