The 1932 edition of the Funk and Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary is a fine example of form and function coalescing into one marvelous tome. Join us as we examine it while sipping a few fingers of Writer’s Tears Irish Whisky.
Episode 024 — Why Did the Chicken Cross the World?
It’s Episode 24 and the crew is giving everybody the bird. Chicken — I say, chicken, that is! Today, we look at the history, comedy, tragedy, and commoditization of what has become the world’s most versatile and necessary animal — including its legendary role in Italian winemaking — all while sipping the 2015 Nizzole Chianti Classico. Cin cin e alla tua salute!
Episode 023 — The Giving Tree
We’re back! Our first show after a year-and-a-half looks at the perennial children’s book classic, The Giving Tree, while diving into the Daou Brothers’ bold California red blend, The Pessimist. Cheers!
Episode 021 — The Great Airship Mystery of 1897
Time for another episode of far-fetched facts lashed together with wine and wit. This time, it’s a bottle of 2012 Le Cigar Volant by California’s Bonny Doon Winery, medieval popes in the South of France, and Victorian-era UFOs zipping around the North American skies. Don’t worry—thirty minutes from now, it’ll all make perfect sense. Just another day’s work for the Of Books and Booze crew. Need more? How about intro music by Brave Combo!