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Toast the Season with DCanter's Mulled Wine
Folger Spotlight

Toast the Season with DCanter's Mulled Wine

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The Folger Spotlight

Get into the festive spirit with this warming holiday beverage from DCanter.

12 Shakespeare quotes about food and drink
Shakespeare and Beyond

12 Shakespeare quotes about food and drink

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Ben Lauer

We rummage through the pantry of Shakespeare’s plays for quotations about food and drink.

Four Cocktails Inspired by the Folger Collection
Folger Spotlight

Four Cocktails Inspired by the Folger Collection

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Learn more about—and how to make!—the four cocktails featured at Folger Institute’s upcoming Mixology event.

"To preserve the memorie": Cocktails inspired by the Folger Collection
Folger Spotlight

"To preserve the memorie": Cocktails inspired by the Folger Collection

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Andrea Tateosian Britt Fox

The Folger Institute has partnered with two DC mixologists to bring you cocktail and mocktail recipes featuring the key memory-enhancing ingredient from Mrs. Baker’s recipe book: coriander.

Love-in-idleness, Part One: Adapting an early modern recipe for heartsease cordial
purple pansy floating in pink cocktail
Shakespeare and Beyond

Love-in-idleness, Part One: Adapting an early modern recipe for heartsease cordial

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Marissa Nicosia

Marissa Nicosia adapts an early modern recipe for heartsease cordial. This purple pansy syrup was used to “clear the heart” – to treat the chest and lungs or to reduce fever – but also for healing heartaches.

DCanter's Mulled Wine
Folger Spotlight

DCanter's Mulled Wine

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Folger Theatre

Get into the festive spirit with this warming holiday beverage from DCanter.

Poetic Pairings: Donika Kelly and a Hungarian Red Blend
Folger Spotlight

Poetic Pairings: Donika Kelly and a Hungarian Red Blend

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Folger Theatre

‘Shakespeare’s Sisters: Say Her Name’ is an online writing seminar that celebrates the poetry of Black women in America. We are pleased to bring you a special collaboration with DCanter wines, pairing a poem from the Shakespeare’s Sisters curriculum with…

Poetic Pairings: Elizabeth Alexander and Rioja Alavesa
Folger Spotlight

Poetic Pairings: Elizabeth Alexander and Rioja Alavesa

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Folger Theatre

‘Shakespeare’s Sisters: Say Her Name’ is an online writing seminar that celebrates the poetry of Black women in America. We are pleased to bring you a special collaboration with DCanter wines, pairing a poem from the Shakespeare’s Sisters curriculum with…

Poetic Pairings: Rita Dove and Ragana Bianco PetNat
Folger Spotlight

Poetic Pairings: Rita Dove and Ragana Bianco PetNat

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Folger Theatre

‘Shakespeare’s Sisters: Say Her Name’ is an online writing seminar that celebrates the poetry of Black women in America. We are pleased to bring you a special collaboration with DCanter wines, pairing a poem from the Shakespeare’s Sisters curriculum with…

Poetic Pairings: Lucille Clifton and MIL Historias
Folger Spotlight

Poetic Pairings: Lucille Clifton and MIL Historias

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Folger Theatre

‘Shakespeare’s Sisters: Say Her Name’ is an online writing seminar that celebrates the poetry of Black women in America. We are pleased to bring you a special collaboration with DCanter wines, pairing a poem from the Shakespeare’s Sisters curriculum with…

Poetic Pairings: Margaret Walker and Equality Vines
Folger Spotlight

Poetic Pairings: Margaret Walker and Equality Vines

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Folger Theatre

‘Shakespeare’s Sisters: Say Her Name’ is an online writing seminar that celebrates the poetry of Black women in America. We are pleased to bring you a special collaboration with DCanter wines, pairing a poem from the Shakespeare’s Sisters curriculum with…

Poetic Pairings: Anne Bethel Spencer and Pedro Ximenez
Folger Spotlight

Poetic Pairings: Anne Bethel Spencer and Pedro Ximenez

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Folger Theatre

‘Shakespeare’s Sisters: Say Her Name’ is an online writing seminar that celebrates the poetry of Black women in America. We are pleased to bring you a special collaboration with DCanter wines, pairing a poem from the Shakespeare’s Sisters curriculum with…

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