Food & Drink

The drink experts at The Bottle Club shared their secrets to the perfect margarita, the best tequila to use and how you can upgrade the classic cocktail. Here are five tips and recipes to level up your margarita skills. Shaking with ice gives your margarita a distinct cloudy and frothy appearance, and ensures that your

Food is so complicated – making it, growing it, choosing what to eat of it. It’s tempting to say this is relatively recent, but if you could travel back in time to talk to the farmers who started selectively breeding corn from teosinte, they’d probably tell you figuring that out was no walk in the

Wine as a consumer product has become synonymous with the glass bottle, but many wineries are looking elsewhere for containers, and a leading alternative is bag-in-box format. According to data from Future Market Insights, the wine segment holds the largest share of bag-in-box production within the beverage industry. From familiar grocery store brands to European

The findings from this study about supplements and Covid-19 were so meta. A meta-analysis recently published in the journal Clinical Nutrition ESPEN found no statistically significant associations between vitamin C, vitamin D, or zinc supplementation and decreased Covid-19 mortality. However, it did find that those who had taken vitamin D supplements were less likely to

Following Yum China and Starbucks, another big restaurant chain in China is reporting business trouble. Haidilao International Holdings, the China hotpot chain whose $14 billion market capitalization ranks among the world’s most valuable restaurant businesses, said today it could lose up to more than $710 million, or 4.5 billion yuan, for the 2021 calendar year.

Like refilling your pantry with regular trips to the grocery store, every five years Congress and the United States Department of Agriculture are tasked to “refill” funding the farm bill – the nation’s package of policies and funding that governs food production and availability. Watching negotiations play out a couple times each decade is notable

Shoppers haven’t rebelled. That was the major takeaway for my colleague Lauren Debter and me after a few days of deeply analyzing consumer brands’ price hikes, profit margins and earnings reports. Companies have been dealing with rising expenses, and have chosen to pass on those costs onto their consumers. Price hikes of favorite household products and

Infant formula may have many different ingredients. But neither Cronobacter sakazakii nor Salmonella Newport should be one of them. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been investigating four cases of infants being hospitalized in three different states. Unfortunately, one of these infants has already died. All

Wendy Lamer is the most unpretentious wine genius you’ll ever meet. Don’t let her casual nature fool you: She knows all the stories about each wine on her shelves — what soil it grew in, who made it, and what you should cook to eat with it. Her roadside shop on Highway 128 in Booneville,

On February 7, 2022, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced a $1 billion competitive grant offering to fund pilot projects through it’s “Partnerships for Climate-Smart-Commodities” program. The program was developed at the USDA with input from stakeholders during a comment period in 2021. It is designed to encourage the development of markets for products of

As a 29-year-old man took a big gulp of water after his daily run, he could not help but feel a little off; his body felt a little sluggish and it seemed impossible for him to catch his breath. But it was February in New York City, which meant that the height of flu and

Justin Wiesehan is a self-proclaimed snackaholic. But when he started to count his macros in his quest to eat healthier, he found the better-for-you snacks lacking the flavor and crunch that he loved. His quest to solve that problem led him to launch HA! A Healthier Alternative, which is line-up of salty snacks that offer 11

The big wine show in Paris that goes under the name Wine Paris – VinExpo is closing its doors as I write this. It is one of the world’s biggest wine shows, in competition with Vinitaly in Verona and ProWein in Düsseldorf. Signals are flashing green. It seems to have been a great success. Three

Constellation Brands (STZ) set its 52-week high of $258.00 on January 6 on a positive reaction to its latest earnings report. After the high was set the stock plunged on profit-taking. The low for this day was $242.66, a decline of 5.9%. A daily downside ‘key reversal’ is considered a sell signal. The stock shifted

When it was announced last month that Monster Beverage was acquiring the CANarchy Craft Collective for $330 million, most thought that that meant that their possible merger with Constellation Brands was off the table. Well, it appears that the two companies are still in talks and that a potential deal may be announced in the

Building off the high-growth momentum across Asia in less than two years since launch, Singapore-based faux chicken producer, Next Gen Foods, has officially entered North America through partnerships with high-end local restaurants and online marketplaces, amping up the competition in plant-based meat. The move was made possible after Next Gen closed $100 million in a

The man who makes the best cakes in the world has arrived in London. L’Expresse described Cédric Grolet as having “revolutionized the world of sweetness” and his list of awards is long and impressive. So, it’s no surprise that The Berkley hotel in London is thrilled that the young pastry chef chose to open his first patisserie

A decade ago the forecast was dire for America’s favorite sweet. The headlines came in hot: “Climate Change Could Melt Chocolate Production,” and “Cocoa Shortage Could Send Chocolate Prices Soaring.” The world’s top cocoa manufacturers rushed to address cocoa productivity, and cacao has made productivity gains in regions like Ecuador. While these predictions did not

There’s enormous excitement about innovative foods these days. A confluence of skyrocketing investments, consumer demand for healthier and more regenerative products and unprecedented entrepreneurship is supercharging a food sector alive with new options and possibilities. This surge prompts questions. What should we think about the current investment frenzy? Why would we want to eat these

Topline With the Biden administration looking to fight consolidation in industries from meatpacking to shipping, a new report from the Treasury Department on Wednesday zeroed in on the $250 billion (annual) U.S. alcohol market, outlining a series of reforms to boost competition, combat “exclusionary behavior” by big companies and save consumers money. Key Facts The