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Whiskey, The Nectar of Ireland
In honor of St. Patrick's Day, we decided to follow Nagle's lead and set out to find a worthy, new go-to Irish whiskey. We came up with the cumbersomely titled, but delicious, The Wild Geese Irish Soldiers & Heroes. If you asked 10 Americans to name an Irish whiskey, eight would probably say Jameson. The other two would say Bushmills. And they wouldn't mean the high-end versions of either.
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The Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho is a phenomenon. Before meeting him for lunch I looked for his novels in a bookshop. They were not shelved under fiction. The assistant directed me to the Mind, Body, Spirit section, looking at me as if I were a bit of an anorak for wanting to read him.
For fall-off-the-bone, smoky meat, head to the nearest stove top
The other day, I just couldn't shake the thought of slow-smoking some ribs. I was in the mood for Memphis-style baby backs, the meat fall-off-the-bone tender, a simple dry rub tantalizingly complicated with deep hickory notes, the flavors drawn out with a tart vinegar-Dijon mop.
Signpost - Spring Fever:
Work ends and it’s off to the homestead, where a geography book beckons to be read for the test ahead — oh, what a dread! After a bowl of cornflakes, the geography book opens. Beginning at sentence three, the words don’t register and begin to blur.
In honor of St. Patrick's Day, we decided to follow Nagle's lead and set out to find a worthy, new go-to Irish whiskey. We came up with the cumbersomely titled, but delicious, The Wild Geese Irish Soldiers & Heroes. If you asked 10 Americans to name an Irish whiskey, eight would probably say Jameson. The other two would say Bushmills. And they wouldn't mean the high-end versions of either.
Search FT.com
The Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho is a phenomenon. Before meeting him for lunch I looked for his novels in a bookshop. They were not shelved under fiction. The assistant directed me to the Mind, Body, Spirit section, looking at me as if I were a bit of an anorak for wanting to read him.
For fall-off-the-bone, smoky meat, head to the nearest stove top
The other day, I just couldn't shake the thought of slow-smoking some ribs. I was in the mood for Memphis-style baby backs, the meat fall-off-the-bone tender, a simple dry rub tantalizingly complicated with deep hickory notes, the flavors drawn out with a tart vinegar-Dijon mop.
Signpost - Spring Fever:
Work ends and it’s off to the homestead, where a geography book beckons to be read for the test ahead — oh, what a dread! After a bowl of cornflakes, the geography book opens. Beginning at sentence three, the words don’t register and begin to blur.
