Along with touring Egypt with Calagione ... Dogfish Head’s Ta Henket (ancient Egyptian for “bread beer”) was unveiled last November in New York, in the midst of a glittering King Tut ...

Drawing from ancient beer-brewing techniques and ingredients ... With the help of a friend conducting research in Egypt, McDonnell obtained the rare sycamore figs from a 1,400-year-old grove.

Our esteemed editor invited me to lunch a while ago. After three hours I had to leave because Qantas doesn’t even hold planes ...

His experiment required ancient Egyptian recipes, a number of rare ingredients, and a good deal of patience. But McDonnell has now succeeded in brewing a beer very much like one consumed in Egypt ...