http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2010/03/know-your-whiskey-from-your-whisky/ A Heaping Helping of Food News, Science and Culture Sat, 18 May 2013 18:34:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2010/03/know-your-whiskey-from-your-whisky/comment-page-1/#comment-13928 Bourbon Renewal: The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of America's Native Spirit | Food & Think Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:20:37 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=5049#comment-13928 [...] is National Bourbon Heritage Month. This American-born beverage is a type of whiskey (not whisky, and yes the “e” makes a difference) made from corn mash and aged in oak barrels, producing a sweet and spicy, amber-colored spirit [...] [...] is National Bourbon Heritage Month. This American-born beverage is a type of whiskey (not whisky, and yes the “e” makes a difference) made from corn mash and aged in oak barrels, producing a sweet and spicy, amber-colored spirit [...]

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2010/03/know-your-whiskey-from-your-whisky/comment-page-1/#comment-3772 Fruitcake 101: A Concise Cultural History of This Loved and Loathed Loaf | Food & Think Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:49:05 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=5049#comment-3772 [...] from snitching fallen nuts from a neighbor’s pecan grove to procuring a quart of bootleg whiskey. However, on learning how his spirits are going to be used, the bootlegger flippantly remarks, [...] [...] from snitching fallen nuts from a neighbor’s pecan grove to procuring a quart of bootleg whiskey. However, on learning how his spirits are going to be used, the bootlegger flippantly remarks, [...]

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2010/03/know-your-whiskey-from-your-whisky/comment-page-1/#comment-3104 Classic Irish Soda Bread | Food & Think Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:36:11 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=5049#comment-3104 [...] any of the following: orange zest, sour cream, yogurt, chocolate, jalapenos—and especially not Irish whiskey. (”Talk about stereotyping!!!” it [...] [...] any of the following: orange zest, sour cream, yogurt, chocolate, jalapenos—and especially not Irish whiskey. (”Talk about stereotyping!!!” it [...]

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