Food & Drink

Scusi! Move over, France because Italy is coming after your cheese lovers! Italian cheese used to be somewhat of an obscurity—or defined only by its most popular entrants on the international market: Parmesan and mozzarella. Fine cheeses and those produced by local makers were closely held secrets or the domain of established restaurants, says New

Although it’s been a little over a decade since Red Rooster first opened its doors in Harlem, head chef and restaurateur Marcus Samuelsson seems like he’s been a part of the local landscape for far longer. Helping cement his outsized stature is a steadfast devotion to the surrounding community. This often takes the shape of

Why pay a dietitian hundreds of dollars a session to tell you what to eat when you could just take yourself to dinner at Philadelphia’s latest show-stopping restaurant … one that offers menu suggestions based on your body type? At what appears to be the first high-end Ayurvedic herbal eatery of its kind, patrons of

To be clear: There are many very compelling wines in Sonoma right now in addition to the four that I describe below. These four do, however, take the pulse of Sonoma’s current goings-on. They are the wine equivalent of catching someone’s eye from across a crowded room. And, as I wrote in Part One of

Ready for some weekend wine? See if you can find these Sonoma wines (or, if not, their producers) on wine lists, restaurant shelves or online. They were four of the most compelling wines I tasted recently, when I visited northern California for the Sonoma County Wine Auction. 2018 Fort Ross Vineyard Pinot Noir from Gary

VIVANT is an innovative wine experience platform, the brainchild of Michael Baum, a Silicon Valley tech pioneer and serial entrepreneur. Baum was one of the founders of the software company Splunk (SPLK) who decided to follow his passion and get involved in a wine venture. A commitment to sustainability In 2014, this professed wine lover,

As the sun began to rise and shine its rays of warmth on the hot southern coast of Iran, a Range Rover started to drive towards the cooler areas of the country before the heat started to accumulate. In the backseat with his sleeping bag was a young civil engineer, Darioush Khaledi, who had started

Just how male dominated is American craft brewery ownership? For the first time, it appears we have a statistically accurate answer: three-to-one. That’s right, in a nation where women comprise 51% of the population, according to the Census Bureau, men make up three-quarters, or 76%, of craft brewery owners.  At the Craft Brewers Conference in

The producer of the nation’s first African-American beer festival is still waiting on the launch of an investigation more than a week after he and others say the general manager of Pittsburgh’s franchise of the international Hofbrauhaus brewery/beer garden chain verbally abused his vendors with racist language and potentially caused the peaceful fest to shut

Back to wine country we go! Even tempered by the legacy of COVID protocols, there is exuberance in that sentence. The exuberance of travel to a beautiful destination. The exuberance of tasting wine in the place where it was grown. The exuberance of gathering again, among colleagues and friends and even strangers who share the

Topline A new survey has found that 17% of Americans have been “drinking heavily” amid the pandemic, joining a chorus of other studies that have raised alarm bells about the toll Covid-19 has taken on mental health and addiction issues. Key Facts Nearly one in five respondents aged 21 and over to the online survey

In January 2021, Mondelez International fully acquired Hu Master Holdings, known for its paleo chocolate, snack foods and NYC restaurant, for a reported $340 million. (Mondelez took a minority stake in April 2019). Some folks might have considered this a good time for a busy entrepreneur to kick back and relax, but Hu’s former chairman

Guinness has just announced the launch of a 15,000-square foot, community-driven taproom in Chicago’s Fulton Market. It is the second location of new neighborhood ‘hub’ concept the Diageo-backed beer brand will be rolling out across the United States. Ground will break this fall, with an expected opening date of St. Patrick’s Day 2023. Fitting—“St. Patrick’s

Chipotle has experienced significant success with its new product launches of late–a testament to the company’s rigid “stage-gate” testing process. Just this year, for example, Chipotle has launched cilantro-lime cauliflower rice and a hand-crafted quesadilla–its first new customizable entrée in 17 years. The latest product to come from its stage-gate process is the Smoked Brisket,

Covid-19 has led many people to rethink their careers. As a result, the number of new business applications in the U.S. is up 38% compared to the year before the pandemic. Unfortunately, only 25% of new businesses survive 15 years or more. In other words, most founders could benefit from some extra help. This is where Samuel Adams’

Over the first three years of the Forbes Blockchain 50, our list of billion-dollar companies making meaningful use of the technology popularized by bitcoin, has become a bellwether of institutional adoption. Our list shines light on how large corporations—often household names like Walmart and Novartis— are using blockchain tech to improve business processes and become

Add this to the WTF list, which seems to be growing longer and longer every day. This past Thursday evening, a restaurant hostess in New York City (NYC) got physically attacked after asking three women from Texas for proof of vaccination. Who knew that working in a restaurant might require mixed martial arts (MMA) training.

On August 24th, Starbucks released its seasonal Pumpkin Spice Latte, and Dunkin Donuts unveiled its pumpkin coffee beverages on August 18th. While many rolled their eyes, pumpkin enthusiasts, eager to embrace the taste of fall, rejoiced. Regardless of whether you’re on Team Pumpkin or not, we’ve been wondering, what’s with the pumpkin mania? I spoke

California is one of those states that provokes an array of images – pictures of jaw-dropping natural beauty that can range from the charming vineyards that are tucked within the numerous woodlands of Sonoma County to the magnificent views of the rugged central coastline in Big Sur to further down to the much visited stunning

The Latino population is the fastest growing in the United States, representing 51% of population growth according to the 2020 census. Latinos are the fastest growing demographic of entrepreneurs in the country. Their buying power is growing 70% faster than non-Latinos, at just over $1.9TN in 2021. If U.S. based Latinos represented a country, they would have