The Perfect Smoke

In a nearly two-hundred page meditation upon the enjoyment of pipe-smoking (not even counting the two forwards by Gregory Pease and Tad Gage), from the benefits of nicotine (and yes, there are benefits), to subjects such as the breaking-in of briars and the phenomena of particular pipes having an inherent "flavor", to the blending of tobaccos and musings both philosophical and, as he admits, whimsical, Fred J. Hanna's The Perfect Smoke: Gourmet Pipe Smoking for Relaxation and Reflection is a comprehensive exploration of the quest for nothing less than, well, the perfect smoke.