Food & Drink

In today’s world, we take ice for granted. Open the freezer door and there it is. Order any drink at a fast food shop and your plastic cup will be filled to the brim with it. Ice, it seems, is everywhere, and we never stop to think about its history, its nuances, or its different

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Sogno Toscano, located on one of those windy, picturesque West Village streets, combines a wine bar with sandwiches, a retail shop, and an espresso bar, with inside and outdoor seating. It opened in July 2021 and accommodates 40 patrons inside and 30 outside seasonally. But that’s only part of its revenue flow, as it also

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The overcorrection—to much-hyped valuations, sky-high deal multiples and overzealous investors—is here, and the tension will be on full display next week at the Super Bowl for the food industry, better known as Expo West. In a matter of months, the market stepped back from overvaluing food

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Thanks to gratuity-goosing point of sale terminals, the tip take is on the rise. Now the feds are eyeing that same digital path to collect more of the taxes owed on tip income. The skies in Raleigh, NC were blue on March 1st, with spring-like temperatures of nearly 70 degrees that tempted residents and tourists

Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas have a penchant for investing in the food business. Over the last few years, Chopra has not only opened a NYC-based restaurant (Sona), but invested in InnerChef and Olipop while Jonas has invested in Saucey, Snackpass, Magic Spoon, and more. before founding Rob’s Backstage Popcorn with his bandmate brothers in

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Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin This week’s Current Climate, which every Saturday brings you the latest news about the business of sustainability. Sign up to get it in your inbox every week. When you think about sources of carbon emissions, your mind likely goes to things like power generation, cars, heavy

March 3rd, 1897 was a pivotal day in the history of bourbon. Up until that time, American whiskey suffered from an utter lack of quality control. No standards existed by which to ensure that what was labeled as “straight bourbon” actually satisfied the claim. Indeed, most didn’t and were often adulterated by all sorts of

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In 2018, when Brianna Keefe was looking to open a healthy café in Washington, D.C., she needed a competitive edge. She sought to create something different that would set her café apart from the scores of other eateries that offered smoothies and juices. Welcome to the toastique. Toastique now has 14 stores in Washington, D.C,

As the head winemaker for the legendary Burgundy wine house, Maison Louis Jadot (Jadot), Frédéric Barnier gets many incredible benefits. One of them is traveling around the world, selling some of the most famous wines around the globe, rooted in a long history of high-quality wines that goes back over 150 years. On one such

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In the middle of the bustling East Village in Manhattan, Veselka has been a connection to the Ukrainian community that settled there since it opened in 1954. In 2023, it earned a James Beard Outstanding Restaurant nomination, based on its “food, atmosphere and hospitality while contributing positively to its broader community.” Winners will be announced

Curries and peppers, garlic and ginger, mangos and carrots, and Egusi seeds and pimento are all stars in Kwame Onwuachi’s show, now permanently housed at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in Manhattan’s Upper West Side. For the Lincoln Center, a venue known for hosting world-class ballets, majestic orchestras and award-winning actors, Chef Kwame’s

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The connection between food security, food production and the climate crisis has become crystal clear. We know food systems are both major contributors to and impacted by climate change, and as the world’s population rises, if we are to meet our global climate goals, our need for more sustainable, regenerative and holistic farming and sourcing

When the Black Lives Matter movement took hold and gained traction a couple of years ago, the wine industry was among the business sectors to take a look at itself and reevaluate its efforts at diversity and exclusiveness. A lot of these efforts were good. Some were fleeting. Others tried but didn’t quite hit the

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Canadian startup Relocalize plans to launch its first automated ice factory this month in a shipping container in Florida in partnership with Southeastern Grocers, the parent company of Winn-Dixie and Fresco y Mas stores. Because ice is heavy, and transporting it is difficult, expensive and bad