The Squid’s Fist
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By , on December 27th, 2010 6 comments   Cephalopods, Gadgets & Gear   , , ,  

Yes this was an impulse buy based purely on the label. They had me at squid! Which it makes it all the better to write about how pleasantly surprised I was at the tastiness of this wine once I oogled at the label long enough. The label is the creation of Illinois artist/illustrator Asaf Hanuka . . . → Read More: The Squid’s Fist

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The Deep-Sea Makes Everything Taste Better
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By , on November 29th, 2010 4 comments   Uncategorized   , ,  

A Slovenian winemaker revealed a unique technique for maturing wine when he retrieved 600 bottles that he laid six months ago in clay-made amphoras on the Adriatic seabed. The sparkling wine, named Poseidon after the Greek god of the sea, was placed at a depth of 30 metres where the temperature is between 12 and . . . → Read More: The Deep-Sea Makes Everything Taste Better

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Nautical Phrase/Term Wednesday: Cup of Joe
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By , on July 28th, 2009 Leave a comment   Nautical Terms and Phrases   , , , , , , , ,  

From our ol’ friend Navy lore: Josephus Daniels (18 May 1862-15 January 1948) was appointed Secretary of the Navy by President Woodrow Wilson in 1913. Among his reforms of the Navy were inaugurating the practice of making 100 Sailors from the Fleet eligible for entrance into the Naval Academy, the introduction of women into the . . . → Read More: Nautical Phrase/Term Wednesday: Cup of Joe

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