Category Archives: Storia
“We’re all in the same boat”
The starting cannon fired. The smoke cleared. Nothing happened. From a distance they resembled a long mountain range of snow-capped peaks. Up close they were more than 2,600 becalmed sailboats. Eventually some of the professional crews sailing state-of-the-art ships captured … Continue reading
L’evoluzione della cannuccia
All’inizio cannucce erano di paglia…più precisamente di loglio, una pianta erbacea. Poi, verso il 1880, un abitante di Washington, D.C. si rese conto che non gli piaceva l’aroma che la cannuccia rilasciava nel suo mint julep. Così creò una sua … Continue reading
The evolution of the straw
In the beginning, straws were actually made of straw…well, actually rye grass. Then, in the 1880s, a resident of Washington, DC, decided he didn’t like the residue that the straw left in his mint julep. So he made his own … Continue reading
