Given its name, you’re forgiven for thinking Blanc du Bois is a French grape variety. This American hybrid, created in 1968 by John A. Mortensen at the University of Florida, is named after Emile Dubois, a noted French 19th-century grape grower who eventually made his way to America. ...
The grammatical form of φιλόσοφος is a (second declension) masculine, but compounds like this retain second declension endings even when they are used in the feminine gender. So a Greek woman who was a philosopher was still a φιλόσοφος. But a "friend" who ...
Imagine a piece of bread. You don't have to imagine it, it's right here in the kitchen, on the breadboard, in its plastic bag, lying beside the bread knife. The bread knife is an old one you picked up at an auction; it has the word BREAD carved into the wooden handle. You open...
Portland, Maine is foodie heaven If you like food, you want to come to Portland. In fact, in 2018,Bon Appétit named it the Restaurant City of the Year. I’m sure we would have won it every year since then, but they probably need to spread the love. ...
One of those is to never quit. Thursday night, the average fan would've probably left the Iowa baseball game in Iowa City. For those that stuck around, they saw a game and comeback for the ages. One that is now the talk of the sports world....
Matt Groening's third animated sitcom also takes place in this show's universe, and it's believed this is the point where Disenchantment takes place in the Futurama timeline. Later on, in the 2500s, the area was once again destroyed by similar — or possibly the same — flying saucers, ...
Another theory,as I describe in the chapter “Planet Smell” inThe Other End of the Leash, is the “guy-with-a-gold-chain” hypothesis. Perhaps dogs roll in stinky stuff because it makes them more attractive to other dogs. “Look at me! I have dead fish in my territory! Am I not ...
Throughout all western wars against the infidel “other”, be they Christians, Jews, or Muslims, God is always speaking directly to the leaders who launch such wars The divine in the west has lost the sacredness and God is used in all aspects of western society and culture. ...
Named for the world's most famous Southern belle,Georgia's signature drink is the Scarlet O'Hara cocktail. It's made with cranberry juice, a dash of lime, and Southern Comfort, according to The Daily Meal. You may also like:Best Mexican restaurant in every state ...
Cole worked in the region around the time that it started to attract tourists, many of whom were drawn to the newly opened Catskill Mountain House, which was situated in a pine grove high up in what is now the Kaaterskill Wild Forest. The grand hotel was only a short distance from the ...