Food & Drink

Irene Li, a James Beard Award nominee for emerging chef, is doing everything she can to keep Mei … [+] Mei’s doors open in Boston. Courtesy of Mei Mei Irene Li, the owner and chef at Mei Mei’s, a Chinese restaurant located in Boston, and a finalist for Rising Star Chef at the James Beard

Flaming Joe Kill Cliff Ultra famous comedian and podcaster Joe Rogan is launching a CBD-infused beverage with a great name: Flaming Joe. Could it be a The Simpsons wink? According to information procured exclusively ahead of an official announcement, the product will be released in partnership with Kill Cliff, the clean energy drink company, and boasts a very unique taste Rogan and the

Each of the 65 Fosters Freeze franchises is located in California, like this one in San Jose, but … [+] they’re looking to expand to Arizona and Nevada. Courtesy of Fosters Freeze Fosters Freeze, a 75-year-old brand, could easily be considered the Dairy Queen of California. It’s a totally franchised operation, known for its soft-serve ice

Aplós is a hemp-infused non-alcoholic spirit Aplós With a growing number of consumers moderating their alcohol consumption in a bid to lead healthier lifestyles, several alcohol-free drinks designed to replace boozy occasions have emerged onto the U.S. beverage scene in recent months. ADVERTISEMENT I’ve written about a number of these brands and sampled dozens of

More consumers are turning to online alcohol platforms like Drizly during the coronavirus pandemic. Drizly Here’s a statistic you should commit to memory: As the coronavirus began spreading across the U.S. earlier this year, total e-commerce penetration experienced 10 years of growth in just three months’ time (March — May) A hockey stick-like graphic (below)

When you think of Swiss cheese, you think of holes. But Gruyère, which has a smooth texture, is the most produced and most consumed cheese within Switzerland. Gruyère cheese is a component of a classic Swiss fondue, along with European dishes like quiche and croque monsieur. The cheese has a long heritage. Records of cheesemaking

Plant-based egg maker Eat JUST has won regulatory approval for its GOOD Meat cultured chicken in … [+] Singapore and a restaurant partner there will be first to serve the cell-based meat. GOOD Meat Eat Just Inc. has an answer to an age-old question. The egg came first, and now comes the chicken. That’s the

While much of 2020 is a blur, with many of us losing track of specific dates and times, it’s hard to miss the indulgent commerce-centric days following Thanksgiving known as Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday. Today, Giving Tuesday, is a bit different, though. It’s a time to ditch the electronics sales in

Industry-wide commitment needed to ward off new administration’s health and climate mandates Without action, the food industry is facing regulations on unhealthy foods and its impact on … [+] climate. getty The food industry has had an easy time during the Trump administration, which demonstrated no appetite to regulate unhealthy foods, rolled back child nutrition

Winestyr’s direct to consumer model brings small production wines to wine lovers. Bob Wilson When Bob Wilson and his partners founded Winestyr in 2011, they could not possibly have considered the events that would challenge the wine industry nine years later. Their original goal was to build a better model for consumers to discover and

A bottle of new Nocking Point FU 2020 Rose Photo Illustration: Brad Japhe Although the American wine industry is worth a staggering $70 billion in annual sales, it remains stubbornly intimidating to a large segment of millennial drinkers. Despite being the largest wine-drinking subcategory by sheer volume, a vast majority of them feel alienated by

The Great British Bake Off has become Paul Hollywood And Everybody Else (Photo by MelMedia/GC … [+] Images) GC Images The Great British Bake Off has crowned the winner of Series 11 (Americans never got to see all of them, but I’ll go with the show’s numbering). There’s a spoiler at the end so stop

Long Meadow Ranch’s Anderson Valley vineyards. Kim Westerman The original “California Dream” was a Gold Rush psychological fantasy, a microcosm of Horatio Alger’s myth of picking oneself up by one’s bootstraps (unfortunately popularized by Ronald Reagan in the 1980s) and still weirdly entrenched in the cultural narrative of the U.S. But we all know that

Bourbon County Stout Goose Island Brewing Each Black Friday, Chicago’s Goose Island Brewing releases Bourbon County Stout. The beer marks one of the largest events for the brewery each year, and in during non-pandemic time includes a big release-day celebration at Goose Island complete with beer nerds camping out for the night with the hope

These are friends that can’t arrive too early or stay too late for your holiday Red wines are your multipurpose, multidimensional friends at Thanksgiving Illustration:LBortolot Italy leads the way in this roundup of reds for Thanksgiving, but we made room for some other standouts—after all, it’s the season of sharing and, we admit, Italy has

A sure fire way to distinguish between ‘locals’ and ‘foreigners’ at a Caribbean dinner table is to listen out for the request for ‘pepper sauce,’ a hot and tangy flavouring that is typically made of the indigenous Scotch Bonnet, otherwise known as Scotty Bon, Scotchy, Bonney Pepper or scientifically, Capsicum Chinense. The Scotch Bonnet is

Sales of raclette cheese are in record figures in lockdown getty First toilet paper, then pasta. And now cheese is becoming harder to buy–more specifically the cheese used for raclette and fondue, which many French and Swiss people consider to be one of their favorite national dishes. As the cold weather sets in, and with

Freshly Cut Wine Grapes After Being Harvested getty Some winemakers are always looking forward to push the envelope of what they can achieve in their vineyards and winery while others look back in nostalgia at the wines of the past. Joe Nielsen has spent over a decade as a winemaker in California and although he

A blind wine tasting contest. (Photo by: Andia/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Andia/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Blind tasting wine. Most consumers want nothing to do with this, and many pros find it incredibly daunting, among the most challenging aspects of one’s career or certification. It’s a way of experiencing a glass of

In New Orleans, many people grow up eating beignets. And if they aren’t enjoying them at home, they’re likely heading to Café du Monde in the French Quarter for a fresh plate served hot from the fryer. The café is the indisputable source of NOLA’s most famous beignets, which, after more than a century, remain