Word: whiskeys
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...They tell me he went up to Memphis, and he ate a mess of fish, and he drank an ocean of whiskey, and he died, just keeled on over. Fish and whiskey. Who'd of thought...
...Fellow name of Files lived off in here," Underwood was saying. "He ran a whiskey still until the revenuers got him, and he pawned the dog off. Back in those days everyone carried an ax." Underwood then began to wonder aloud what axes had to do with Files and the whiskey still and the dog. "Sometimes I get started on this tale, and it drifts off on me," he said, picking up the trail of the story again. "Anyway, Troop was ten years old, and I bought him from Files' wife for $75. That...
...They tell me H.E. Files, the original owner of Old Troop, made whiskey so good he had offers from distilleries...
...nation entertains at home is also changing. The time when a host or hostess stocked up on whiskey for the winter, gin and tonic in summer, some bottles of white wine and a six-pack of beer year-round is gone. "I've had three cocktail parties recently," says Doris Yaffe, fashion and publicity < director for Saks Fifth Avenue in Boston. "I can't tell you how much liquor I was left with." The nation's caterers have seen hardliquor sales drop from more than half to less than one-quarter of their business. New York City Caterer Donald Bruce...
...flavored fizzy lemonade) and Brut de Pomme (a cider) are the latest nonalcoholic quaffs at cafes. "People used to drink wine with their meals as a matter of course," Claude Vilain, of France's Committee for Health Education, says. "Now it's something for weekends and guests." Perhaps, but whiskey drinking is on the rise, as are sales in higher-priced vintages. Alain Maurel of Alexis Lichine & Cie, a Bordeaux wine firm, says, "The French are more aware of quality. There has been so much specialist wine coverage in the press. Wine is a star now." When asked if Moet...