Caffeine Nation

Last week I attended a discussion and book signing for Defiance of the Patriots: The Boston Tea Party & the Making of America by historian Benjamin Carp.  History might not run as deep here in Massachusetts as it does in Sicily, but it’s pretty thick in...

Is there a duck in your throat?

I stopped in a local Starbucks this afternoon for a hot drink.  I ordered my usual soy mocha and a pastry.  The barista looked at me sympathetically and said, “I had what you have a few weeks ago, it was terrible.” I paused a moment and realized what she...