Food & Drink

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin H ere’s a question for all the pet-owners out there: Would you buy lab-grown pet food? Slate’s podcast “What’s Next: TBD” asked me that, as well as whether slaughter-free dog food could be considered sustainable. My answers may not make the welfare advocates thrilled, but there’s

September has been designated as National Honey Month, an opportunity for everyone to enjoy this powerhouse natural sweetener in its many applications, and to learn about bees, beekeeping, and why it is crucial to protect them. There are many ways to help keep bees happy and healthy, with many organizations focusing their efforts on the

“We asked ourselves, ‘If we make a really good wine, will it make a really good brandy?’ The answer was yes!” says Daniel Plenzik, co-founder and distiller at Bridgeland Distillery in Calgary, Canada. Bridgeland Distillery is changing the way the world thinks about brandy by making single-varietal brandy from high-quality wine grapes. Brandy is essentially

The French parent company of North American travel retailer Paradies Lagardère has signed an agreement to acquire airport restaurateur Tastes on the Fly. The value of the acquisition was not revealed but it is expected to close during the fourth quarter of this year, subject to regulatory approval and third-party consents. The Tastes on the

In its heyday, when customers were clamoring for its vegetarian fare, Veggie Grill in early 2020 had expanded to 36 locations. But when the pandemic struck, consumers stayed home and Veggie Grill, like many start-up restaurant chains, started closing locations. By September 2023, the condensing kept happening, and Veggie Grill was down to 17 outposts,

The summer sun is shining at its brightest, and even though we’re past Labor Day and it’s the late summer season, the heat’s still hanging around. That’s where the unsung heroes of a hot day come in – the super cool, non-alcoholic drinks. These effervescent, fruity, or spicy sips will rehydrate, rejuvenate, and refresh with

SkinnyDipped, launched by mother-daughter duo Valerie and Breezy Griffith in 2016 to bring their first nut snacks covered in a thin chocolate coating to the market, has raised $12 million in a recent series A led by hospitality magnate David Grutman. With a line of proprietary and health-conscious products currently selling across 25,000-plus U.S. retail

When Don Kerrigan, a well-versed executive previously serving as the president of Nature’s Bounty, was appointed to be the CEO of Nestlé Health Science U.S. in 2021 as a result of the acquisition of the global nutrition player, he had an ambitious vision for the business — finding more scalable opportunities in CPG sectors where

Every restaurateur in Manhattan recognizes that space is at a premium, can be very costly, and often forces start-ups to cram into tiny spaces. And then there’s Fellini Coffee Bar, which opened on July 14th in the West Village on a triangular corner of 7th Avenue, Waverly Place and Perry Street and measures a mere

This is one type of strip show that shouldn’t have had any plastic. Yet, when a consumer tried to feast on part of an 8.9-ounce Banquet Chicken Strips Meal, guess what showed up in one of the chicken strips? A piece of plastic. In fact, that person reportedly had an oral injury to show for

As an aspiring wine snob, I like to try new wines regularly, sipping and swishing and savoring the novel flavors, characteristics, and textures that might be found therein. When I do this with my spouse, I sometimes ask, “What do you think of the wine?” More often than not, his response is something like, “It

When you find bone fragments in your sausage, your response is probably not “Bone appétit.” Instead, it’s likely going to be more like “Bone-how-did-this-end-up-here?” So, after customers found bone fragments in its ready-to-eat blended meat and poultry smoked sausage, it’s not surprising that Hillshire Brands Company has issued a recall of its product. This recall

The New York Wine & Spirits Competition convened last month in Brooklyn, bringing together some of the best palates in the beverage industry together for three days of blind tasting and judging. Organized by the prestigious Tasting Alliance—the same group responsible for the San Francisco World Spirits Competition—this year’s iteration saw a record number of

Breaking away from the more well-known olive oil seasoned flatbread, focaccia in Bari, Italy is a feast of flavors made with tomatoes, olives, oregano, and olive oil. We visited Panificio Fiore, a local bakery that’s been churning fresh focaccia every day for over a century. The bakery is just a few steps away from the

The Vita Coco Company, Inc. is celebrating World Coconut Day by partnering with Roblox, a global immersive platform where millions of people connect and communicate daily, by introducing a new giant coconut just off the coast of Coconut Island in “The Coconut Grove.” Vita Coco will donate $1 to its charity partners in Brazil for

New York’s Cool Cousin Brewing is the first commercial brewery to make beer entirely from unmalted barley, saving water and carbon dioxide (CO2) with each brew. The fundamental ingredient in beer is grain, usually malted barley. That barley provides the carbohydrates that the yeast ferments into alcohol and CO2. But those carbohydrates are usually in

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The wine2wine Business Forum, a prominent event in the wine industry, is scheduled to take place in Verona, Italy on November 13 and 14, 2023. During this conference, attendees will delve into an exploration of the top 150 Italian wines that frequently appear on the wine lists of American restaurants. This data is attributed to

It used to be that every year when September 2 came around, the streets surrounding the Old Forester Distillery in Louisville, Kentucky, were packed with anxious bourbonheads standing in line to score a bottle of Birthday Bourbon. The bourbon celebrating the birthday of founder George Garvin Brown was sold onsite once a year, and was

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