Food & Drink

Dennis Murphy’s earliest memory of the joy of giving was when he was a child and would wrap up his favorite toys as Christmas gifts for his brothers and sisters. That same sense of generosity stayed with him when he launched his first company, Hayden Homes, with best friend Hayden Watson. Based in Oregon, Washington,

While countless articles have been written entitled something along the lines of Why [Insert Wine Region] Might Be The New Napa Valley, it is obvious to even the most casual observer that, for better or worse, whatever region is being covered does not have even the remotest chance of being confused for the storied California

Sahadi’s, a 122-year-old market, serves fresh Middle Eastern cuisine and other specialties in Brooklyn. People seek it out for hummus, dried fruit, and freshly roasted nuts. The Sahadis rely on family living in the Middle East to source many of the local Syrian products that are shipped by boat and sold in the store today.

It was late afternoon on April’s first Sunday in Bourgogne. Cold. Overcast. Fierce winds driving the chill into my bones. Braving the elements was necessary for an homage visit to sacred land—Romanée Conti climat, in the commune of Vosne-Romanée. Surprisingly, the vineyards were bustling with activity. Frost threat had dedicated workers installing a host of

Topline Starbucks will close all its business in Russia, several outlets reported Monday, becoming the latest multinational firm to sever ties with the country following its invasion of Ukraine. Key Facts All of Starbucks’ 130 licensed locations in Russia will close permanently. Starbucks’ exit comes a week after fellow American chain McDonald’s announced its own

An abandoned lot on East 8th Street in the East Village, NYC in the late 1980s Corbis via Getty Images Crumbling brick tenement apartment buildings housing poor artists showed bursts of creativity illustrated on their dilapidated structures with provocative graffiti art. During the 1980s, the East Village in New York City was filled with burgeoning

Topline A military plane arrived in Indianapolis on Sunday carrying 39 tons of baby formula from Europe, the first of multiple emergency flights the Biden Administration hopes will ease a national shortage that has reduced the amount of baby formula on shelves by nearly half in recent weeks. Key Facts The plane, which took off

We headed to Awash with Rania Sheikh to learn more about the importance of injera within the Ethiopian community. See how it’s made on a traditional round hot plate, or mitad; and talk about the best way to eat and cherish the porous, spongelike food. We also spoke to the chefs about the dish itself

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an urgent alert regarding Jif peanut butter, manufactured by the J. M. Smucker Company facility in Lexington, Kentucky. The FDA is investigating a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella linked to the peanut butter and has done genetic analysis on a strain of the bacteria found at the manufacturing

During the ongoing baby formula shortage, you may be looking for alternatives, assuming that you either are an infant yourself or have to feed an infant. And despite what actress Bette Midler may have recently tweeted, you may not necessarily have breast milk “on demand,” as I described for Forbes on May 15. After all,

Topline The stock market tanked on Friday, adding to heavy losses this week that pushed the S&P 500 into a bear market, down over 20% from its intraday peak in January as investors continue to get whipsawed by concerns about inflationary pressures and rising rates. Key Facts The selloff on Wall Street continued with a

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Through the early weeks of the pandemic, fake meat sales grew some 200% at retail, and that hype helped drive the sector to secure more than $2 billion in funding. A lot of that came from venture capitalists, who continued to pour money into alternative protein

This past Earth Day I attended the EarthDay.org Annual Climate Leadership Gala in Washington D.C. as a guest of French winemaker, Gérard Bertrand. In 2002, Bertrand began converting his 16 Languedoc and Roussillon vineyards to biodynamic viticulture. Today, with just over 2,000 acres of biodynamically farmed vineyards, Bertrand is the largest producer of biodynamic wines

Lyre’s, the world’s most valuable non-alcoholic spirits brand, is betting on the Chinese market with the launch of a sans-alc baijiu. It’s the world’s first non-alcoholic baijiu. Baijiu is a massive category in China. Technically, it’s the world’s most consumed spirit, accounting 23% of all spirits consumed globally each year/Baijiu distiller Kweichow Moutai passed Diageo

Topline President Joe Biden is invoking the 1950 Defense Production Act (DPA) to make companies produce vital baby formula ingredients as part of a raft of new measures to lessen the ongoing national baby formula shortage, the White House announced Wednesday. Key Facts Enacted during the Korean War to avoid wartime shortages, the DPA enables

Mayochup, anyone? How about some Mayomust on that sandwich or some Ketchili on that hamburger? Maybe you’d prefer a little honeyracha? While mixing and matching is nothing new, Kraft Heinz is hoping that by blending flavors and products such as mayonnaise and ketchup, mayonnaise and mustard, and ketchup and chili, it can further build its

For over 156 years, that black-labeled, square-bottomed bottle of Jack Daniel’s No. 7 has been hard to escape. It’s been an accessory for Frank Sinatra and Motley Crue, a key character in movies like Hud and Animal House. No. 7 has been namechecked in a laundry list of hit songs by Eric Church, Hank Williams

Even before the first golfers teed off for the 2022 PGA Championship, one female entrepreneur had already carded a hole-in-one with her unique single-serve wine being featured at the event. Founded in 2017, Wander + Ivy has made a name by creating its own niche in the ever-expanding and diversifying wine market, which is increasingly

Portillo’s is coming off a strong first quarter earnings performance for sales growth, but a quarter hindered nonetheless by “unprecedented commodity inflation.” The highest impact inflation is coming from pork, chicken and beef prices, executives noted during the company’s May 5 call. Starting Tuesday, Portillo’s will have a new permanent menu item in the mix

Topline Abbott Laboratories has reached an agreement with the Food and Drug Administration to reopen its baby formula plant in Sturgis, Michigan, the company announced Monday, raising hopes that a national formula shortage—fueled partly by the Sturgis plant’s closure due to safety concerns—will be over in a matter of weeks. Key Facts Once the FDA