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Video: Making the perfect Irish Coffee …

Video: Making the perfect Irish Coffee …

FOYNES, Ireland – Irish Coffee was invented at the Foynes airboat terminal in Country Limerick, Ireland, one stormy winter evening back in 1943, when a flight departing for Newfoundland, Canada, turned back in inclement weather and exhausted returning passengers needed a warm pick-me-up. Chef Joe Sheridan, called back to the terminal to whip up some [...]

RAILWAY & TRAINS

Gettin’ some gemutlichkeit: Day 2

Recently, treKKen’ headed overseas to southwestern Germany for a 10-day, culinary- and culture-themed trek from Mainz to Lake Constance, with stops in Freiburg, Stuttgart, Hohenzollern Castle and other towns, cities, vineyards and sightseeing spots well-known, and less so, across the Black Forest, the Schwabische Alb (Swabian Alps) and the states of Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Wurttemberg. [...]