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Lemon Drop Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails
...The Lemon Drop was invented in San Francisco by Norman Hobday, owner of Henry Africa’s—arguably the first, and certainly one of the quintessential, genre-defining fern bars of the day. Henry Africa, aka Norman Hobday, in Henry Africa’s, home of the Lemon Drop, in 1983. Courtesy of the San Francisco Chronicle . Though later devolving to a simple chilled vodka shot served with a sugar-coated lemon wedge, the original Lemon Drop was a more elegant affair, served up in a sugar-rimmed cocktail glass. Henry Africa’s distinguished itself by using premium spirits...
Moueix Reference library
Edmund Penning-Rowsell and Jancis Robinson
The Oxford Companion to Wine (5 ed.)
...since 1976 and purchased in 2021 , and Latour-Pomerol in Pomerol. However, much the most important acquisition was a half-share of petrus in 1964 . Jean-François Moueix and his children now own it all. Jean-Pierre Moueix, a man of great probity and courtesy, was a notable collector of art and books, and the château in which he lived beside the river Dordogne on the edge of Libourne was once full of the works of such leading modern artists as Picasso and Francis Bacon, some of them fetching record prices at auction after his demise. Edmund...
The triangle trade Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails
...that “the involvement of the Continental Colonies in the slave trade [during the later colonial period] was insignificant by every measure we can apply but a human one.” The bar at the original Trader Vic’s, Emeryville, California. Courtesy of Jeff Berry. The triangle trade has persisted in many history books and popular culture. The Dictionary of American History (1940) called triangular trade “the backbone of New England prosperity.” The trade was featured most notably in the 1969 Broadway hit musical 1776 , which featured the musical number...
Parkour Reference library
Dan EDWARDES
Berkshire Encyclopedia of World Sport (3 ed.)
..., who introduced his son to the military training methods of Georges Hebert , a French physical educationalist and theorist who advocated a “natural method” of training based on simple, functional movement skills. Dan Edwardes performing a “plyo jump” in Tokyo, Japan. Photo courtesy of ParkourGenerations.com. Although the Yamakasi initiated and were integral to the development of parkour, the art underwent powerful bursts of development when the second generation of practitioners arrived, including Stephane Vigroux , Thomas Couetdic , Johann Vigroux ,...
Claiborne, Craig Reference library
Arthur Schwartz
Savoring Gotham: A Food Lover’s Companion to New York City
...He had spent years as an officer in the Navy, in communications, then wined and dined clients as a public relations man in Chicago. Crowning all this, he was a graduate of a top Swiss hotel school, an education in classic French cuisine and dining room service that he got courtesy of the GI Bill. In 1954 , after graduation from L’Ecole Hôtelière in Lausanne, Switzerland, he came to New York to be a food writer. “Not without guile,” as he pointed out in his sometimes shocking autobiography, A Feast Made for Laughter , he made a point of meeting Jane...
chef Reference library
Tom Jaine
The Oxford Companion to Food (3 ed.)
...man who demanded to be called ‘Chef’. ‘Cook’ remained the usual description of one who worked in an institution, no matter whether man or woman, and of women who were employed as cooks in domestic service. Men-cooks in private households in the 20th century were often given the courtesy title of chef, although Anatole, Aunt Dahlia ’s matchless Frenchman in P. G. Wodehouse’s The Code of the Woosters ( 1938 ), remained simply a cook. Chefs were invariably male, mainly because a large restaurant kitchen was a man’s world. Women who worked commercially remained...
Meyer, Danny Reference library
Scott Warner
Savoring Gotham: A Food Lover’s Companion to New York City
...who are smarter than he is. And he has produced several books, including the award-winning Union Square Cafe Cookbook ( 1994 ), with his chef-partner Michael Romano, and an acclaimed memoir-cum-business manual on hospitality, Setting the Table ( 2006 ). Even more important than his delicious dishes, Meyer also dished out a bounty of hospitality. Remembering his solo dining excursion in restaurants internationally where he would be rebuffed by hosts, Meyer welcomed the solo diner with extra courtesy and respect. Publishers and advertising executives began...
drinking vessels Reference library
Tim Hampson
The Oxford Companion to Beer
...the apostles, Creussen, Germany, 1665. Middle : Salt-glazed stoneware jug with applications of coats-of-arms and planets, Creussen, Germany, second half of the 17th century. Right : Salt-glazed stoneware tankard with applied coats-of-arms and letters, Creussen, Germany, 1621. courtesy of rastal gmbh & co. kg especially in North America, beer—any beer—is uniformly served in a standard, straight-side, wide-mouth shaker pint beaker, made of thick glass and filled without flair, to the brim, often without a head. A properly chosen drinking vessel, in contrast,...
