On Food and Cooking

orange peel; Dram-buie, Scotch whisky plus
honey plus herbs; and Southern Comfort,
bourbon whiskey plus peach brandy and
peaches. Some liqueurs include stabilized
cream.
Anise and Caraway Alcohols These spirits get
their dominant flavor from the seeds of plants
in the carrot family, and may be either sweet
or dry. Anise is especially popular; there are
French, Greek, Turkish, and Lebanese
versions among others (pernod and anisette,
ouzo, raki, araq). Caraway seeds flavor dry
Scandinavian aquavits and the sweet German
Kümmel. When clear anise alcohols are
diluted with clear liquid water or ice cubes
that melt, the mixture becomes surprisingly
cloudy. This is because the aromatic terpene
molecules are insoluble in water, and soluble
in alcohol only when the alcohol is highly
concentrated. As the alcohol becomes diluted,
the terpenes separate from the continuous
liquid into little water-avoiding droplets, and