US-Grown Tea Is Incredibly Rare. This Small Farm Is Blazing a Trail. – “A look at why tea has never really been an American crop—and what a tiny tea operation in rural Mississippi can teach us about how that might change.” When we lived in Hawaii we met someone who grew his own coffee, his… Continue reading Growing Tea in the U.S.
Category: Food and Drink
Food and beverages I like
The Best Blue Cheese I’ve Ever Had
Part of getting older is a decreasing frequency of new experiences. Thinking about food specifically, when I was 25, I was tasting new things regularly, perhaps once per week or more. But now months or even years can go by without me trying something I’ve never had before. And when I do, the newness is… Continue reading The Best Blue Cheese I’ve Ever Had
Kennett Square Pub Crawl
The first time I was in Kennett, there was one place in town to get a decent beer, Half Moon. Half Moon is now gone, replaced by Grain. Grain also has a location in Newark, DE. The town of Kennett Square is rapidly growing and there are now seven places to get a decent beer,… Continue reading Kennett Square Pub Crawl
Brandywine Beer Trail
Here is an ongoing list of breweries and brewpubs in the Brandywine River Valley. The number of craft beer breweries and brewpubs is growing by the day across the U.S. Pennsylvania, with its strong German heritage (and oldest brewery in the country, Yuengling), is growing as quickly as any other state. I actually can’t keep… Continue reading Brandywine Beer Trail
Brandywine River Valley Beer Trail
Pubs in and around the greater Kennett Square area, including west of Philadelphia, northern Delaware and eastern Maryland. Red beer mug indicates a taproom with beers made by or at the brewpub. Orange mugs indicate craft beer bars.
New Cocktail Recipe: The Baltimore
In a normal February, cocktail hour would mean gathering the ingredients for an old fashioned or manhattan, or reaching for a porter or stout. But with the weather as warm as it is, I wanted something more refreshing. And for beverages, more acidic = refreshing – it is the citric acid in lemon and lime… Continue reading New Cocktail Recipe: The Baltimore
Vinegar Lemonade, Switchel, and Posca
It began with me trying to make a whiskey sour, but having no lemon juice. Normally, I would have mixed equal parts lemon (or better, lime) juice and regular sugar until the sugar dissolved, essentially making concentrated lemonade, a.k.a sour mix. Then I would have mixed equal parts of that with tap water, and finally… Continue reading Vinegar Lemonade, Switchel, and Posca
Black Tea Port Milk Punch
“adapted from Ruby Punch, a recipe that cocktail historian David Wondrich found in Jerry Thomas’s Bar-Tenders Guide from 1862… features a seriously tasty combination of black tea, ruby port, lemon, and a funky rum-esque liquor called Batavia Arrack. In its original form the tannins from the black tea and port provide grip and add texture,… Continue reading Black Tea Port Milk Punch
Craft Distillers Tap Pure Sugar Cane For A Southern Rum Renaissance
Source: NPR’s The Salt Excerpt: “Richland Single Estate Old Georgia Rum is made from cane grown, cut, distilled and rested on the premises of a 100-acre plantation in Richland, Ga. International awards and gold medals have poured in for this field-to-glass rum. Courtesy of Richland Rum Ah, rum, with its legendary pirates… Continue reading Craft Distillers Tap Pure Sugar Cane For A Southern Rum Renaissance
The Biochemist Behind Light Beer, the Greatest Marketing Gimmick the World Has Ever Seen
Source: Atlas Obscura Excerpt: “When it comes to products we eat or drink, we love our gimmicks. In the past week alone, Crystal Pepsi has returned to the shelves after a 23-year absence and Burger King tried putting a Whopper in a tortilla wrap. Those are great gimmicks that will win some pretty killer business… Continue reading The Biochemist Behind Light Beer, the Greatest Marketing Gimmick the World Has Ever Seen