Given our obvious enthusiasm for the effects of alcohol, we were a bit taken aback by a recent New York Times piece extolling the virtues of half-bottles of wine. Apparently there are people out there for whom a regular ol’ 750-mL bottle of wine is too much to split with a loved one—the writer includes […]
Entries Tagged as 'Herodotus'
The Scourge of Wine
January 29th, 2010 · 2 Comments
Tags:alcohol·ancient history·Cleomenes·Herodotus·Sparta·wine
This World, Then the Visigoths
January 5th, 2010 · Comments Off on This World, Then the Visigoths
Over the past several days, no ad campaign has been as inescapable as the one hyping Food Network’s recently aired “Super Chef Battle”. The innumerable commercials and Web banners that ran in support of the event made it seem like a culinary version of a Thunderdome match, crossed with the Apollo Creed versus Ivan Drago […]
Tags:ancient history·Croesus·food·Food Network·Herodotus·Mario Batali·Roman Empire·TV