While celebrating our country’s 250th anniversary, let’s remember that most of our forebears were immigrants who brought different ideas and goals, and sometimes traditional foods and festivals, from their countries of origin.
Many of them also brought hopes of taking advantage of new opportunities to succeed at some enterprise. A few of those meant cooking their traditional foods or making their home-style beverages.
Fast forward to today when food costs and rents are up, alcohol consumption is down, and some wineries and restaurants are closing, selling, or limiting hours…