Article Hero Image
February 1973

Once Over Lightly

Sense and nonsense on the road to recovery

MOST OF YOU literary types have been exposed to Charles Lamb's essay on how roast pork was discovered, but for those who have never read it, we might record that the story concerns a Chinese gentleman whose house burns down with a pig inside. Presto! Instant roast pork! Now we can add to that the story behind the aging of whiskey in charred wooden barrels.

WANT TO CONTINUE READING?

You must have an active online AA Grapevine subscription to access full stories and audio.

Login Renew Subscribe

Need help with customer service?

Call 800 631-6025 (English), 800 640-8781 (Spanish), 212-870-3456 (French) or email: [email protected]
or [email protected]

Have Something You Want To Share?

We want to hear your story! Submit your story and it could be published in a future issue of AA Grapevine!

Submit your Story