____ Food, I Heart Thee!

Strike gastronomic gold with our exotic restaurant deal launching a week from today in our nation's capital! This cuisine has more flavors than Flava Flav, and if you can guess where it comes from, so will you. Since this country has had interactions with many cultures over the centuries, including Arabs, Berbers, Moors, and Romans, its cuisine has evolved into an amalgam of the best of the best! 

Mix our hints together and let us know what country you come up with! Comment on any of our social media profiles by Wednesday EOD with your guess, and you will be entered to win $15. Holy moly, we wish we lived in D.C.! Good luck, gourmands! 

* Hint #1: Cumin is considered so important in ______, that it is served on the table along with salt and pepper. 

* Hint #2: Mint tea is the first thing  ______ hosts offer visitors. Hosts pour the tea with the teapot held high above the glasses, as to create foam at the top. 

* Hint #3: Bread is so sacred in ______, that if a piece falls on the floor during a meal, you are supposed to pick it up and kiss it. 

* Hint #4: Rosewater and orange flower water are the main ingredients in many ______ desserts.

Go Back To Basics + A Farm Animal Quiz!

Miss your good buddies from Animal Farm? Look no further than our Friday deal launching in Washington D.C., sure to take you to greener pastures with furry friends! The deal is for classes at an organic farm, so you can meet some farm cuties while learning how to incorporate self-suffiency into your lifestyle. You will be able to take classes in soap and candle making, cooking with herbs, beekeeping, honeymaking, and even birdhouse construction! By the end of your day, you will be so full of fresh air and life skills, you may just decide to stay.

To prepare you for the farmy fun you are going to have, we are testing you on how well you know your livestock. Tell us which of the following farm animals is a lamb, alpaca, or a goat. We will give $10 in HomeRun credits to one lucky farmhand who enters by Thursday at midnight, PST.

Put on those overalls, chew on a piece of wheat, and go country this week! Ee-eye-ee-eye-oh!

A Real McCoy Prohibition Quiz + D.C. Distillery Tour

The Roaring 20's wasn't just about glitz, glamour, and flapper sequins. People often forget that alcohol was illegal in our country for ten long years! With our $7 Washington D.C. deal for a shot glass and tour of the Catoctin Creek Distillery, you will be able to celebrate the repeal of Prohibition while learning about the inner workings of a local, organic distillery. Catoctin Creek also gets the award for being the first legal distillery in Virginia's Loudoun County since before Prohibition. Quite a "noble experiment," indeed!

Bone up on your Prohibition knowledge before checking out this historic stomping ground. Plus, one history buff will get $10 once the deal ends! Get at it, moonshine lovers:

• A- Where did the term, "speakeasy" come from?
  1. From bartenders telling people to “speak easy” so as not to be overheard while ordering
  2. Because drinkers could “speak easy,” once drunk
  3. It was the code word to get into these drinking establishments
  4. 1 and 3
  5. 2 and 3

• B- Which United States Amendment established Prohibition?
  1. 1st Amendment
  2. 14th Amendment
  3. 18th Amendment
  4. 5th Amendment

• C- Which infamous gangster grew his empire during Prohibition?
  1. Al Capone
  2. John Gotti
  3. Bugsy Siegel
  4. Don Corleone

• D- Which of the following side effects did temperance writers believe would happen to drinkers?
  1. Spontaneous combustion resulting in burning to death
  2. Defective offspring for three generations
  3. Parent drinkers giving birth to baby drinkers
  4. None of the above
  5. All of the above

Teetotalers, drinkers, and everyone in between can enter our Prohibition quiz before the deal ends on Thursday night! While you're answering these questions, get a quick primer on the era of Prohibition, with an overview from HBO's Boardwalk Empire: