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Ohio Coffee-Cup Sign Believed 'Alice' Inspiration

By admin on Thursday, July 28th, 2011 | No Comments

 The buyers of a nearly 50-year-old diner in this northwest Ohio town may also be getting a piece of television history: The joint’s iconic sign believed to have inspired the one for Mel’s Diner on the 1970s and ’80s sitcom “Alice.” As with the fictional Mel’s, the sign outside Lester’s Diner features a tilted neon [...]

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Travel Read: The Coffee Story | Gadling.com

By admin on Saturday, July 16th, 2011 | No Comments

by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) on Jul 15th 2011 at 4:00PMAs a writer, I read many books by authors I know. As a traveler, I read lots of books set in places I’ve been. The Coffee Story by Peter Salmon gave me the rare chance to read a book about a place I love written [...]

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Iraq: Coffee flows through Iraq's cultural history – Los Angeles Times

By admin on Wednesday, July 6th, 2011 | No Comments

Abdullah Saadi fingers the fine brown leather belt with holsters for thimble-sized coffee cups and a dagger. He is a keeper of customs, Baghdad’s professional server of coffee. He sits in a brick house behind an iron gate in the cramped warrens of Sadr City. The room is painted bright lemon in contrast to the [...]

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Original Globe-Trotters: Tomatoes, Coffee And Pepper

By admin on Monday, June 27th, 2011 | No Comments

All fans of food, facts and geography should consider viewing this Food Chains map, put together by Haisam Hussein for Lapham’s Quarterly. If you’re into coffee, tomatoes and black pepper, you have little choice but to check it out. Map by Haisam Hussein/Lapham’s Quarterly The “Food Chains” map traces the evolution of key foodstuffs as [...]

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Your Stories: The Coffee Club

By admin on Wednesday, April 13th, 2011 | No Comments

Before there were fancy coffee drinks, there was The Coffee Club, an old-time tradition among some of the most experienced businessmen in Knoxville. “Let me just have scrambled eggs and bacon. Thank you, sweetheart,” says Jim Talley. It’s what he orders every time he meets with The Coffee Club. “I don’t have breakfast at home, [...]

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