Food & Drink

Chicken Cock Whiskey traces its history to 1856, when James A. Miller built a distillery in Paris, Kentucky. Despite surviving several challenges, including changes in ownership, a distillery fire and prohibition, the brand eventually faded and was lost in the 1950s. Fast forward to 2011 when the Chicken Cock Whiskey brand was acquired by Grain

Margot Robbie’s star power could easily overshadow any project she’s involved in–and she knows it. Despite soft-launching a gin brand, Papa Salt Coastal Gin, in Australia last year, the Oscar-nominated Barbie star has taken little credit. In fact, when asked if I wanted to talk to her about the brand’s recent UK launch, I was

Amazon’s chief engineer used to have a dog named Rufus who ran up and down the halls fetching tennis balls. That doesn’t seem like a big deal for a multi-billion-dollar business. But recently, Amazon brought Rufus back to the office in a big way as the name of its AI-powered digital shopping assistant, complete with

A bar in the center of Copenhagen is the only one in Europe to have three living pieces of bar history, all in working order, on the counter. Two hand-cranked Coles shakers, a Minneapolis Brass & Iron Mfg Co. Ferris Wheel drink mixer, and a hand-cranked Alaska ice crusher are the prized possessions of Humberto

Sports and spirits may not be the most obvious pairing, but many athletes have proved it to be a match made in heaven. With extensive networks and competitive spirits, naturally suited to the high-stakes and fanbase-driven world of wine and spirits. Of course, they’re not the only celebrities to do so. In recent months we’ve

Wines that can (almost) compete with the drama of the Olympic Games The Paris edition of Summer Olympic games has had its share of drama: gender eligibility in boxing, Seine River water quality for swimmers, score changes in the women’s gymnastics floor final, Simone Biles’ amazing comeback and that French pole vaulter’s battle of the

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The food industry’s financial markets are experiencing their own heat wave. Even as major stock indexes struggled early this week, shares of chicken companies including Tyson and Pilgrim’s Pride bucked the trend and rose on strong earnings news. Then, rumors started swirling that Kellanova, the Kellogg

The culinary world is abuzz with excitement as Bravo’s hit TV series Top Chef announces its 2025 season destination: Canada. Season 22 will explore the diverse and rich food scene across the Great White North. In an Instagram post on June 25th, the show revealed the location of season 22: “Time to turn your taste

In a liquor landscape flooded with limited-edition bourbon releases, it can be hard to get genuinely excited this day. Unlike the olden days, I am only looking back about a decade or so, when distillers guarded their premium juice the way Willie Wonka locked down his Everlasting Gobstoppers; these days, they revel in throwing their

What happens behind the hedges at private homes across the Hamptons every summer may feel mysterious, but now we have a little data to peek into what’s going on behind closed doors. DoorDash shared the most ordered items and trendiest purchases out in the Hamptons so far this summer, and while some deliveries are predictable,

Generative AI, a type of Artificial Intelligence that involves creating new content or solutions, based on the generation of new data, scenarios, and models, is emerging as a game-changer in driving innovation, with significant social and environmental potential at the food-health-climate nexus. Novel insights, driven by analyses of vast amounts of data, based on broad

If it seems like the sudden surge in popularity of rye whiskey is just a passing fad, think again. First distilled in 1750, several decades before the invention of bourbon, it was the dominant spirit in the fledgling United States. George Washington himself owned a rye distillery that produced up to 11,000 gallons a year,

A food festival rooted in elevating nostalgia is expanding to a new coast. ChainFEST, the Los Angeles-based food festival will have its first ever East Cast event at Randall’s Island Park in New York City on Saturday, September 21. Founded by actor and writer B.J. Novak and Michelin – starred chef Tim Hollingsworth, ChainFEST serves

Many industries have a hall of fame, a place to immortalize people and places that have shaped a trade like barbers or a sport like baseball. Now, craft beer has this as well: The American Craft Beer Hall of Fame (ACBHOF). Since its beginnings almost a half century ago, the American craft beer industry will

I have long wondered what marketing genius came up with all these national wine celebration days—as if we really need an excuse to imbibe. Anyway, today, we’re celebrating, observing—and certainly, drinking white wines—the day so designated to do so. Here’s a sun-kissed selection from California that ranges from the light and easy to those with

Perhaps you’ve never heard of the Beverage Testing Institute. But if you’re a fan of top shelf tipples you most certainly are affected by the work it carries out. The organization was initially founded back in 1981 as an international wine competition. In 1994, beer, spirits, cider and sake were added to the mix and

It’s hard not to love London like this. The summer heat has finally settled over the city and, with it, a renewed vitality for everything it has to offer. Our restaurants spill onto sidewalks. Markets flood with locals and tourists. The picnic section of every supermarket gets ransacked. Basically, everyone just wants to be out

Costas Spiliadis’ Milos hospitality kingdom has eleven restaurants from Miami to Dubai, along with yachts for charter and a boutique hotel in Greece. And he remains hungry for new ventures. By Chloe Sorvino, Forbes Staff It’s lunchtime in Midtown Manhattan, and Estiatorio Milos is bustling. Inside the modern Greek restaurant that opened in 1997, a

Amidst the sweltering summer heat, an indoor mall can provide a welcome respite from the bustling city streets. Mercado Little Spain, located inside the Hudson Yards luxury shopping mall in Manhattan, offers a unique opportunity to savor the culinary delights of regional Spanish cuisine without venturing too far from home. Upon its opening in 2019,

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin In my latest feature, I tell the story of how Costas Spiliadis, the 78-year-old founder of Estiatorio Milos, immigrated from Greece and expanded a small restaurant in Montreal into an iconic New York seafood restaurant—as well as 10 others spanning from Las Vegas to Dubai. Four