Volleyball Reference library
Alan TREVITHICK
Berkshire Encyclopedia of World Sport (3 ed.)
...The Pittsburgh team won. The Volleyball Rules Committee of the YMCA officiated this championship and subsequent championships until 1928 , when the United States Volleyball Association ( USVBA ) was formed. An indoor volleyball match at the Pan American Games. Photo courtesy of a Berkshire contributor. F. H. Brown , yet another YMCA organizer, introduced volleyball in Japan in 1913 . Volleyball quickly became popular, and in 1921 the Japanese Imperial Volleyball Association was formed. The YMCA was active in other areas of Asia as well, notably...
Taekwondo Reference library
Erin REILLY
Berkshire Encyclopedia of World Sport (3 ed.)
...the head, a ruling that caused controversy because of the perceived danger. The social context of taekwondo is an important part of the art and sport. For many practitioners of taekwondo, the art is a way of life. Taekwondo students learn the Five Tenets of Taekwondo, which are courtesy, integrity, self-control, perseverance, and indomitable spirit. There are strict rules for etiquette, and breaching these rules may lead to expulsion from one’s school. Etiquette rules include addressing superiors properly, bowing when entering and leaving the practice hall (...
Canada Reference library
Josh Rubin
The Oxford Companion to Beer
...the rivers frozen, the devil appeared and offered to fly their canoe home through the air, provided they not invoke the name of God. But one scared voyageur could not hold his tongue and yelled “oh my God,” at which point the canoe crashed, and they were never heard from again. courtesy of unibroue the creation of the 2005 merger between Montreal-based Molson Inc. and Colorado giant Coors Brewing Company. The largest brewing company still exclusively Canadian-owned is privately held Saint John, New Brunswick-based Moosehead, which has somewhere between 2% and...
World Cup Reference library
Michelle Y. JANNING and Ying WUSHANLEY
Berkshire Encyclopedia of World Sport (3 ed.)
...teams continued their dominance, taking the first three places in both Cups. The 2010 Cup attracted 3.2 million spectators to 64 matches and the final was watched by about 700 million people around the world. Team China’s farewell at the FIFA Women’s World Cup, 1999 . Photo courtesy of Ying Wushanley . Women’s World Cup The FIFA Women’s World Cup was first played in 1991 and has since become not only the premier women’s international soccer competition but also the premier women’s sports competition. It is held every four years and involves female teams...
Germany Reference library
Horst Dornbusch
The Oxford Companion to Beer
...Roman brewery that was unearthed near Regensburg, Bavaria, in 1978. It contained all the facilities required for malting, Photograph of the Pinkus Müller brewpub in Münster, Germany, taken in 1928 at an event celebrating the brewpub’s redecoration in a Westphalian style. courtesy of pinkus müller mashing, and wort boiling. This site is now considered the oldest evidence of “modern” brewing, in which the old loaves of bread are replaced by mashed grains as the prime raw material for wort sugars. Because the start of mashed brewing in Central Europe has...
Jousting Reference library
Joanne Margaret HYNES-HUNTER
Berkshire Encyclopedia of World Sport (3 ed.)
...were made of whalebone and parchment, the chest “armor” made of boiled leather, and the shields of light timber. If a knight was knocked off his horse, fights continued with blunted swords or with stylized wooden maces. Such armaments were called armes a plaisance (arms of courtesy). Jousting remained a rough sport, however, and severe injuries were still common. Training Medieval manuscripts show that training for the joust first required a knight to ride a wooden horse on wheels pulled by several men. The trainee had to hit a rectangular board. The...
