Food & Drink

There was no better place to be for the young Italian boy than sitting next to his grandfather, who was playing cards and sharing his homemade wine with his friends, in the Abruzzo region of Italy as there was always an electric energy in the air created by the deep connections of such intimate gatherings.

With an erratic climate—frost and balmy weather all within the same week (at least here up in the northeast), your wine choices might also shift wildly. In one week, I drank a full-bodied Bordeaux blend from Virginia and a Tannat from Uruguay to go with hearty stews, but also whites from northern Italy and Austria

Charn Bak has spent over a decade building various food and beverage retail concepts since he graduated from Cornell University. But when food service was hit hard by the pandemic, especially those run by Asian entrepreneurs due to mounting racially motivated hate crimes, Bak had to pivot to a more innovative business idea — weaving

This summer I was lucky enough to travel to Slovenia for a barbecue contest. As it turns out, both barbecue and line dancing are big hobbies in Slovenia. I was invited by the US State Department and The Culinary Diplomacy Project to be a culinary ambassador for the barbecue part of the Slovenian Country and

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El Bandido Yankee tequila has done the seemingly impossible in just a few short years. It has broken out of a crowded tequila field filled with splashy celebrity brands to become a significant player in one of the hottest spirits category’s these days, tequila. This feat was accomplished by building the brand around America’s thriving

Cocktails differ around the world based on alcohol of choice and origin story. You’d be surprised at how some were invented. For example, the Kir Royale was created with Aligoté after Nazis confiscated all of Burgundy’s finest red wines. Other creations, like the Italian negroni, were as simple as just replacing soda water with gin.

Sunken scotch has captured the imagination—and pursestrings—of whisky enthusiasts for generations. It’s the term used to refer to liquid that’s unintentionally aged at the bottom of the sea after a shipwreck. Now American whiskey is poised for the same treatment. Call it banished bourbon. The story starts on an ill-fated evening in December of 1854.

Actress, producer, director, and activist Eva Longoria, probably best known as Gabrielle Solis in Desperate Housewives, will be starring in a new role. Longoria will serve as a virtual “culinary tour guide” on the new CNN Original Series, Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico. The six-episode series premieres at 10 PM ET/PT on Sunday, March 26.

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Coffee is more than a product. It’s a ritual and a way to cultivate connections with people. This is the ethos that’s deeply ingrained in Emma Chamberlain’s wildly popular coffee brand, Chamberlain Coffee. Launched in 2020 by YouTube phenomenon and content creator, Emma Chamberlain (she was named among Forbes 30 Under 30, Class of 2021),

Raising swine in high-rises seems like the premise of a dystopian television show—but it’s happening in real life. And from my perspective, it’s frightening. Last fall, the world’s largest free-standing hog farm opened in a rural village in central China. It’s 26 stories tall. And together with an identical farm set to open soon, they’re

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There are Michelin-starred chefs, and then there’s Alain Ducasse. As well as being the first chef to own three restaurants with three Michelin Stars (the institute’s highest rating) each, Ducasse is one of just two chefs in the world to be awarded over 20 stars altogether. Basically, he’s a culinary icon. And he has a

From the people who encouraged you to pay extra for guac comes a new fast casual concept centered on greens and fresh ingredients. Chipotle Mexican Grill announced on February 15 that the international restaurant chain is opening a new restaurant called Farmesa Farmessa will soft open at Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California this

From Yellow 5 to BHT, here are the most shocking chemicals we found in fast-food chains in the UK and US. This is “Food Wars.” MORE FOOD WARS VIDEOS: US vs UK Pringles Chips | Food Wars US vs UK Halal Guys | Food Wars US vs UK Quiznos | Food Wars —————————————————— #Chemicals #FoodWars

Rachel Wagoner has been the director of CalRecycle for two years, but she has worked for two decades in environmental policy including time in the legislative office of the governor. She grew up as one of six children and her family had a strong waste-not-want-not ethic. She feels as though modern society has lost that

The new year is off to a fast start, but it appears that many companies have taken a step back from basing decisions solely on the bottom-line and have added social responsibility goals to their performance scorecards. They’re becoming more attentive to “stakeholders” beyond just their investors and consumer base and have realized that becoming

Sakara is a vegan meal delivery service that bills itself on beauty and a change in life-style. It’s all vegan with no gluten, but for 5 days worth of meals it costs over $400. We tried it to see if it as worth the price tag. MORE VEGAN CONTENT: Food Cart Serves Up The Best

Entrepreneurial intuition came in quite handy for Robert Oliver when he was fresh out of college in 2014. The 23-year-old Washington State native, popularly known as the Genius CEO, never intended his personal tale to be anchored in a nine-to-five job; but instead, he chose to be guided by e-commerce guru Jeff Bezos’s “regret minimization