Food & Drink

Another Easter Sunday in semi-quarantine. While New York has all but transformed itself with sidewalk seating and streeteries throughout the boroughs, takeout is still the safest, and most weather-reliable option to celebrate Easter Sunday. Plan ahead for Sunday, April 4 with these excellent New York City Easter takeout meals. Concord Hill Chef Guy Kairi at

Krispy Kreme wants to glaze over the fact that you got the Covid-19 vaccine. On Monday, March 22, Krispy Kreme stores began offering a free “Original Glazed” doughnut to anyone who can present his or her Covid-19 Vaccination Record Card. In other words, if you can provide this proof that you got the Johnson &

Ballast Point Brewing announced both good and bad news Tuesday, and your reaction may depend heavily on where you live. If you’re a fan of the San Diego-based brewery in the Midwest, you’ll likely be disappointed to learn that the Chicago brewpub that was supposed to close just temporarily in October because of COVID-19 will

Winemaker Kathleen Inman checks fermentation progress in an egg-shaped tank at Inman Family Wines. Inman Family Wines Winemaker and winery owner Kathleen Inman refers to herself as a “one woman show;” she is the winemaker, vineyard manager, sales director and owner of Inman Family Wines in the Russian River Valley in Sonoma County, California. Inman

Before Shamil Thakrar, co-founder of Dishoom, took London’s restaurant scene by storm, the capital wasn’t short of Indian restaurants. At the high end we already had the likes of Benares and Amaya, while the U.K.’s curry houses had given us chicken tikka masala – which has a strong claim to have supplanted the roast and

 Laura Lazzaroni is a veteran journalist, food writer, and baker who has become an expert at seeking out tastemakers, from her years in New York for La Repubblica’s D magazine, to her position as Features Director of L’Uomo Vogue to co-directing the launch of the Italian edition of Food & Wine magazine, Lazzaroni has had

It has been a year since we stopped traveling due to COVID-19. Many of us have grown eager to go on a trip again and Japanese people are not an exception. But  Japan’s major cities just came out of the state of emergency on March 21, 2021 and the country’s vaccination rate is only 0.3% of the

Here’s a basic problem. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has a warning about “Real Water.” Not real water in general but the “Real Water” brand of alkaline water. And the warning is not real good. Do not drink or otherwise put into your body this brand of alkaline water until further notice. That’s

When Dan Kurzrock started pitching his company ReGrained to investors, it was a tough sell. There was the common issue—it was an unknown startup from a relatively unknown twenty-something; the larger obstacle though, was that it was an unknown market.  ReGrained manufactures a patented ingredient, a protein from otherwise wasted nutrients from the malt in

Planning on getting some food from the Mar-a-Lago à la carte Dining Service this weekend? Well, looks like you’ll need to change your plans because Donald Trump’s resort in Florida is having a, drum roll please, Covid-19 outbreak. As they say when you put your nose in an electric socket, shocking, right? If you were hoping

From calorie count to portion sizes, we ordered everything on the UK and US Krispy Kreme menus to find out the big differences between the two. 0:00 Intro 0:11 Portion Sizes 3:04 Nutrition 6:42 Ingredients 10:05 Exclusives 14:15 Fast Food Chemistry Sneak Peek MORE FOOD WARS VIDEOS: US vs UK Dunkin’ | Food Wars US

These days, everywhere you look there seems to be a new use for cauliflower. Often utilized as a gluten-free, low-carb alternative, the versatile, mild-tasting vegetable has gained popularity as cauliflower rice, cauliflower pizza crust, cauliflower gnocchi, mashed cauliflower, and on and on. In 2018, The New York Times NYT documented cauliflower’s ascension, but even since

Anti-trust movements are making a rapid comeback in grocery retail. As Amazon AMZN continues to expand its grocery reach, overtaking Wal-Mart in apparel sales, and retail giants like Wal-Mart, Target TGT , Costco and Dollar General DG dominate market share across the board, a distinct cohort of independent grocers and NGO’s are coming to similar conclusions in documents released this week and this past February.

Kroger KR announced the closing of three more West coast stores on March 10. The Los Angeles closures follow on the heels of similar announcements in Seattle and Long Beach, totaling seven. The country’s largest full service grocery chain has thrown down the gauntlet for cities that have rolled out hazard pay mandates. Municipal governments are attempting to ensure

Sugar-free chocolate company Lily’s Sweets is reportedly selling its business with a deal likely to close within months, according to sources familiar with the matter. The sources, who declined to be identified due to privacy, told me the VMG Partners-backed company generated $110 million in sales, which could put its value at more than $400

Alcohol and tobacco sales rose dramatically in the U.S. during the early stages of the pandemic, with possible major consequences for both physical and mental health, according to a new study. The research led by scientists at the University of Southern California (USC) and published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, found that between

Just when you thought you’d seen enough movies about Italy’s charms, here comes the “The Truffle Hunters,” a documentary about a circle of elderly Piedmontese foragers and their pursuit of the highly valued white truffle for which the region is known. It is hard to know what’s the most delicious part of the movie: the

Since the onset of the global pandemic last March, supply chains became unarmored against the unprecedented effects of fluctuating demand. Many companies were forced to make necessary shifts to their operations to accommodate sudden production challenges stemming from Covid-19 disruptions.  Notably, the meatpacking industry saw an enormous burden on producers and consumers, leading to reduced

In a village tucked away in El Llano, Mexico, a normally rambunctious little boy was silent and intensely focused on his grandma as he waited to eat some of the tiny tortillas she made in her adobe “mudbrick” home. The boy, Rolando Herrera, also nicknamed the “little devil” in his family, who could typically be

The pandemic isn’t quite over but after a long journey, vaccines are arriving, the restaurant industry is getting a huge financial shot in the arm, and dining limits are being loosened – or lifted. “What will the new norm look like?” may be the single biggest question for the F&B industry. Who will win, lose,