How much do you love your whisky? Bonham’s Auction House in Edinburgh, Scotland just auctioned off a bottle for £4200! Salvaged from the wreck of the SS Politician, this bottle is one of an estimated 24,000 bottles liberated by residents of the Outer Hebrides in what is surely one of the most hilarious whisky escapades of all time.
In Praise of Wild Mushrooms
Collecting the first chanterelle mushrooms of the season makes for a great omelette and fond memories of the forest.
Girl Meets Canada: Black Prairie
Our traveller shares her drink recipe inspired by Saskatchewan.
Of Grouse and Grandiose Schemes: A Cunning Plan
When Julia and Ted come up with a “cunning plan” to hatch some grouse eggs, things begin to run afoul/fowl of nature in Normandy.
Mouthwatering, Lipsmacking, Fingerlicking: The Euphoria of Tennessee Barbeque
You haven’t lived until you’ve experienced tasted the flavours of the Tennessee Barbeque. Phyllis Wilson travels to Memphis and Nashville for a taste of heaven.
For the Love of Cheese
“How can one possibly govern a people who make 246 cheeses?” General de Gaulle is supposed to have asked. In few places on earth is cheese as celebrated and revered as it is in France, and one of the highlights is cheese from Pont l’Eveque.
Incredible (and Sometimes Edible): How to Live with Weeds
Sometimes it seems as if the only certain things in the garden are death and weeds. Gardeners are constantly battling those tough, sneaky and promiscuous plants that insinuate themselves into any scrap of bare ground. But what makes a weed a weed anyway?
Make Sure You Come Over With an Empty Stomach!
Living in the multicultural society that we do, I am sure many of you have friends who are from India. Maybe most you already know about what I am going to explain in the next few paragraphs, but I feel it is compulsory to let those of you who don’t know that there are a […]
A Normandy Garden
Julia McLean finds the poetry in gardening as she writes about her Normandy garden, with its Cider House, 18th century cider press, herbs, flowers and cherries.
Attack of the Killer Lobster
A Maritime outing in search of the world’s best lobster leads to a crustacean attack, and leaves a doctor wondering how to code the injury for Medicare. Was it all worth it? Oh yeah!
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