United States of America Reference library
David L. Weis, Patricia Barthalow Koch, Diane Baker, Sandy Bargainnier, Sarah C. Conklin, Martha Cornog, Richard Cross, Marilyn Fithian, Jeannie Forrest, Andrew D. Forsythe, Robert T. Francoeur, Barbara Garris, Patricia Goodson, William E. Hartmann, Robert O. Hawkins, Linda L. Hendrixson, Barrie J. Highby, Ariadne (Ari) Kane, Sharon E. King, Robert Morgan Lawrence, Brenda Love, Charlene L. Muehlenhard, Raymond J. Noonan, Miguel A. Pérez, Timothy Perper, Helda L. Pinzón-Pérez, Carol Queen, Herbert P. Samuels, Julian Slowinski, William Stackhouse, William R. Stayton, Mitchell S. Tepper, Raymond J. Noonan, Robert T. Francoeur, Mark O. Bigler, Walter Bockting, Peggy Clarke, Sarah C. Conklin, Al Cooper, Martha Cornog, Susan Dudley, Warren Farrell, James R. Fleckenstein, Robert T. Francoeur, Patricia Goodson, Erica Goodstone, Karen Allyn Gordon, Eric Griffin-Shelley, Robert W. Hatfield, Loraine Hutchins, Michael Hyde, Ariadne (Ari) Kane, Patricia Barthalow Koch, John Money, Charlene L. Muehlenhard, Raymond J. Noonan, Miguel A. Pérez, Helda L. Pinzón-Pérez, William Prendergast, Ruth Rubenstein, Herbert P. Samuels, William Taverner, David L. Weis, C. Christine Wheeler, and Walter L. Williams
Contiuum Complete International Encyclopedia of Sexuality
...event that relied on dress and courtly procession to persuade the courts and noble guests of the power of each of the rulers. Called “The Field of the Cloth of Gold,” the meeting lasted 20 days, during which the kings visited, dined, jousted, and “excelled in theatrical acts of courtesy and friendship,” observed Phyllis Mack ( 1987 , 59). As in other such occasions, this one, too, had spectators, some of which were prostitutes who traditionally followed the troops. [Although ceremonial robes alter very slowly and are less likely to be affected by fashion...
Thailand Reference library
Kittiwut Jod Taywaditep, Eli Coleman, Pacharin Dumronggittigule, K. J. Taywaditep, Ryan Bishop, and Lillian S. Robinson
Contiuum Complete International Encyclopedia of Sexuality
... kulasatrii shows deference to her husband, as he is the master of the household. In a hierarchical society such as Thailand, where people diligently make obeisance to persons of a higher status, this meant that some women in ancient times showed their husbands an extreme courtesy, which today would be reserved for the elders, teachers, or monks. In the past few decades, lower- and middle-class women have increasingly worked outside of the homes while continuing to be in charge of the household chores and childcare. Men, however, have not been expected...
Bahrain Reference library
Julanne McCarthy
Contiuum Complete International Encyclopedia of Sexuality
...practices may or may not be followed in the workplace by people who see each other frequently, and also depending on the work situation (e.g., serving the public). However, in public places, many people follow these injunctions. More recently, Westernized good manners such as courtesy, politeness, and cordial relations with customers and coworkers have been promoted in the private schools and service-industry sector. Bahraini business leaders, through the public media and through in-house newsletters, are promoting good manners as being good for business....
Claiborne, Craig Reference library
Helen H. Studley
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America (2 ed.)
...ground by landing the position of food editor at The New York Times , a post traditionally held by women. He was the first restaurant critic with a solid background in food preparation, rating a restaurant rigorously on its food. Known for his gentlemanly Craig Claiborne. Courtesy of the Culinary Arts Museum at Johnson & Wales University authoritarian manner, he showed a hitherto unfamiliar respect for chefs and restaurateurs. He hated pretension and sloppy or overbearing service, and his eye for detail could make even tough restaurateurs wince. In 1972 ...
Vienna Sausage Reference library
Bruce Kraig
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America (2 ed.)
...international cuisines through U.S. military bases. The sausages are used in Filipino pancits , and there is even a popular Cuban dish consisting of Viennas cooked with rice and flavored with Cuban spices, no doubt courtesy of Guantánamo Bay. [ See also Sausage .] Bibliography Kraig, Bruce . Hot Dog; a Global History . London: Reaktion Books, 2009. Loebel, Leon , and Stanley Loebel . All about Meat . New York: Harcourt, 1975. Bruce...
Farmer, Fannie (1857–1915) Reference library
Laura Shapiro
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America (2 ed.)
...cookery” to a cuisine of sweetness and affluence. She was born in Boston on 23 March 1857 to the bookish family of a struggling printer. A bout of childhood polio cut short her education and left her with a limp, making her an unlikely candidate for Fannie Farmer. Courtesy of the Culinary Arts Museum at Johnson & Wales University either marriage or a career. At age thirty-one she decided to attend the Boston Cooking School, whose graduates were busy across the country teaching in public schools, settlement houses, and other institutions dedicated...
