Nigella Lawson
GEORGE Orwell had 11 rules for the preparation of the perfect cup of tea, every one of which he regarded as 'golden'. But a rigid adherence to the Orwellian system of tea-making......
Rebecca Fraser
HOT chocolate today does not conjure the visions of exotica it did in the 16th century; the cocktail has now usurped its function. The Moscow Mule, the Singapore Sling — these......
A. J. Ayer
CUBA LIBRE is a good example of G. E. Moore's principle that the value of a whole must not be assumed to be the same as the sum of the values of its parts. I dislike Coca-Cola......
Beryl Bainbridge
I LIKE the sound of gin and It, and the colour of pink gin, but I also believe that warning about it being mother's ruin. Vodka is nice for secret drinkers because it looks like......
George Gale
IF, as is fortunately the case with me and, I trust, the other contributors, I can afford to drink what I want, then it follows that what I drink should be favourite. I ap-......
Peter Bottomley
AFTER hitch-hiking from Darwin to Alice Springs and along other roads I was stand- ing in for the director of studies at Geelong Grammar. The first lesson to the fourth covered......