Missed the deliciously indulgent Rum Renaissance Festival in Miami this year? To help tide you over until the next time, Islands magazine had handpicked five of the event’s most mouthwatering…
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Soca pioneer David Rudder believes it is important to return to the roots of social commentary in calypso developed by African slaves. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-14488935
This Pakistani dish is sure to please. Ingredients: 1 cup of Split Orange Lentils (Masoor Dal) (washed and soaked for 1/2 hour). Substitute small yellow lentils if necessary. 1 Onion (thinly…
The numbers are in, and seven state wines emerged victorious from the Michigan Wine and Spirits Competition. A big variety of wines were entered by 53 of the state’s 84…
Yesterday I spent the day at the lake at Sleepy Hollow State Park near Laingsburg, and had the following observations: I heard on the radio that 20% of Americans can…
From the BBC Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a bill that officially classifies beer as alcoholic. Until now anything containing less than 10% alcohol in Russia has been considered…
From the BBC Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that the occupants of southeastern France were brewing beer during the Iron Age, some 2,500 years ago. A paper in Human Ecology outlines the…
I normally don’t dig slide shows, but this one is worthwhile. Forty-nine varieties of chile peppers, from Saveur. http://www.saveur.com/gallery/Chile-Pepper-Gallery
I need a beer. It’s a phrase uttered by many contemporary workers after a long day at the office, but new research shows that ancient cultures were probably using the…
In the 1920’s, Detroit roared like no place else. Bootleggers, Gangsters, Flappers and Feds converged on the city as it supplied 75% of the illicit liquor that poured into America…