Food & Drink

They ‘preach to the choir’ and reassure the health-conscious — but don’t get through to those who need it the most As the obesity crisis continues to worsen, the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition & Health, which convened in September, is proposing a series of remedies. One of them is a front-of-package (FOP) labeling

By: Christos Makridis When many have their eyes turned to the salient collapse of FTX and other major web3 token projects, there are exciting and novel use-cases behind NFTs brewing in the spirits industry. NFTs are about authenticating ownership of not only digital assets, but also physical ones, including high-ticket fine wines and other beverages.

As you’re driving down Ulster Avenue on the way into town in Saugerties, N.Y. about 100 miles north of New York City, your eye is attracted to a glitzy new two-story building that houses Sawyer Ice Cream Company. It opened in mid-October 2022 and is owned by two brothers, Bob and Larry Siracusano. The duo

Over the last few years, the martini has become as much an accessory as a handbag. (Though it never left my repertoire, that’s for sure.) Some like ‘em wet and others, like them brine-packed and finished with a perch of olives. But the presence of brine hasn’t been limited to ‘tinis. Recently, more and more

Cows have a special “superpower.” They can digest cellulose – the most abundant form of plant-captured solar energy on the planet. This means they can live by grazing on grasses and in doing so they enable human food production on hundreds of millions of acres of rangeland and pastureland that is unsuitable for crop production.

For the grump, the snark and the sulky drinker in your life. I’m not sure how or when wine snarkiness started. someecards

The Akshaya Patra Foundation has provided 3 billion free school meals and is one of India’s largest nongovernmental organizations. It prepares freshly cooked food and nutritious meals for 2 million children every day in 65 kitchens across 14 states and two union territories in India. We visited one of its mega kitchens in Bangalore to

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The secret ingredient in vegan chocolate brand Mid-Day Squares is viral content. The 29-year-old CEO and cofounder, Jake Karls, along with his sister and brother-in-law cofounders, Lezlie Karls and Nick Saltarelli, star in TikTok, Instagram and YouTube videos, sharing the behind-the-scenes entrepreneurial drama. “We give customers

Buckle your seat belts because from Thanksgiving ‘til end of year, there is no holiday, fake holiday or shopping day too ridiculous for wine pairings. And, just exactly what kind of wine goes with Cyber Monday? I can’t purport to tell you that—I mean what do you pair with a 200-inch Smart TV? Or a

Pacific Coast Highway in California getty The surreal California coastline seems like a dream to a young man from Burgundy, France, who was swept away by the place, the wines and the people who have a casual, warm temperament balanced by a fast-paced creative energy. He became completely inspired by the idea that anything is

When I lived in Chicago, there was an Italian restaurant that made a chopped salad that I was obsessed with. My favorite part of the salad was the crispy bits of prosciutto that they used instead of bacon. I’m assuming that they used prosciutto because they had a lot of it around and they were

Mezcal has been flooding American markets for the better part of a decade. In fact, according to IWSR Drinks Mark Analysis, the category of Mexican agave spirit grew by 14.5% in 2020 alone. It’s expected to swell by some 10.5% per year into 2025. All this is to say: there are a lot of new

While Christmas is still a month away, holiday gift-buying season is officially in full swing. It can be a challenging time for many folks who struggle to imagine the most suitable present for their friends and loved ones. Thankfully, if your friends and loved ones are scotch enthusiasts, you don’t have that problem. Because—spoiler alert—we

Nailing the perfect holiday gift is not dissimilar to nailing the perfect recipe. It’s not an easy task, but when you get it right—boy, is that feeling hard to beat. I say that as a foodie, of course: someone who loves to host, cook, and create memories in the kitchen. Someone who, if you’re reading

These days, there’s a subscription for everything. Order mezcal to your door every month, or refill your toothpaste at regular intervals. Anything you could need, read, drink, or desire can show up on your doorstep. Including really good Champagne. In 2020, best friends and bubble-obsessed Erica Davis and Catherine Carter set out to discover a

The very word “Thanksgiving” implies contemplative calm and contentedness, but our national holiday—America’s second favorite according to BBC News—has become the diametric opposite. Instead of thinking about sharing turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie with loving family and friends in the comfort of a cozy home, most of us are stressed out thinking about

Last Thanksgiving, I decided to set out a few bottles of non-alcoholic wine alongside the usual spread of reds and whites that fuel our holiday conversations. My partner doesn’t drink, so my main goal was to keep something in his glass through the evening. But my two bottles of sans-booze red (both from Proxies by

As the breathtaking Andes Mountains were framed in the big bay window, a seemingly endless line of Argentinian wines shone in the sunlight as a small group of top professional winemakers from Argentina tasted the bottles before their honored guest arrived. The numerous wine stains on the white table cloths indicated that the professionals were

In 1823, a little-known glass factory 250-miles southeast of Paris got its first a big break. The factory had already been in business for nearly 60-years when King Louis XVIII custom ordered a line glassware for an event he was hosting at Tuileries Palace, and it didn’t take long for other royals and dignitaries to

Holiday season 2022 could be the first of many ravaged by bird flu as the worst-ever U.S. outbreak has yet to be contained. Here’s a conversation starter if there’s a lull around the Thanksgiving table, or any table: More American birds were killed this year by avian flu than turkeys slaughtered for holiday feasts. It