Another Hemingway favourite, the Daiquiri is perhaps the Caribbean’s iconic cocktail. Invented at a bar called El Floridita in Havana, this is the original Cuban recipe, which is why we’re using Havana Club. Ingredients 2 teaspoons of sugar Juice of half a lime Dash of maraschino liqueur Crushed ice 2 … Read More
The dust jacket of Carnivore, a memoir by Sargent Dillard Johnson with assistance from journalist James Tarr, bills Johnson as “on of the deadliest soldier of all time” and alludes to an astonishing kill count of 2,700. Johnson doesn’t quite claim that number pages of his book, but he does … Read More
Jeff McEnery is a pretty funny guy. Don’t believe us? Check this out. Anyway, we caught up with McEnery in between his gigs headlining the Yuk Yuk’s tour. How often do people ask you for a joke when you tell them that you’re a comedian? Oh, all the time. That’s … Read More
Kate Drummond is one busy actress. After walking away from a twelve-year career of teaching elementary school students, she’s landed roles in SPACE channels Cat 8, Clara’s Deadly Secret, and Being Human. Now, she’s joining the cast of Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist as Grim, the technical operations manager of … Read More
Don’t think of the mojito as a girly drink—it bears the Earnest Hemingway stamp of approval, and if a hard-drinking, hard-fighting, big game fisherman like Hemingway could love the mojito, you can too. The mojito was actually invented in a Havana bar in 1942: La Bodeguita del Medio, and it’s … Read More
