Strengthens contextual-fitness evidence without endorsing the source’s dated brand suggestions or humorous occasion chart.
The food-pairing chapter opens by asking what surrounds the whiskey before naming any bottle or flavor match.
Greene frames whiskey selection as conditional on weather, time, cuisine, mood, company, ice, and setting, making a context-free favorite or prestige hierarchy an inadequate guide to practical fit.
PDF sheet 47 (displayed p. 213)
Whiskey and food — occasion and context
Text and page image verified against PDF sheet 47, displayed p. 213, on 2026-08-27.
Located evidence
Greene makes whiskey selection conditional on weather, time, cuisine, mood, company, ice, and setting rather than assuming a context-free favorite or prestige hierarchy.
Context
The food-pairing chapter opens with occasion and surrounding conditions before proposing bottle or flavor matches.
Research use
Use to support contextual fitness: practical value depends on the drinker, task, service, and moment.
Boundary
The source’s dated bottle suggestions and humorous occasion chart are not evidence of current value or universal preference.