Classic Cocktail Recipe: The Hemingway Daiquiri — The 9-Bottle Bar

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It was at El Floridita that Ernest Hemingway conducted his love affair with the daiquiri. During his many stints in Cuba, where he escaped to and from his home in Key West, Florida, the writer was known to post up in a favorite corner of this Havana watering hole and quaff glass after glass of barman Constantino Ribalaigua Vert’s simple, sublime concoctions of rum, lime, sugar, and ice.

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What’s Your Healthiest & Most Reliable Travel Snack? — Reader Intelligence Request

We’re talking travel and food adventures this month, and we’ve offered up some of our own travel snack ideas (more coming next week!). I showed you my favorite fruits and vegetables to bring when traveling, and some good meals to pack for a flight.

But now we want to turn it over to you and get a list rolling of your best travel snacks — the healthiest, most reliable ones you know — and have them all in one place for the vacation season ahead. What do you munch on when you travel?

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