Tim Hortons invades New York City
A former Dunkin' Donuts franchise owner has quarreled with the Dunkin' Donuts organization which no longer wants his business. As a result, he is turning his 13 New York City properties into Tim Hortons outlets. The Canadian coffee, donut, and lunch shops are unfamiliar in New York City, and competition is fierce there, so observers are doubtful about success. For more, see here.
Posted by David Fahey on July 11, 2009 at 07:47 AM in Canada, Coffee, Drinking Spaces, United States | Permalink
Drug Use and Addiction in War
Tom Langdale wrote this short article, dated July 9, 2009, for High 5 Men's Magazine.
Posted by Jon Miller on July 10, 2009 at 01:47 PM in Alcohol (general), Beer, Cannabis, France, Germany, Methamphetamine, Opium, Rum, United States | Permalink
Black-market cigarettes
Tim Elfrink wrote this dramatic summary of the recent history of cigarette smuggling as a source of terrorist income for the Miami New Times.
Posted by Jon Miller on July 7, 2009 at 07:48 AM in Afghanistan, Iraq, Ireland, North Korea, Tobacco, United States | Permalink
Temperance and drink in Nebraska
Two articles by Patricia C. Gaster in Nebraska History: "A Fallen Victim to 'the Liquor Curse': The Life and Death [1912] of Samuel D. Cox" 89/2 (2008): 84-93; "Good Grammar and Sensational Style" 88/1-2 (2007): 28-41 [re Wm E. "Pussyfoot"Johnson, his temperance Daily Bumble Bee (published against the Omaha Bee), and the fight for prohibition in 1890.
Posted by David Fahey on June 23, 2009 at 08:41 PM in Alcohol (general), Temperance, United States | Permalink
Georgia's local option law of 1885 (article)
Michael A. Wagner, "'As Gold is Tried in the Fire, so Hearts Must be Tried by Pain': The Temperance Movement in Georgia and the Local Option Law of 1885," Georgia Historical Quarterly 93/1 (2009): 30-54.
Posted by David Fahey on June 8, 2009 at 09:17 PM in Prohibition, United States | Permalink
Black women, prohibition, and the election of 1928 (article)
Lisa G. Materson, "African American Women, Prohibition, and the 1928 Presidential Election," Journal of Women's History 21/1 (2009): 63-86.
Posted by David Fahey on June 8, 2009 at 09:14 PM in Prohibition, United States | Permalink
Reviving the rock-and-rye "medicinal" cocktail
According to the Wall Street Journal, a few enthusiasts for old drinks are experimenting with new recipes for the rock-and-rye cocktail once regarded as a medicinal cure-all. The old recipe combined rye whiskey with hard candy and a few herbs and bits of fruit. For more, see here.
Posted by David Fahey on June 6, 2009 at 08:11 AM in United States | Permalink
Old Boston taverns and tavern clubs (book)
Samuel Adams Drake, Old Boston Taverns and Tavern Clubs (BiblioBazaar, 2009).
Posted by David Fahey on June 3, 2009 at 08:23 AM in Books, Drinking Spaces, United States | Permalink
Obama's Supreme Court Nominee ruled against Out-of-State Wine Shippers and got overturned
Click here for the article on Tom Wark's Fermentation, The Daily Wine Blog.
Posted by Dave Trippel on June 2, 2009 at 11:29 PM in Alcohol (miscellaneous), Law Enforcement, Prohibition, United States, Wine | Permalink
More opium conference papers
World History Association conference, Salem, Massachusetts, June 25-28, 2009.
Posted by David Fahey on June 2, 2009 at 08:49 PM in China, Opium, Turkey, United States | Permalink
