As Catholics around the world begin their Lenten celebrations, it makes sense to review a doppelbock. It was known as "liquid bread" to the German priests of yore who would fast during the holy season. Without food for nourishment, they had to drink their calories, and drink they did.
At first I was going to boycott the Oscars because I supported the Writer's Guild of America in the writer's strike. Then I woke up on a Tuesday morning to hear that Keira Knightly had been snubbed for best actress. Bleary-eyed, and irritated over being woken up, I looked at the nominee list to be unpleasantly un-surprised by the generic picks.
