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...happens, the whole business is turning. Last year, for the first time in decades, Americans' consumption of carbonated soft drinks actually declined. Sodas still command the biggest share of sips in the U.S., but it's the entrepreneurial upstarts like SoBe, Nantucket Nectars, Fresh Samantha and Honest Tea that are making people thirsty. While the nonbubbly business is growing almost 10% a year--and bottled water is chugging along at a rapid, 30% clip--sodas have suddenly gone flat. Noncarbs, which generally command higher prices, now account for more than half of all industry growth, according to Sanford Bernstein...
...HEART OF THE SEA The 1820 sinking of the Nantucket whaler Essex, the event that inspired Moby Dick, is thrillingly retold by Nathaniel Philbrick...
...5.IN THE HEART OF THE SEA: The 1820 sinking of the Nantucket whaler Essex, the event that inspired "Moby-Dick," is thrillingly retold by Nathaniel Philbrick...
RUNNER-UP: The Nantucket Holiday Table by Susan Simon (Chronicle; $29.95) Have a glass of hot mulled wine with chestnuts. It's the holiday season, and the fire is blazing on Nantucket Island. Simon's recipes make it burn even brighter...
...invitation was irresistible: "Wanna join us on Nantucket Island this summer?" Of course we said yes. We had always wanted to go there, and close friends were doing the asking. Then I did the math. Six adults and seven children would be sharing a four-bedroom house. We weren't going on vacation. We were forming a commune. Survivors of such experiments had warned us about feuding spouses, clashing parenting styles and conflicting itineraries. But they had also rhapsodized about the chance to reconnect with old friends or get to know new ones, the fun of cooking for a crowd...