The Contessa Wants To Greet The Day With A Beer. Should She?

Our new friend the Contessa of Kendall wants to know how early is too early in the day to have a beer. Working under the assumption that she's a responsible drinker, Anne, Gale and Caroline encourage the Contessa to let her freak flag fly. They also dissect the many ways the question could be interpreted. We travel back in time and across the globe to interpret all the ways people relate to alcohol. The general consensus is that it's situation dependent and when in doubt, pull the beer out!  

 

Contessa's home brew of recs:

The Supersizers Go (YouTube program) Gale

Drunk History FDR and Winston Churchill episode (tv show) Anne

"Sunday Morning Coming Down" by Kris Kristofferson (song) Caro

Drunk History - Kris Kristofferson Writes "Sunday Morning Coming Down"

Parts Unknown season 8 China (tv episode) Anne

No Reservations Ukraine ep (tv episode) Gale

Cooking For Jeffrey  (cookbook) “Guinness Brown Bread” Caro

The Diary of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys (book) Gale

Big Night (film) Caro

Lunch Poems By Frank O'Hara (poems) Anne

Drunk History(show) Unsolved Mysteries and Dangerous Minds (episodes) Gale

The Gastronomical Me by M.F.K. Fisher (book) Caro