Archive for the 'History' Category

It’s the Bloody Mary’s 75th anniversary!  Originally, this tomato juice-based cocktail was invented in Paris, but perfected in New York about a decade later.  Read more…
Check out a twist on the Bloody Mary, the Bloody Caesar:

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Posted By: rebecca | Dec 1st


 
Check out how well you know your wine (or beer, or coffee) with these online quizzes. 
What’s your wine IQ?

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Posted By: rebecca | Nov 19th


Ever wondered where your favorite drink originated?  Check out the histories of some of the most widely consumed cocktails:
The Mojito - Ingredients: white rum, sugar or sugar cane juice, lime, carbonated water and mint muddled together.
History: May be traced back to sailors in 16th century Cuba, using the drink to disguise bad rum.
The Singapore […]

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Posted By: rebecca | Oct 29th


OSAKA, JAPAN–(Marketwire - November 15, 2007) - Next time your food spoils, think twice before you throw it out; you may have stumbled on a medical breakthrough.
When it comes to major health discoveries, accidents have proven to be an important step in science. Penicillin was discovered accidentally from moldy bread in 1928 by Alexander Fleming, […]

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Posted By: littlec | Nov 16th


Frog legs, a typically French gourmet dish, were in fact served in Western Europe more than 5,000 years ago, according to new archaeological evidence.
The site of Kutná Hora-Denemark, a hill fort east of Prague, has revealed the remains of 893 frog bones, providing evidence that the Czechs ate frog legs as early as the Neolithic […]

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Posted By: froosh | Jun 25th


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