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A Curious Tale: Who Invented the Singapore Sling?
Raffles Hotel, Singapore, is celebrating its 125th anniversary this month. (This despite the fact that the hotel didn’t open until… Continue reading »
How to Eat Like A Roman, Without Throwing Up
Roman banquets have been a byword for decadence since time immemorial, and, it’s true, it’s hard to think of anything… Continue reading »
Pepe’s Fishing Club, Byblos, Lebanon
Back in the glory days of Lebanon, the 1960s and the 1970s, before civil war made the place a wasteland… Continue reading »
On Fat-Tailed Sheep
It’s no secret that our appetites shape the animals around us. Compare the snout of a wild boar, long and… Continue reading »
Consider Cloves
It’s hard to imagine that an everyday ingredient in the spice rack could once have been worth almost its weight… Continue reading »
Marmite XO — A Luxury Marmite!
Marmite, like oysters and stinky tofu, is a substance that tends to polarise people, if not actually horrify them. Salty,… Continue reading »
Jerry Thomas: The First Bartending Superstar
Long, long before Tom Cruise was shaking up drinks in Cocktail, Jerry Thomas was making theatre behind the bar. With… Continue reading »