Food & Drink

GT’s Living Foods, the best-selling Kombucha brand in the world, is entering the cannabis industry. According to information procured exclusively, the company is launching a cannabis-infused brew, Cannabliss, in California, applying more than 25 years of experience brewing healthy beverages to create its first cannabis-infused line.  “As we continue to innovate with plant-based wellness, we

The plant-based trend has been closely tied to the meteoric rise of meat alternatives over the years, but as the novelty effect of faux meat starts to fade, causing category sales to even dip recently, analysts expect alt protein players to find new ways to keep their shoppers satisfied. That includes partnering with more restaurants

I don’t know about you but everyone in my world needs a stiff drink and a relaxing night to read a book right about now. Help yourself or someone else take their minds off any troubles by buying a booze book for the holidays. Here are ten of my most highly recommended releases of 2021.

Meal delivery once felt like a frivolity to many people. But a combination of increasing busyness and the limitations created by the coronavirus pandemic have grown the meal delivery space into a cherished necessity for millions of families.  A flood of competing services have attempted to capitalize on these trends. In fact, accordinging to CNBC,

One of the early restaurant industry predictions from the beginning of the pandemic was that the big were going to get bigger. We started to that early on as independent restaurants just didn’t have the deep pockets to endure months of shutdowns and unpredictability. The prediction continues to manifest nearly two years in, as major

Curbing soil degradation is critical to the food security and ecological sustainability of the Caribbean— yet unsustainable land management practices, coupled with the pressures of climate change continue to impact soil health and threaten to rob the region of its prospects for a food secure future. According to a 2018 report from the United Nations

This week’s 30 Under 30 launch marks my fifth food list, which means I’ve helped shape the honorees for half of the franchise’s lifetime. That snuck up on me.  It also means that for all the stories that make me want to scream from inspiration, I’ve also endured my fair share of self-loathing over the

The earliest evidence of wine production dates back millennia, the use of alcohol as medicine was first mentioned in Sumerian and Egyptian texts from circa 2100 B.C. It is certainly no secret, humans across the globe have imbibed in different forms for centuries. Now, we are going through yet another evolution of alcohol consumption. In

Cluck-U-Chicken in Hoboken, NJ makes some of the world’s hottest chicken wings, and they have the appropriate challenge to boot: the 911 Hot Wings Challenge. You get no drinks and one napkin to attempt to eat 10 wings in 5 minutes. They’ve even had to call the ambulance for people who attempt to do their

In 1882, when Andrew James Symington first traveled from Scotland to Porto, the second largest city in Portugal, it would not only become a new adventurous chapter in his life but it would be the beginning of the legacy of one of the greatest Port wine families in Portugal. Andrew initially joined the Port house

The West Village is looking a little more Midwestern this season. Following years of yearning for the tastes of his hometown, Chicago, restaurateur Emmett Burke first opened the doors to his namesake, Emmett’s, in 2013 on MacDougal St. Now, the deep-dish specialist is expanding to Grove St. to appeal to more homesick Chicagoans and New

Calabria—the southwesternmost region of Italy—lies between the Ionian and Tyrrhenian Seas. The region includes the provinces of Catanzaro, Reggio Calabria, Cosenza, Crotone, and Vibo Valentia.  Compared to other parts of Italy that have been plagued with over-tourism, this historically and culturally rich region has largely remained off-the-beaten-path.  Since about 1870, successive waves of Italian immigration

A pasta lover can never have too much pasta. Or accoutrements to make pasta night (okay, every night… and day) even better. Below, a curated selection of pasta-centric gifts to help make surprings your favorite pasta enthusiast even more joyful. Here’s to carb-centric gifting! Sfoglini Pasta Pantry Essentials Sfoglini’s pasta pantry essentials Sfoglini Stock your

December 4th is National Cookie Day. Something that I didn’t know until a couple of weeks ago. I’m not sure that December needs a designated day to celebrate cookies since the whole month is about cookies.  Nonetheless, it’s a great time to start thinking about what holiday cookies you want to make with—and for—your friends

Popeyes is hoping to translate the wild success of its chicken sandwich to the United Kingdom. The brand just opened its first restaurant in the market–in East London–with plans to open about a dozen more in the next year, and about 350 total. Popeyes will be jockeying for attention with a few other American brands

Before I reveal my predictions for 2022, it is only fair to revisit my past predictions made pre-Covid, at this time in 2019, to see how far off the mark I was. Here’s what I was forecasting then: ·        Private label would be neck-and-neck with major brands in unit sales, growing from 33% of the market to

It’s not just cheese and charcuterie any more. As California tasting rooms continue to push the envelope on food and wine pairings — really, immersive culinary experiences for guests — winemakers are celebrating their own diverse heritages that manifest in food pairings for their wine portfolios. And wine country subculture is not as homogenous as

Rich and Leslie Frank, proprietors of Frank Family Vineyards in Calistoga, conceived the #FrankForACause giving campaign as a philanthropic avenue to contribute to the well-being of their community. Their efforts have garnered nearly $100,000 to benefit Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Feeding America, Autism Speaks, and the James Beard Foundation’s Open for Good Campaign. Frank for

The speedy expansion of Servy, the self-service ordering platform for airport hospitality, has enabled the startup to cross ten million orders this month, a year ahead of its target date of November 2022. The company has also just entered its 13th market by partnering with Montréal-Trudeau International Airport in Canada. The ten millionth transaction took

In the introductory post to this mini-series, I suggested that we shift perspectives and expand our exploration of wine this holiday season into neighborhoods, avenues and side streets that we aren’t used to. Since consumers are not “consumers as usual” this year, then wine is not business as usual either. If there was ever a