The Surprising History of White Coke in the Land of the Reds

Human prohibition having produced nothing good, unless you count seeing small-time contraband crooks turning into big-time organized crime bosses, what about the divine prohibition invoked by religions? Hinduism and Buddhism: The First Steps Towards Widespread Prohibition. The eating of animal flesh...

Can coffee, or, to be more scientific, caffeine, create dependency, as drugs do? Are the historical origins of coffee South American? East African? Is decaffeinated coffee more harmful than “real” coffee? Is coffee bad for your heart? Your liver?...

At the beginning of the twentieth century, wise and well-informed people must have said to themselves that this last century of the second millennium must end on solid ground. Canada (or, rather, the Province of Prince Edward Island) was...

An interesting article in the Revue du Vin de France retraces the ten major steps in the “brief” history of humanity and the noble beverage. https://www.larvf.com/dix-etapes-cles-de-l-histoire-du-vin-sur-dix-millenaires,4754960.asp

From the time civilized human beings first walked this planet, the misdemeanours they have committed due to overindulgence in alcohol are numerous and, as the butterfly effect demands, such misdemeanours are sometimes just the beginning of a long series...