The story of Jonathan Tourgee’s path from chemical engineer to CEO of a craft vodka startup is about love, entrepreneurship and the choices we make. And, not incidentally, it’s also about quinoa, the high-protein seed revered by the Inca civilization and now distilled by Tourgee into Quri Vodka, sold in a classy gold and black
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Topline The stock market rebounded sharply on Thursday, paring back some of its losses this week as investors cheered a host of strong first quarter earnings reports from the likes of Facebook-parent Meta, Qualcomm, McDonald’s and PayPal. Key Facts The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.9%, over 600 points, while the S&P 500 jumped 2.5%
I will never forget my first encounter with pétillant natural (pét-nat, for short). Early in my wine writing career, I participated in a virtual education platform. There I met a wide range of wines, from Wisconsin to Vermont, Slovenia to Turkey. The one that never let me go was La Garagista’s appropriately named Coup de
Kilolo Strobert has been in the wine industry for more than 15 years, working at the likes of wine shop Le Dû’s Wines, hotel Le Parker Meridien (now Thompson Central Park New York), Zagat and more. Her latest project takes her back to her roots, with the reopening of a Prospect Heights wine shop where
Easter is in the rear view mirror and that means that grilling season is here. Even if it is a little cold where you live, it’s time to tune up the grill and get cooking. When I think of what’s better cooked on the grill, my list is long. And fish tops the list. It
Whether you’re looking for a luxurious gift or simply want to treat yourself to something special this Mother’s Day, champagne’s got you covered. You could celebrate with a glass of Spanish Cava or Italian Prosecco, of course, but why settle for less than France’s best, given the occasion? These days there is a champagne for
Portillo’s is a fast-casual restaurant chain that many call the one-stop shop for iconic Chicago foods. It has a world-famous chocolate cake, an Italian beef sandwich, cheese fries, a chicken croissant, and a chopped salad. The most popular menu item is the restaurant’s Chicago-style hot dog, topped with mustard, relish, onions, sliced tomato, pickles, peppers,
A series of surveys administered by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have revealed that, in the English-speaking Caribbean, the estimated prevalence of severe food insecurity has increased by 72% since the onset of the pandemic and by 44% as compared to one year ago. In April
Plants are naturally “solar powered,” but there is a carbon footprint associated with growing them as a crop. The fuel used to power tractors and other equipment is part of that footprint, but the largest component on the order of 36% is associated with the natural gas used to make synthetic nitrogen fertilizers. Between conflict-driven
The world’s biggest Starbucks opened this spring in Tokyo, Japan. At 32,000 square feet, it’s bigger than the previous largest, the Shanghai Reserve Roastery. The four-story building overlooks the Meguro River and was partly designed by Olympic Stadium architect Kengo Kuma. On the menu are Espresso Martinis, Cold Brews, cream sodas and whiskeys. For more,
Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin I started Fresh Take to keep sustainability at the forefront of the conversation every week, not just when the newsletter falls on Earth Day. That said, I’ve put together a particularly climate-focused edition for you today. A lot of climate reporting can be tough to digest.
Want to brush up on your biodynamics? Get the dirt on your dirt? Here’s a short reading list for Earth Month, with a focus on wines cultivated with care. Some are old, some new, but all are timeless in their themes of environmental stewardship Southern France biodynamic champion and winemaker Gérard Bertrand launches a new
Seriously? I grew up going to the Lower East Side of New York with my parents every Sunday for most of my childhood. It was Katz’s for a sandwich. Henri’s – just a couple of doors away for kosher deli and deli salads to bring home; occasionally Rappaport’s or Ratner’s for an all dairy meat-free
It’s easy being green, say these producers of sustainable and other earth-friendly wines. While April is devoted to all things earth friendly, the 22nd day of the month is designated as Earth Day, a global celebration of sustainability and planet consciousness. What better day to pop open a bottle of bubbly from a producer that’s
Since 2004, the Environmental Working Group has published its annual “Dirty Dozen List” which purports to be a “shopper’s guide” about which produce items consumers should buy as “Organic” to avoid pesticide residues. They base this list on a scientifically unsupportable interpretation of a valuable and transparent public database, which actually documents the excellent safety
Today’s Earth Day, first observed in the U.S. back in 1970 when approximately 20 million people took to the streets to protest against the oil spill in the Santa Barbara channel, and it has since evolved to become a global environmental movement. More than 50 years later, Earth Day has also become an opportunity for
Waking from sleep with an increased heartbeat and overall sense of panic, the woman would often relive her typical nightmare of finding herself falling in various situations, although this time, the nightmare involved her riding a bus that fell off a cliff during an earthquake and that terrifying slow-motion moment of being in midair overwhelmed
Today Mars is announcing a pilot program to double the income of 14,000 farmers in its cocoa supply chain by 2030. The program will focus on Cote d’Ivoire and Indonesia, regions in which the bulk of the world’s cocoa is grown. The programs were designed in conjunction with USAID, the Fairtrade Foundation and farmer organizations
How do you quantify dignified, essential work? For food retail and hospitality workers in the age of Covid-19 and rising food prices, this descriptor does not translate into better wages. A new report from the Economic Policy Institute and The Shift Project of Harvard University details the low wages at dozens of firms throughout the
Amped. UP. That’s the best phrase I can think of, to describe the general sense of things at last week’s Vinitaly trade fair in Verona, the first such large-scale fair I’ve attended since March 2020. “Amped up” isn’t by definition a bad thing, nor is it unexpected. People are coming together again, and there’s an