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Daily Bread for 3.23.24: Tiny Windows Serving Wine

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 Good morning.

Saturday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 34. Sunrise is 6:49 and sunset 7:11 for 12h 21m 58s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 97.4 percent of its visible disk illuminated.

On this day in 1909, Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.

Tiny Windows Serving Wine:

A glass of wine…served out of a window 🍷

In Florence, Italy there are tiny little windows built into the side of most noble palaces. And from these tiny windows, wine is served.

Affectionately known as “buchette del vino”, Florence’s wine windows date back to the 16th Century, and were a means for noble families to sell their wine directly to the public. Their usefulness, however, really became apparent during the Covid-19 pandemic, and doubled as a unique solution to minimizing contact and halting the spread of illness.

We explore the history and preservation of these wine windows, and how they are still used today. Watch as @JacobHarrell guides you through this story.

‘The Empire (State Building) strikes back with a ‘Star Wars’ light show:

Business, Drink, Immigration

Budweiser’s Fine Commercial

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I’m not a Bud drinker, but this is a fine commercial from Budweiser:   This is the story of our founder and his pursuit of the American Dream. #ThisBudsForYou pic.twitter.com/TuJO7NSEWs — Budweiser (@Budweiser) January 31, 2017

Drink, Food, Regulations

The Kombucha Freedom Warrior

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As fermented products become more common as health fads, questions about regulation are being raised. For one, kombucha is the product of fermenting tea with a culture of live yeast and bacteria. As a result, the beverage has a variable alcohol content—and some of its producers are being targeted by the federal regulators. In this…

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Drink: Brodo

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I’ve not tried it, and I’m not sure it will catch on nationally, but it is something different — It reads like the perfect storm of food item appeal: soaking otherwise toss-able animal bones in water (sustainability: check) to create a nutrient-rich brew (paleo-friendly: check) for sale in paper to-go cups out of a window…

Drink, Food, Holiday, Poll

Friday Poll: Third Annual Eggnog Poll

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Eggnog? Embed from Getty Images If one’s been around a bit, one has the opportunity for annual posts or polls, including this one: an eggnog poll. So, a simple question: eggnog, yes or no? Here’s a link to an eggnog recipe that I’ll try this Christmas – 1958: Eggnog @ New York Times Cooking.

Drink, Food, Restaurant, Review

How Many Visits for a Restaurant Review?

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How many trips should a reviewer make before publishing a review?  I think at least two, if not three.(Exceptions would apply when one is revisiting an establishment that one has reviewed previously, or when one is traveling and a second visit is impractical.) One can review after one evening, but a single, first-visit review just doesn’t seem…