Food & Drink

New York City has released a comprehensive and groundbreaking food policy document. Food Forward NYC: A 10 Year Policy Plan is a sweeping overview of goals, strategies and operational considerations to ensure that the city is building an equitable, sustainable and healthy food system for all New Yorkers. In light of the Covid-19 exposure of the

Before Shamil Thakrar, co-founder of Dishoom, took London’s restaurant scene by storm, the capital wasn’t short of Indian restaurants. At the high end we already had the likes of Benares and Amaya, while the U.K.’s curry houses had given us chicken tikka masala – which has a strong claim to have supplanted the roast and

Winemaker Kathleen Inman checks fermentation progress in an egg-shaped tank at Inman Family Wines. Inman Family Wines Winemaker and winery owner Kathleen Inman refers to herself as a “one woman show;” she is the winemaker, vineyard manager, sales director and owner of Inman Family Wines in the Russian River Valley in Sonoma County, California. Inman

It has been a year since we stopped traveling due to COVID-19. Many of us have grown eager to go on a trip again and Japanese people are not an exception. But  Japan’s major cities just came out of the state of emergency on March 21, 2021 and the country’s vaccination rate is only 0.3% of the

These days, everywhere you look there seems to be a new use for cauliflower. Often utilized as a gluten-free, low-carb alternative, the versatile, mild-tasting vegetable has gained popularity as cauliflower rice, cauliflower pizza crust, cauliflower gnocchi, mashed cauliflower, and on and on. In 2018, The New York Times NYT documented cauliflower’s ascension, but even since

Here’s a basic problem. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has a warning about “Real Water.” Not real water in general but the “Real Water” brand of alkaline water. And the warning is not real good. Do not drink or otherwise put into your body this brand of alkaline water until further notice. That’s

When Dan Kurzrock started pitching his company ReGrained to investors, it was a tough sell. There was the common issue—it was an unknown startup from a relatively unknown twenty-something; the larger obstacle though, was that it was an unknown market.  ReGrained manufactures a patented ingredient, a protein from otherwise wasted nutrients from the malt in

Planning on getting some food from the Mar-a-Lago à la carte Dining Service this weekend? Well, looks like you’ll need to change your plans because Donald Trump’s resort in Florida is having a, drum roll please, Covid-19 outbreak. As they say when you put your nose in an electric socket, shocking, right? If you were hoping

 Laura Lazzaroni is a veteran journalist, food writer, and baker who has become an expert at seeking out tastemakers, from her years in New York for La Repubblica’s D magazine, to her position as Features Director of L’Uomo Vogue to co-directing the launch of the Italian edition of Food & Wine magazine, Lazzaroni has had

Kroger KR announced the closing of three more West coast stores on March 10. The Los Angeles closures follow on the heels of similar announcements in Seattle and Long Beach, totaling seven. The country’s largest full service grocery chain has thrown down the gauntlet for cities that have rolled out hazard pay mandates. Municipal governments are attempting to ensure

London’s first delivery service for vertically-farmed, eco-friendly greens has launched from its base in the Docklands. Vertical farming is a fast growing trend, with the global market size that was valued at $2.23 billion in 2018, projected to reach $12.77 billion by 2026. Crate to Plate is a clever new vertical farming venture founded by

Sugar-free chocolate company Lily’s Sweets is reportedly selling its business with a deal likely to close within months, according to sources familiar with the matter. The sources, who declined to be identified due to privacy, told me the VMG Partners-backed company generated $110 million in sales, which could put its value at more than $400

Over the last 12 months, many business models have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Some businesses have shut their doors whilst others have used this period to pivot their business models adapting to a technological age. The baking industry is one where consumers have traditionally purchased physically due to the desire to have fresh

Just when you thought you’d seen enough movies about Italy’s charms, here comes the “The Truffle Hunters,” a documentary about a circle of elderly Piedmontese foragers and their pursuit of the highly valued white truffle for which the region is known. It is hard to know what’s the most delicious part of the movie: the

Interest in Irish whiskey is at an all-time high. According to DISCUS, the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, sales have climbed steadily over the past two decades, and 2020 saw more than five million nine-liter cases sold in the U.S. That’s a 261% increase since 2010. If you want to hop aboard the

In a village tucked away in El Llano, Mexico, a normally rambunctious little boy was silent and intensely focused on his grandma as he waited to eat some of the tiny tortillas she made in her adobe “mudbrick” home. The boy, Rolando Herrera, also nicknamed the “little devil” in his family, who could typically be

Today Hennessy unveiled the fourth bottle in its limited-edition Master Blender series, a unique cognac blend created by Master Blender Renaud Fillioux de Gironde. Renaud Fillioux de Gironde is an eighth-generation Hennessy Master Blender. For some perspective on what that means, a member of his family has been blending cognac for Hennessy for more than

As a whisky person and a true Cognac lover I’ve always appreciated brandies that reminded me of bourbon, rye, or Scotch. Meaning: You’ve got the best of both worlds in a glass—the rancio and pleasant sweetness of an impeccably crafted Cognac and the strength of a dynamite whisky. And it’s also one of the reasons

Irish whiskey: it’s what’s for dinner. Not just on and around St. Patrick’s Day, but all year long. According to data from the Distilled Spirits Council of the US, “the Emerald Spirit” is among the fastest growing liquor categories on American shelves. And why wouldn’t it be? Encompassing a wide range of production styles, it

With a career spanning nearly 30 years—and over 35 million albums sold—Snoop Dogg is undoubtedly a living legend in the world of music. His emergence as a prominent figure in the beverage industry has been less obvious. But in recent years, the prolific hip-hop star has cropped up as the celebrity face of both beer