December 2007

On a hilltop a few miles northwest of Columbia, workers this past week began installing a wind generator to help power the newly constructed home of Derek Fox and Stephanie Essman, veterinarians and assistant professors at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine. Earlier this year, Nick Peckham, founding partner of Peckham & Wright […]

Martin Duffy, a bona fide Master of Scotch, says the methods used during a whisky tasting are about the same as those at a wine tasting, with a couple of exceptions: Adding a drop of water to the glass brings out the flavor, and tasters drink every drop. “I don’t encourage dumping; our whisky is