Food and Drink

> Dogfish Head Brewery [http://www.dogfish.com/] in Delaware's seasonal ApriHop is out. Basically fruit beer meets India Pale Ale, the beer is brewed with real apricots and finished with whole-leaf Amarillo and Warrior hops. 7% ABV 55 IBU. Link [http://www.realbeer.com/blog/?p=95]

Hop heart healthy: > Extracts from beer reduce inflammatory markers, according to a study by Austrian scientists. Hops may play a particularly important role [http://www.realbeer.com/news/articles/news-002859.php].

Let no one accuse me of not giving fair coverage for my abstaining friends: > Teetotalers, rejoice. Toasting with grape juice may carry brain-sparing benefits, according to research presented here 24 February at the World Parkinson's Congress. In a series of cognitive and motor tests, grape juice-drinking rats

It's not too often you hear about Canada coming up with a good approach to a social problem, but this one doesn't sound too bad: giving whinos wine [http://theedge.bostonherald.com/healthNews/view.bg?articleid=128057]. > The Shepherds of Good Hope shelter in Ottawa

I love good macaroni and cheese, and it's Sunday (a bad day for blogging, given the dearth of interesting material), so I post this: a site dedicated to macaroni and cheese recipes [http://blog.samradion.co.uk/]. Good for families with small children. Warning: The URL indicates it&

I didn't follow-up to see what caused this outburst at Hogs on Ice [http://www.hogonice.com/2006/02/math_for_crusthaters.html], but at least the writer doesn't sugarcoat it: > I hate people who don't eat pizza crust. They should all be

I haven't left my hometown all week, promise [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11553551/]: > WEST BEND, Wis. - Authorities are hoping to break up what must be quite the party after beer thieves made off with almost $26,000 worth of suds from a delivery

The November 30, 1929 issue of the London Illustrated News featured a full page article by G.K. Chesterton and a full page Guinness Beer ad. Pretty sharp-looking. I'd re-produce it here, but I'm still having troubles with my new blogging software and can't

You can't rollerskate in a buffalo herd. And you can't drink beer with a buffalo herd. This man tried and lost [http://www.thedrunk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=996].

Celebrating the 21st Amendment: > On April 7, breweries all over America will raise a pint in celebration of the day that beer once again became legally available at the end of prohibition [http://www.realbeer.com/blog/?p=86]. I guess they call it "Brew Year's