The Spirit World

Copyright 2007 Nika Boyce
Without a doubt, January is a time of fighting the winter doldrums. Many across the northern tier states are having a wicked trying winter with unusual amounts of snow while we have been oddly warm but very dark and dreary with non-stop fog here in New England. For many of us, […]

In past columns I’ve mentioned to you my support of a local food organization called Northwest Harvest. I recently became aware of another big supporter of this organization, actually it’s a group of friends who started with a small idea and over the last couple years, through a groundswell effort, have grown it to […]

Thanks to my friend, Henrik, I now have a whole bunch of liquid material that I’ll be covering over the next few weeks! During the holidays, I was at a party he was co-hosting with his fiancé, Denice, and at some point a set of Swedish snaps made their way into the center of […]

We’ll be getting back to beer mixology soon, but I had a couple of updates from recent beery wanderings that I want to share with you. So for the next two weeks I’m going to take you to a particular corner on Broadway in Fells Point, Baltimore, Maryland.
I had the good fortune of making […]

These days, Absinthe seems to becoming a far more popular topic then it has for nearly a hundred years.
One of the aspects of Absinthe which most likely has the most appeal is the fact that it has long been banned virtually worldwide. It was banned in Switzerland (its place of origin) in 1910, it was […]

Tomorrow is Mixology Monday 11: Winter Warmers. It’s sponsored by the folks at Imbibe Magazine at their blog Imbibe Unfiltered.
Although I’ve talked about this drink before, it was nearly a year ago so I think it’s okay to repeat it. My entry takes me all the way back to my […]

If you live in the Seattle area (or you even may want to fly in for this) mark your calendar for this year’s Hops and Props held at the Museum of Flight.
The date: February 10 at 7:00 pm
This is an international event with fifty craft breweries from eight states and five countries […]

We’re taking a day off on this beautiful (in Seattle…) Friday - but only so we can come back tomorrow with the first of our drinks for Mixology Monday! This month it is hosted by Imbibe Unfiltered and you need to have your post online on Monday, January 15th. Check for all the […]

We’re ramping up to Superbowl weekend and it’s time to be thinking about football party food! Now this is not necessarily tailgating food but it could work for that, too. I’m actually in a class Sunday while my Hawks are playing but if I were at home this is what I’d be […]

Today’s Drinks Around the World column is going around the world - at least figuratively. Too bad it’s not literally!
The February 2007 issue of Wine and Spirits (which should really be Wine and Spirits since 99.5% of the coverage is on wine) lists some interesting options for your liquor cabinet.
The […]