by deCadmus | Nov 24, 2005 | Forty-two, Life in Vermont
Ah… Thanksgiving. A day to look back, reflect, and ponder all those things for which we are most grateful. And to stuff ourselves silly on carbolicious food. Since when are fresh cranberries pink? Pink?! Absurd. No pink cranberries while I’m in charge of...
by deCadmus | Nov 22, 2005 | Coffee, Forty-two
It’s about that time of year — the air thrums with the holiday melodies of Bing and Nat and Manheim Steamroller, thrills with aromas of spruce and spice, and shop-fronts and shoppers alike dress in their Christmas finery — surely, Thanksgiving Day...
by deCadmus | Nov 20, 2005 | Life in Vermont
The Winter issue of Vermont Life magazine (no, the magazine title is not intended to be ironic) boasts a contest… a quiz whereby you may determine just how true a Vermonter you really are. Being a recent transplant — and a flatlander, at that — I...
by deCadmus | Nov 17, 2005 | Coffee
[green_box] It’s been two years since I wrote this comparison. I’ve since updated it. The updated version of this article can be found here. [/green_box] Just when you thought it was safe to cast your lot and pick a single cup coffee brewer (be it a pod...
by deCadmus | Nov 14, 2005 | Coffee
If your barista asks for your name, does is strike you as the neighborly thing to do? A community thing? Or is it nobody’s business? Janice O’Leary offers offers one point of view in the Boston Globe : In September, as part of a new policy, my Starbucks...
by deCadmus | Nov 14, 2005 | Coffee
I’m especially pleased to see that Kenneth Davids has chosen to highlight coffees of Guatemala and the southern Mexico state of Chiapas — regions hard hit by hurricane Stan — in his November 2005 installment of Coffee Review. Says Ken: Given...