Food & Drink

High-end fine wines and luxury spirits retailer Le Clos debuted a worldwide exclusive whisky—The Glenlivet 74-year-old—on September 11 across its boutiques at Dubai International Airport. The bottle is retailing at a discounted price of AED144,999 ($39,476/£31,300) for the duration of the pre-launch until September 19. From that date, other retailers will also be selling the

The back-to-school season often puts pressure on working families to find time to eat well-balanced meals together. In between school drop-offs and pick-ups, extracurricular activities, appointments, and demanding work schedules, finding time for a quality sit-down meal can be challenging. In a study conducted on work-life stress hindering healthy eating for a family, it was

From butter burgers in Wisconsin to a $1,000 burger in Tokyo, here are 33 burgers worth adding to your bucket list and where to find them. MORE BURGER CONTENT: The Best Burger In NYC | Best Of The Best People Waited 3 Hours In Line To Try Noma’s New Burger | Superlatives Juicy Burger Patties

Brandon Landry, who turned Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux, a sports bar and casual dining restaurant, based in Baton Rouge, La, into a success, opened a new fast-casual dining spot, Smalls Sliders, in September 2019, that is showing early signs of becoming popular. So far it operates nine Smalls Sliders, all in Louisiana, where Landry knows the

Last week we surprised a lot of whiskey enthusiasts by revealing that the New York World Spirits Competition had landed on a relatively obscure craft release as its “Best In Show Bourbon.” Now we’re back with more exclusive intel from the prestigious annual judging, this time related to scotch. The winner here is markedly less

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Cheers to the most festive time of year! Oktoberfest in Munich, an annual event that brings in 1.25 billion euros for the Munich economy, starts September 16 so to get you prepared, lay out your dirndl and your lederhosen and get ready for the best time of year for beer lovers. Oktoberfest encompasses two styles

Topline The chemically addictive fatty, salty and sweet foods that make up 68% of the American food supply have historically been pushed to consumers by the nation’s leading tobacco sales companies, new research shows, suggesting the same companies responsible for what has been called a “smoking epidemic” could also be partially blamed for a decline

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin H ere’s a question for all the pet-owners out there: Would you buy lab-grown pet food? Slate’s podcast “What’s Next: TBD” asked me that, as well as whether slaughter-free dog food could be considered sustainable. My answers may not make the welfare advocates thrilled, but there’s

September has been designated as National Honey Month, an opportunity for everyone to enjoy this powerhouse natural sweetener in its many applications, and to learn about bees, beekeeping, and why it is crucial to protect them. There are many ways to help keep bees happy and healthy, with many organizations focusing their efforts on the

“We asked ourselves, ‘If we make a really good wine, will it make a really good brandy?’ The answer was yes!” says Daniel Plenzik, co-founder and distiller at Bridgeland Distillery in Calgary, Canada. Bridgeland Distillery is changing the way the world thinks about brandy by making single-varietal brandy from high-quality wine grapes. Brandy is essentially

Drone technologies, also known as autonomous aircraft, are being developed for many different purposes. This week an important milestone has been announced concerning the use of autonomous, electric, aerial sprayers for pest management in the banana industry. A startup company named Pyka has been working with the major fruit and vegetable company, Dole, to evaluate

In its heyday, when customers were clamoring for its vegetarian fare, Veggie Grill in early 2020 had expanded to 36 locations. But when the pandemic struck, consumers stayed home and Veggie Grill, like many start-up restaurant chains, started closing locations. By September 2023, the condensing kept happening, and Veggie Grill was down to 17 outposts,

The summer sun is shining at its brightest, and even though we’re past Labor Day and it’s the late summer season, the heat’s still hanging around. That’s where the unsung heroes of a hot day come in – the super cool, non-alcoholic drinks. These effervescent, fruity, or spicy sips will rehydrate, rejuvenate, and refresh with

SkinnyDipped, launched by mother-daughter duo Valerie and Breezy Griffith in 2016 to bring their first nut snacks covered in a thin chocolate coating to the market, has raised $12 million in a recent series A led by hospitality magnate David Grutman. With a line of proprietary and health-conscious products currently selling across 25,000-plus U.S. retail

When Don Kerrigan, a well-versed executive previously serving as the president of Nature’s Bounty, was appointed to be the CEO of Nestlé Health Science U.S. in 2021 as a result of the acquisition of the global nutrition player, he had an ambitious vision for the business — finding more scalable opportunities in CPG sectors where

If you’ve noticed a proliferation of beauty and lifestyle brands creating smoothies — and going viral — then join the club. While smoothie collabs are an entire product category on their own, brands have long been partnering with iconic foods to create limited-edition signature flavors and products. Pairing a food and beverage companies with a

This is one type of strip show that shouldn’t have had any plastic. Yet, when a consumer tried to feast on part of an 8.9-ounce Banquet Chicken Strips Meal, guess what showed up in one of the chicken strips? A piece of plastic. In fact, that person reportedly had an oral injury to show for

As an aspiring wine snob, I like to try new wines regularly, sipping and swishing and savoring the novel flavors, characteristics, and textures that might be found therein. When I do this with my spouse, I sometimes ask, “What do you think of the wine?” More often than not, his response is something like, “It

When you find bone fragments in your sausage, your response is probably not “Bone appétit.” Instead, it’s likely going to be more like “Bone-how-did-this-end-up-here?” So, after customers found bone fragments in its ready-to-eat blended meat and poultry smoked sausage, it’s not surprising that Hillshire Brands Company has issued a recall of its product. This recall