Going out for dinner and having drinks with co-staff on a regular basis is a should in Korean corporations. Soft drinks in the US have gotten so ridiculously large that The Onion printed a mock news story claiming Coke’s newest size was 30 liters ( here) Funny as this will seem, it’s unlucky that we have to joke about this because the outcomes of over-consumption are sometimes devastating.
Equally, though beer might have been invented by the traditional Egyptians, it was perfected by the medieval monasteries that gave us trendy brewing as we all know it: one saint (Arnold of Soissons) has even been credited with inventing the filtration process.
With lists of locations in the United States to seek out every type of sake (the writer owns a sake retailer in San Francisco), recipes for sake cocktails, and explanations of which forms of meals go properly with sake (including pizza!) its really a helpful ebook.
Age-previous techniques are employed for the preparation of the liquor, and the art of its consumption has developed by means of time to include particular rituals of serving, drinking and accompanying ouzo with the suitable plates known as mezè (or mezédes, in plural).
The resulting drink – of which everybody current had a style – was actually fairly tasty; it had a kind of gingerbread style about it, and as it cooled it started to style a bit extra like licorice to me. It might be good in a tankard in front of a roaring hearth at Christmas.
