Food & Drink

Matthew Stafford’s 2021 NFL season was a bit of a fairytale. After spending 12 years with the Detroit Lions, the 2009 No. 1 overall draft pick was traded to the Los Angeles Rams and promptly led his new team to a Super Bowl title. That’s not to say there are hard feelings for his old

London’s Italian-restaurant scene is rich and varied, from traditional trattorias to chic new eateries, from fine dining to homemade pasta and pizza. Here’s a selection of the best to suit a range of tastes and budgets. 1.Norma, Fitzrovia Linguine with Cornish crab at Norma, London Norma Norma occupies three floors of a beautifully restored 18th-century

Sedona is many things to many people: sacred Native American land, geological wonder, place of spiritual healing, and New Age energetic field. All of these interests converge and commingle in diverse and fascinating ways. What is often under the radar of the red rock drama is the gentle but equally confident presence of Oak Creek,

A food festival like no other is slated for this fall in Sedona, Arizona. The first-ever Mystical Pizza Festival, hosted by chef-owner Lisa Dahl, will celebrate the grand opening of her second Pisa Lisa location in Sedona’s Village of Oak Creek with a three-day hyper-local pizza party. From Friday, September 16 through Sunday, September 18,

Topline Stocks fell for a third day in a row on Tuesday as the recent summer market rally continues to fizzle out, with investors growing nervous about more big interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve, which signaled last week that it would continue to tighten monetary policy for “some time” in an effort to

When it comes to exciting food and drink, the San Francisco scene always delivers in spades. But this fall feels like a particularly auspicious time for the city as a number of relative newcomers are just starting to hit their stride. Whether you’re a longtime local or an eager tourist you ought to take note.

Pickle people, rejoice! An Australian artist is selling a McDonald’s pickle “sculpture” for $10,000 NZD ($6,150 USD). Currently flung onto the ceiling of The Michael Lett Gallery in Auckland, New Zealand, the aptly-named Pickle was removed from one of the fast food chain’s cheeseburgers (which normally sell for $1.81) and installed in early July by

It’s an auspicious time for Japanese cocktail culture here in the United States. The style, celebrated for its elegance and attention to technical detail, has been flourishing in the bar rooms of New York and Chicago for the better part of a decade. Earlier this year, two separate books on the subject collected top honors;

Americans are traveling like never before. This summer saw historic increases in airfare purchases as cooped up adventurers made up for time and experience lost to the pandemic. In July, airplane ticket sales were 35% higher than they were in July of 2019, according to industry data. This seismic shift away from people purchasing goods

While the American craft beer scene has indeed loomed large over the last few decades, and rightfully so if I may say so, there are still a ton of great brews spread across the globe. That’s why it behooves any lover of tasty brews to pay attention to other beer competitions besides the Great American

There is no simple definition of the “right way to farm” because any answer would have to reflect the constraints of each growing region (soil type, weather, infrastructure…) and the resources and markets available to the farmers. To make things even more complicated there are many possible combinations of specific farming practices to consider including

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin I recently decided to test out one of those Instagram-advertised boxes of grass-fed meat, and modern shipping delays rendered it all defrosted by the time the meat arrived on my Manhattan doorstep. So what did I do? I cooked. I cooked like I was racing against

On weeknights, I love to watch old episodes of Made in Spain, the PBS PBS show hosted by Chef José Andrés. This series ran in 2008, before World Central Kitchen was conceived. The trouble with that show — during which viewers travel with Chef from his home kitchen in Washington DC to his Spanish homeland

When Angelica de Vere Mabray took on the position of CEO at Donum Estate winery in mid 2019, little did she know that the visitor’s center and tasting room would effectively be shut down for nearly a year during the pandemic. But thanks to her 20+ years in the wine industry, a strong background in

Some say it takes three data points to make a trend, so it may be time to examine why several non-pizza restaurant chains are adding pizza to their menus. Consider Panera, which launched a new flatbread pizza lineup in late 2020. More recently, Buffalo Wild Wings introduced a Buffalo Boneless Bar Pizza and a Honey

One could wax poetic about the drink of the summer or the newest whiskey release to grace the market. But while booze trends ebb and flow, it seems one bar staple remains: the soft drink. According to CGA by NielsenIQ’s BeverageTrak service, 43% of US consumers drink soft drinks when in the on-premise. The average

Critics of modern agriculture often cite its dependence on “synthetic nitrogen fertilizers.” They point to the carbon footprint of the natural gas used to make it and the fact that nitrogen from farms can end up as a water or air pollutant. Also there is the issue that under certain circumstances a fraction of farm

Harry Styles has turned Madison Square Garden into Harry’s House for the rest of the summer, and New Yorkers are eager to celebrate (and capitalize on) the pop sensation’s 15 show lineup. To kick off the pre-show energy, Magic Hour Rooftop Bar & Lounge, about three blocks from MSG, launched its own “Golden Hour”. Pre-show

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Maybe a decision is the right one for today. But is it right for your children, and for your grandchildren? That’s a question, and a guiding principle, that Virginie Saverys communicates continually to her staff at the Avignonesi estate in Montepulciano, which she acquired in 2009. “It’s an ancestor vision,” said winemaker and CEO Matteo