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Vital Du Four Cardinal Vital du Four (Vitalis de Furno) was a Franciscan theologian, scholastic philosopher, and alchemistic scholar in Southwest France from 1260 to 1327. He is known for his work “Liber selectiorum remediorum pro conservanda sanitate ad totius...
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The Story of Madeira Wine Madeira is a Likörwine, a fortified wine with brandy added that is referred to in Portugal as Vino Generoso (or short Generoso). The origin of Madeira wine is originated in a historic accident when Madeira wine makes cut off the fermentation...
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The Origin Of Cacao Puerto Escondido (the “Hidden Port”) is an excavation site in the lower Ulúa Valley in northern Honduras, and it may be the “Cradle of Chocolate”. According to an article published in 2007 by the PNAS (Proceedings of...
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The King’s Ginger In 1901 King Edward VII was crowned King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions, Emperor of India. Edward was a leader of the London society, known to have spend most of his time partying, hunting, racing,...
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Waragi – The War Gin Waragi is a gin-like alcoholic beverage made in Uganda. The name originally derives from the term “war gin” which later developed into waragi. This spirit is said to have been named after British people living in Uganda in the...
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Mesca Ulad Mesca Ulad or ‘The Drunkenness of the Warriors of Ulster” – is a tale from Irish mythology first written about in the 12th century A.D.. The first part of the tale is written in Middle Irish in the Lebor Laignech (‘The Book of...
