Food & Drink

We need more sushi chefs. A lot more. Sushi has become one of the most popular foods in the U.S. The market size of the sushi restaurant industry in the U.S. reached $27.9 billion in 2022, a 163% increase in 10 years. According to the Japanese government, there were 26,040 Japanese restaurants in the country

Arturo Lomeli is transforming his super premium tequila brand into Mexico’s first luxury house—including hotels and boutiques—while maintaining the brand’s independence. By Chloe Sorvino, Forbes Staff Inside his modern home in the hills of Guadalajara, Mexico, Arturo Lomeli is eating one of his favorite foods—taquitos, piled high with crema, salsa and guacamole—as tequila is poured

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin My last story of the year is out today along with this final 2024 edition of Fresh Take. How are you doing? I’ve had a brutal run-up to taking some time off for the holidays, but I’m thrilled to get this feature on the ultra-premium tequila

For three decades and counting, any culinary conversation with the world’s jet-setters is incomplete without mention of Nobu Matsuhisa – or Nobu San to you and me. His restaurants grace the world’s primest locations, his name is synonymous with innovative Japanese cuisine, and his partnership with Robert De Niro set the highest of standards in

We compiled a list of the most wild foods we found in 2017 around the UK. Among our favourites were: A £65 ostrich egg breakfast and a £55 truffle burger from London restaurant Florentine. Selfridges’ £99 ice cream made of 4-carat gold leaves and edible diamonds and Heinz baked beans cafe. A 6,000 calorie chicken

Austin’s dining scene continues to expand and transform as the city grows into a culinary hotspot. Visitors are treated to a wide variety of cuisines across the city, but for those who prefer stay close to where they stay, the city also offers excellent opportunities to dine in style right in the comfort of their

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Sustainable spirits may still be a niche part of the liquor business, but they’re a clear sign of the zeitgeist, reflecting where both the industry and its consumers are headed. Drinkers today are asking tougher questions: where does this come from, how was it made, and

The making, stirring, and braiding of mozzarella could be considered a fine art in the cheese making production. To see first hand how it is made, we went to Caseificio Andriese cheese factory in Bari, south Italy. It all starts from blocks of curd which are called “cagliata” in Italian: these come from milk when

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin When the opportunity arose for me to take Dr. Erika Szymanki, author of From Terrain to Brain: Forays into the Many Sciences of Wine, on a tour of the Texas Hill Country in late November 2024, I jumped at the chance. I have been working with

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Gifting a foodie or oenophile with luxury tastes can present a basic challenge: where to begin? A luxury gastronomic gift can begin anywhere. If the world is your oyster, where is the best place on the planet to find, say, the best oyster? Options for luxury

We visit Warburtons to see how they produce 36,000 crumpets an hour. The company is the UK’s largest crumpet producer and Europe’s largest bakery, producing around 800,000 packets of crumpets a year. We took a tour of the factory to see how the popular British cuisine is made. Is it bread? Is it a pancake?

‘Tis the season for fried foods. Especially if you’re celebrating Hanukkah. The Jewish Festival of Lights kicks off on December 25, and New York City restaurants in the height of holiday season are ready to celebrate with traditional latkes, sufganiyot and more Hanukkah treats. Sufganiyot and Latkes for Hanukkah in New York Mijo Mijo, a

Mezcal isn’t just tequila’s smoky cousin., it even has its own holiday!But let’s be honest: limiting your exploration to the warmer months or even National Mezcal Day just isn’t enough. Whether you’re a devoted fan or just starting to explore its earthy flavors, mezcal cocktails brings a whole new depth to your happy hour. So

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Once in a great while, a book is published that refuses to allow me to look at the world in the same way I did before reading it. I challenge you to read Mark Easter’s new book, The Blue Plate and look at the world in the same way you do today. Easter is a

Pizza beans, a cozy dish from Deb Perelman’s Smitten Kitchen cookbook, have unexpectedly landed at the center of a true crime saga. This humble casserole hit the headlines when TMZ reported it was on the menu for Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. What started as a simple recipe

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The China Wine And Spirits Awards isn’t just any ol’ judging. It’s the biggest competition of its kind across all of Hong Kong and China. The industry vets involved are together responsible for selling over 75 million bottles of liquid per year—distributors, retailers, and spirits buyers. By that metric it is actually among the most

Five years into its launch, Seth Rogen and his Houseplant lifestyle brand enter a new chapter of the business today, releasing its first consumable product in the US that gets you lifted. Cofounders Rogen and Mikey Mohr tell me that Houseplant is launching a hemp-derived Delta-9 THC-infused sparkling water with four flavors: Black Cherry, Blackberry,

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