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Mary Beth Barilla, Northeast Rep I never feel as if spring is really here until this time of year, late April. I went away for a few days this weekend, and when I returned, the grass was longer and greener, and rhododendron bushes were blooming all over the neighborhood. It’s chilly outside today, but for […]
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On the 17th and 18th, the Globe and Mail did a double-whammy review of The Letters of Samuel Beckett! April 17: Inside the young writer’s laboratory >> April 18: Waiting for the Post >>
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The Mongols lived off the horse; as they traveled, they milked and slaughtered for food. Their empire would bridge a continent, and their methods sped technological innovation into the modern era.
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The diary entry of the a pre-industrial Japanese Embassy visiting a British brewery in 1872 shows a keen interest in getting into the fermented beverage market. After all, he reasons, the Japanese are excellent brewers.
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Georg J. Riedel, owner of the fancy wine-glass giant, is down on beer in a recent Baltimore Sun article: “Beer is a very common drink, something served in stadiums in paper cups.” Someone needs to send him a copy of Grape vs. Grain and buy him a train ticket to Bruges for a week. Should […]
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For Canadian Rep Pam Robinson: "Much to my chagrin, after years of school instruction, dual labeling, and signage – from soup cans and cereal boxes to official government documents – I am still not bilingual in English and French."
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A newly discovered egg from Darwin's Beagle voyage is probably the only one left. Plus, according to Darwin, the bird itself was very tasty.
Read MoreToday, April 13, is Sam Beckett’s birthday (1906). What better gift to have than J. M. Coetzee’s New York Review of Books review of Letters?
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