The list is all over the place.

Pisco is a brandy sure. But it’s not typically included with Brandy proper, as it’s clear and unaged. It has more in common with other immature fruit brandies and grappa than what most are thinking of when we say “Brandy”.

Grappa itself is absolutely nothing like regular aged brandy.…

This is a bit of a bad bet with Whiskey, unless you’re dealing with some one who likes to try new things or has a specific thing for local or small brands.

Most small craft distilleries haven’t been around long. And it takes a good 8 years minimum to pass into the realm where there’s enough properly aged whiskey…

I would be more specific. If some one doesn’t know Scotch enough to have one in mind, or know what a friend likes. Then Highland is going to be Greek to them.

I tell people to get something with Glen in the name, but not the cheapest one.

Almost all of the Glens are Highland or Speyside. None of them are Islay. As a…

Year old zombie thread to dispute the boiling point of water?

I just can’t stand being picky so i tend to poke my dislike with a stick.

Pointing out reality is not advocating for it.

The problem here is not Salt Bae is a dick who pays less than the going rate.

The problem is the restaurant business is fundamentally exploitative, and in many places relies on sub living wages and fucked labor practices.

You might have picked that up if you understood…

The church he’s a member of is basically Evangelical Christianity’s answer to scientology. They actively recruit and promote actors, entertainment industry people, and celebrities. Position themselves as a replacement for drug and alcohol treatment or Mental Healthcare. They seem to part of the same Prosperity Gospel,…

They are insanely insane.

Chris Pratt posted a picture of wife Katherine Schwarzenegger 

From what friends and family in the business in Europe tell me. The UK tends to pay somewhat less than much of the rest of Europe. Though not neccisarily in whole Euros/Pound/Dollars, but proportionally to local cost of living. And the industry in the UK seems to bear a little more resemblance to the US industry than…

I wasn’t at a bad place. I’m in a 20 year career in the food and beverage industry.

You might want to check with One Fair Wage, various labor organizations, the many prominent lawsuits around it for that one. And hey we can throw Tom Colichio and Danny Meyer in on that one, both vocal advocates for fair pay and labor…

It taste like slightly more bitter parsley. So you can just sub parsley where ever cilantro is called for.

Thing is though the soapy cilantro thing can be gotten over. Exposure and experimentation can overcome the aversion, and then the soapy flavor just kinda away. What I found is that for whatever reason fish sauce…

yams literally are sweet potatoes

My Aunt Kathy is a crazy drunk who’s not invited. All my other Aunts bake. 

(Annual reminder that yams and sweet potatoes are not the same.)

#1 is a bit wrong.

For one.

You can’t actually live off

It’s totes 1337. You get gnarly scars and never sleep. 

Do some math. 16.40 at 40 hours a week is $656. $656 x 52 weeks a year. is $34k.

Did you not convert currencies? $34k in pounds is about 25k.

really actually live off that sort of wages in a big city in the US