Viking Graves and Drinking Outside in Freezing Weather Sounds Like Peak Norway Our hostess told us there were Viking graves nearby as she passed out goblets of champagne and recalled her family’s history. Read More
A Little Corner of Earth and a Big Box of Wine Can Make Anyone Smile “I’m sure three boxes will be enough,” we say, and return two days later, heads down, to buy three more.
Have a Drink and Be Grateful You Don’t Write About Oil Concessions A pisco sour and a very British protest in Belgravia.
Packing All the Delightful Energy of Spain Into a Single Meal There are few things more typically Spanish than churros con choco.
Time to Party Like It’s 1989 Wildly popular in Soviet times, this “champagne” now the preferred drink of those flat broke or nostalgic for the past era.
The Rise and Fall of Devidushka Bauyushka How David Bowie became the loathed adversary of a Soviet-era youth movement.
A Glass of Wine and a Shibboleth For Transplanted Peoples The Griko are a small community in Southern Italy of Greek origin who retain their Hellenic culture and language.
Salvation by the Slice In a Kiev pizzeria, veterans struggle to adapt to life away from the Eastern front.