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Brits now drink more vodka than blended Scotch whiskey
For the first time the British now drink more vodka than blended Scotch whiskey. The (London) Telegraph suggests rather weirdly that the influx of Polish workers explains the shift in taste for hard...
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Costa acquires coffee shops in central and eastern Europe
Costa (founded in 1971), a subsidiary of Whitbread, has over a thousand coffee shops in Britain and 400 elsewhere. Seeking to expand in central and eastern Europe, Costa has purchased coffeeheaven and...
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Dry villages in Poland, 1920-1934
Adrian Zandberg (University of Warsaw), “'Dry villages': Local Alcohol Prohibition in Poland 1920-1934," paper to be delivered at a conference "History, Digestion and Society: New Perspectives,"...
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Jews and liquor in the kingdom of Poland (book)
Glenn Dynner, Yankel’s Tavern: Jews, Liquor, & Life in the Kingdom of Poland (NY: Oxford UP, 2013). Filed under: Alcohol (general), Books, Drinking Spaces, Poland, Religion
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Jewish Drinking Practices and the Sobriety Stereotype in Eastern Europe...
Glenn Dynner, “’A Jewish Drunk Is Hard to Find’: Jewish Drinking Practices and the Sobriety Stereotype in Eastern Europe,” Jewish Quarterly Review 104, no. 1 (2014): 9–23. On the relatively moderate...
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Polish migrant homelessness in London, 2004-2011 (article)
Garapich, Michal P. “Homo Sovieticus Revisited – Anti-Institutionalism, Alcohol and Resistance Among Polish Homeless Men in London.” International Migration 52, no. 1 (February 2014): 100–117. “Looks...
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