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Food and Drink

A collection of 574 issues

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BYCU As I get steeped more deeply in vodka and gin, I'm enjoying the lost art of mixology. Well, it was a lost art. With the advent of Mad Men, things like infusing vodka with herbs/spices and using bitters [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitters] have made

Friday

BYCU I decided I hadn't been spending nearly enough time at Modern Drunkard Magazine, so I decided to surf around it last weekend during the Detroit Lions game. I wasn't disappointed. It turns out they're in the second "Clash of the Tightest [http:

Friday

BYCU Man, BYCU blogging is almost too easy this week: Halloween is now a big drinking night, as evidenced by this infographic [http://scramsystems.com/blog/2014/10/scary-truth-halloween-drinking/#.VEzmQPnF-So] . There are many sites dedicated to boozy Halloween costumes, Halloween parties, and Halloween drinks. But it's not for

BYCU

BYCU Indiana has a blue [Christmas] law that prohibits alcohol sales on December 25th. An Indiana officer received a tip that an Indiana store had sold alcohol on Christmas, so she started an investigation. They're now spanking all sorts of small stores throughout the Hoosier state [http://www.

BYCU-ish

18th Amendment One of the best anecdotes I've read lately, in the literary-drunken vein: "Mencken responded to Prohibition by selling his car and using the proceeds to purchase a large stock of 'the best wines and liquors I could find,' stored in a homemade basement

Friday

BYCU The veteran drinker Kingsley Amis didn't like the advent of music in England's pubs. I think he made some good points, especially this one: > If you dislike what is being played, you use up energy and patience in the attempt to ignore it; if

Friday

BYCU I heard of a local establishment charging $8 for a Tanqueray and tonic. It struck me as outrageous, but I don't have a long history with hard liquor, so I looked into it a bit. If I buy the big bottle (1.75 liters), the liquor costs

Everyday Drinking

I haven't devoted nearly enough attention to drinking literature, but from the books I've read, Kingly Amis' collection of essays, Everyday Drinking, is some of the best. Sure, he's a limey, but I think the English have a special knack for creating drinking

Friday

BYCU Great charts: What countries drink the most vodka, gin, whisky and rum [http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2013/06/daily-chart-9?fsrc=scn/tw/te/dc/highspirits] ? Per capita, the results are: Vodka: Russia. Rum: Indian. Scotch Whiskey: France. Gin: Philippines. Tequila: U.S. (wait a second; something tells

Friday

BYCU I have four grape vines. I'm expecting (hoping/praying for) big things from them this year, since it's their third year. Everything looks good so far, with lots of bunches growing. They're all edible grapes, however. Nothing good for wine. If you'