Food & Drink

Rice makes up a major part of the diet of more than 3 billion people around the globe. The staple grain is used in savory dishes like Spain’s paella and sweet dishes like Filipino champorado. Rice is believed to have first been cultivated in China, which is also the world’s largest producer of rice today.

Male sandgrouse are flying sponges, soaking up large amounts of water in their feathers in faraway desert watering holes before flying for many kilometers to give their thirsty children a drink © Copyright by GrrlScientist | hosted by Forbes A small group of birds, the sandgrouse, that dwell in Africa’s forbidding deserts have long mystified

Poor exit environment, macroeconomic downturn, and the unexpected collapse of Silicon Valley Bank are driving U.S. venture capitalists to increasingly withdraw from investing in late-stage deals, causing deal count to fall more than 25% year-over-year in Q1 2023, according to the latest PitchBook data. During the period, there were only 19 late-stage mega-rounds compared with

A dumpling is typically dough wrapped around various fillings, or sometimes no fillings at all. It can be steamed, boiled, fried, or baked. From sweet to savory, we’ll take a look at how 23 countries enjoy their dumplings. Editor’s Note: Momo is a popular dumpling in Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, and Northeast India. Special thanks to

Harissa lemon chickpeas. Kimchi sesame navy beans. Enchilada black beans. If these recipe combos sound like one TikTok cooking video away from a weeknight dinner, I’ve got better news for you: they’re already canned and sold in grocery aisles nationwide. Heyday Canning, launched by CEO and Co-Founder Kat Kavner with COO Jaime Tulley in September

The resurgence of a once banned liquor in Ghana, Akpeteshie, is shaking up the global distillery market. Brothers Kofi and Raja Owusu-Ansah, owners of Republic Distilleries in Accra, are bringing Akpeteshie, Ghana’s indigenous alcoholic spirit distilled from sugar cane juice, to the rest of world. They are poised to disrupt the international liquor market valued

Across the globe, people love the distinct crunch of chicken fried in hot oil until golden brown. From a thick fried chicken torta in Mexico to Senegal’s hearty yassa poulet to party-perfect chicken lollipops in India, we’re taking a look at fried chicken around the world. 0:00 – Intro 0:21 – India 0:38 – Croatia

Serial entrepreneur and restaurateur Tony Park, who is 45-years-old and New York City-based, owns the following: two bakeries (with more to come), a cocktail bar, a full-service Korean BBQ restaurant and he just opened a Korean steakhouse. Formulas haven’t particularly worked for Park who is driven by his own independent spirit. Park has diversified roots

Nostalgic for a bygone ice cream flavor? Beloved gourmet ice cream parlor Salt & Straw is reprising some of its fan favorites this month, opening a vault of past flavors to scoop up for fans. The vault series features a selection of five popular flavors from co-founder and ice cream innovator Tyler Malek. Each ice

Goldburger is possibly the best cheeseburger pop-up in Los Angeles, and it’s relocated from Silver Lake to Highland Park with an expanded menu. In addition to the famous double cheeseburgers, owner Allen Yelent and crew are now slinging patty melts, seasoned curly fries, and thick slices of pie. Insider’s Sydney Kramer is checking out the

Rupert Symington, CEO of the Symington Family of Wines, grew up in the Douro region of Portugal, surrounded by some of the steepest and most stunningly terraced vineyards in the world. Named by UNESCO as a world heritage site due to its history of producing wine for more than 2,000 years and the architectural feat

Adam Orman and Fiore Tedesco are a couple of friends who, despite hailing from very different Northeast upbringings, found common ground in their love for family, traditions, music and food. Tedesco’s fascination with food began rolling meatballs with his Italian grandmother in her kitchen at age three, moving up to making fresh cheeses and sausages

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An elderly couple from Malaysia have passed away after consuming poisonous pufferfish, leading their family to call for stricter regulations on the dish. The couple, Ng Chuan Sing and Lim Siew Guan, had unknowingly purchased at least two pufferfish from an online vendor on March 25, according to officials in the state of Johor. They

If you’re traveling in Italy this week, you’ll have a front-row seat to many of the religious and cultural traditions associated with the Easter holiday. But another bonus of spending Easter in Italy is that it offers a unique opportunity to savor some of the specialty foods associated with the holiday. From north to south,

Every night before he goes to bed, Rich Trumka Jr. reads a list of death reports. He’s a commissioner at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, a key regulatory agency that oversees the safety of tens of thousands of products, from batteries to baby cribs. Trumka’s job to uncover the ways our household items can

It’s spring, finally, and the first holiday of the season is here. Take a look at these easy cocktails you can make at home for your Easter celebration and moving forward into sunny outdoor days. Mojito 75 Wax Myrtle’s at The Thompson Hotel, Austin, Texas “Imagine that a Mojito and a French 75 caught spring

The Ajmer Sharif Dargah in Rajasthan, India, is one of the holiest Sufi sites in the world. There, devotees cook a sweet rice dish in a deg, or cauldron, for the thousands of pilgrims who visit the shrine each day. The cauldron is one of the largest in the world, measuring 37 feet wide and

Are you taking your vodka seriously? You certainly should be if you consider yourself a fan of craft spirits. It might seem ludicrous to suggest the category is having a moment. After all it has remained the best-selling segment of liquor in the US for decades. But in 2021 the very definition of the liquid

This week in Napa Valley the RISE climate and wine symposium series kicked off, featuring headline speaker, Jancis Robinson, MW. Known as one of the world’s greatest wine writers and trend predictors, Robinson spoke for an hour on what the global wine industry could do to mitigate climate change. Her presentation highlighted a number of