If you’re traveling in Italy this week, you’ll have a front-row seat to many of the religious and cultural Easter Traditions in Italy associated with the 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
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It’s spring, finally, and the first holiday of the season is here. Take a look at these easy spring forward 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
Are you taking your vodka seriously? You certainly should be if you consider yourself a fan of craft vodka and 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
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
When winemaker Jeremy Carter co-founded Tarpon Cellars in 2017, he wanted to make a little noise in the normally harmonious world of Napa wines. Not content to follow the lead of most wineries in the region and focus solely on big-shouldered Cabernets and silky smooth Chardonnays, he decided to step off to the side of
Are you planning a Peeps show this Easter weekend? Well, you may want to look at the warning recently issued by Consumer Reports to all peeps, meaning people. They are reminding folks that purple and pink Peeps with a capital “P” have Red Dye Number 3 in them. And Red Dye No. 3 ain’t like
If the new Barbie movie trailer has you hyped, a new immersive experience can help you live out all your Barbie dreams. A brand new Malibu Barbie Cafe is slated to open in both New York and Chicago this summer. The family friendly pop-up restaurant will offer a menu created by Master Chef semi-finalist Becky
Drinks International, a U.K. publication for drinks buyers in its sixth decade, has recently announced its 13th edition of the most admired wine brands. Topping the list is Marchesi Antinori, the first Italian winery to hold the highest spot. No stranger to accolades, Antinori nel Chianti Classico recently earned first place in the World’s Best
Synthetic biology has the potential to change the world — it can create cleaner and more sustainable products, feed a growing population, and cure disease. As a community, we’ve been talking about the incredible promise of synthetic biology for years. We’ve applauded the brilliant innovation being developed in laboratories across the globe. We explain to
Top notch cacio e pepe is migrating north in Manhattan. Mareluna, the intimate Italian eatery in SoHo is expanding to Flatiron this week into a newly upgraded space at 46 West 22nd St. Formerly home to neighborhood Italian spot Erbaluce, this expansion of Mareluna will continue the flow of pasta, cocktails and large format dishes
Sometimes the biggest success stories in business come from the unlikeliest of places. Tupperware was created to help families save money after World War II, Trader Joe’s was conceived to cater to an emerging middle class that would soon travel internationally, and Nike was built on one man’s dream of creating the ultimate running shoe.
An Army helicopter flies over foggy mountains getty The gusts of winds jolting the hoist created a slight dread in the man’s heart as he hung from the end of it, reaching for a tiny hand of a six-year-old girl hysterically crying. The girl was positioned on the top of a palm tree keeping
This news isn’t “berry” good if you like strawberries. A hepatitis A outbreak has resulted in at least five people infected and two people hospitalized, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This, in turn, has left those selling certain brands of frozen organic strawberries in a bit of a jam. The
The 2022 Washington Wine Grape Production Report has just been released, reflecting a 34% increase from the previous year. This follows the excitement of a big month for the winemakers of Washington State, who have just celebrated Taste Washington Wine Month encouraging customers and buyers to try a new-to-them-wine. “Winemakers and growers alike are thrilled
Once a sugar plantation and an industrial guava farm, Common Ground, on 80 acres of land tucked into a Kilauea neighborhood on Kaua’i’s North Shore, is a veritable regenerative agro-forest whose team dreams of creating a model for the “farm of the future.” Common Ground opened in 2018 as a “creative campus” intended to be
Though the whisky industry is more inclusive than ever before, fewer than 8% of distilleries in the U.S. are owned and operated by women. Regardless, dozens of hard-working women have helped build some of the brands we love and drink today. Defying the status quo and using their talents to revolutionize the industry, they have
We are less than a month out from the 2023 iteration of the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. The annual extravaganza convenes in the Bay Area between April 13th through the 15th and the results of the judging will begin trickling out on its website shortly thereafter. But today we’re looking back at what the
Western society’s long term strategy to deal with its staggering output of trash has been to establish infrastructure to gather, transport, and dispose of it in landfills. While that is a far better outcome than the rampant environmental contamination that continues in many parts of the world, landfill capacity is finite and the organic waste
Sushirrito, a San Francisco-based restaurant that has four brick-and-mortar locations and 10 as part of a licensing agreement with Local Kitchens, a micro food hall, specializes in burrito-sized sushi with Japanese and Latino influences. But it expanded too quickly in the same geographic area and was forced to close three of its four San Francisco
We know why you’re here…to eat! And lucky for you, we’ve pieced together the ultimate food-lovers itinerary for an authentic taste of Newport Beach. From Bloody Marys and beignets on the beach to sensational seafood by the bay, these local hotspots are sure to cure all of your “après sea” cravings. Here’s a full day’s