The Reference Room

Given the whole “reference writer” thing, posts here examine the nuances of deciphering facts from not facts in an irreverent, lighthearted way.

Before technology brought information into our homes and phones, there were libraries—My happy place for many years! Where else would a reference writer want to be? Yet, what passes for “the facts” these days definitely leaves something to be desired.

Or was it brioche? While Marie Antoinette has been forever associated with cake, there’s some question about whether something was lost in translation—literally and/or historically. So, Marie or not Marie? That is the question.

American writer and poet, Dorothy Parker, was renowned for her sharp wit and often acerbic jibes—sometimes self-deprecating. However, many of the things she’s credited for having said and done fall under the category of urban legends. The same is true for her literary and drinking pals from the famed Algonquin Round Table.

A Bond-ing experience that looks at that famous fictional master spy and his beverage(s) of choice. Also, drink in a brief overview of the venerable classic itself—the martini.