CRAFT BEER IN CONNECTICUT-A LOOK AT THE LOCAL SCENE
by ANDY CROUCH Caught in the middle between New York and the rest of New England, half Yankees fans and half Red Sox Nation, Connecticut is a state with a minor identity crisis. In enduring the constant push-and-pull from Boston to Manhattan, the state has carved out an unusual geographic... Read More
THE EVOLVING WINES OF ISRAEL-GOD’S LITTLE ACRE ALL GROWN UP
by HARVEY FINKEL Wine production in the Holy Land has been on a 4OOO-year slow roller coaster. Biblically renowned, reputed as of premium export quality before the Common Era, Israeli wine hit low points under various external dominations, especially during the 1,2OO years of mostly Islamic control, ending in a... Read More
ENDANGERED COCKTAIL OF THE MONTH – NAVY GROG
by PINK LADY The trope of the drunken sailor is a time-honored one, and we owe many of our oldest classic cocktail formulae to its real-life incarnation. The Gimlet, Gin & Tonic, Dark & Stormy, to name just a few, were born on the high seas, where a daily ration... Read More