Molasses can kill.
On a warmish winter day in the early part of the twentieth century, Boston’s North End found this out.
Molasses, at that time, was America’s sweetener. A distilling company was storing the stuff in multi-million-gallon storage tank on Commercial Street. On January 15, 1919 (notably one day before the 18th […]
Last week I had someone jump up in an out-of-town meeting and scream “Go f*** yourself” after I called them on some bad behavior.
After the meeting, I wanted to remind myself that, really, people could contribute good things to the world. Luckily, my colleague has an explorer’s spirit and suggested we stop […]
Los Angeles is a phenomenal place for food, if you can get over the hype of oh-so-many too-trendy establishments and just get down to good eats.
It is a strange and wonderful landscape, offering everything from vegan fare to game meats, Moroccan to Peruvian cuisine. I even recall eating at an Australian-themed restaurant where the […]