History of the Mojito: How Ernest Hemingway's Favorite Cuban Drink Became an Artisanal Latin Staple

"A mojito is one of Cuba's oldest cocktails — it comes from the African word mojo, which means to place a little spell." — The Havana Journal. As history has shown, a spell has indeed been cast.

Hemingway's Relics at JFK Museum Reveal Pieces of Iconic Author's Past in Cuba

Ernest Hemingway fans who celebrate the iconic author's American classics, will be thrilled to learn that another window to his life has been open, revealing more details about the complex character from what concoction he liked to drink at the bar, or what he like to make in the kitchen. Bar bills, personal notes, telegrams and even recipes from Nobel Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway are available-at least in digital form-for the first time at Boston's John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.
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