Food & Drink

This may not be mass Listeria, but Tyson Foods, Inc. is now recalling approximately 8,492,832 pounds of its chicken products due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the recall encompasses frozen, fully cooked, ready-to-eat (RTE) chicken products that were produced between

Every year, 650 million kilos of Gouda cheese is produced in the Netherlands. Most of it is produced industrially, using pasteurized milk, but there are 280 farmers across the country still making raw-milk boerenkaas, or farmer’s cheese. And there are only two farms that take their cheese to the next level, making Boeren Goudse Oplegkaas,

Full electrification remains out of reach for most in the food-service industry, an industry expert said last week, but tons of carbon emissions could be prevented immediately by adopting high-efficiency gas equipment. “Reality number one is that full electrification is not currently economically feasible for most commercial kitchens,” said Richard Young, director of the Food

This might make you a bit chicken about eating pre-cooked chicken. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a warning about a Listeria outbreak that so far has left at least three people hospitalized and one person dead. Since Listeria has been detected in samples of precooked chicken products, the CDC is

The Lemon Ice King of Corona has been a Queens institution for their legendary Italian ice for 75 years. They’ve received an award of distinction from Zagat and have been dubbed by residents of New York City as the place to get Italian ice. The shop was founded by the Benfaremo family with Peter Benfaremo,

Covid-19 has a significant impact on consumer habits and has forced marketers to adjust in multiple ways. With travel restrictions easing across the U.S., marketers now need to adjust to an environment where consumers are more mobile again. Findings from Frito Lay’s latest U.S. Snack Index survey reveal some key market trends. To analyze these trends and Frito-Lay’s

The public listing for the most iconic donut shop in America glazed over expectations.  Shares of Krispy Kreme made their highly anticipated return to public markets on Thursday after being taken private by JAB Holdings in 2016 for $1.35 billion. After shares started to trade Thursday afternoon, Krispy Kreme’s market cap rose to nearly $3

Liang Changlin, the founder of Chinese online grocery platform Dingdong Maicai, has joined the ranks of the world’s billionaires after the American depositary shares of his company surged 39% in the days after its debut on the NYSE. At their current price of $32.57, Liang has a net worth of $1.2 billion based on his

Pushing aside half-deflated balloons and empty sake bottles, Timothy “TK” Yamada clears his workspace to pour himself a coffee.  Last night was the 10-year-anniversary celebration of BoxJelly – an artist-friendly coworking space that aims to cultivate a “community of creative minds and supportive people.” The event drew large crowds hungry to party post-pandemic and had

Several years ago, food and wine writer Victoria Glass called Franciacorta “Italy’s best-kept sparkling secret.” ADVERTISEMENT Due to the wine’s limited availability outside of Italy and higher cost relative to other Italian bubblies (like Prosecco or Asti Spumante), Franciacorta still remains undiscovered by many Americans, even by those who love sparkling wines. Italian wine producers

Social justice activist and farmer Karen Washington finds it curious that, in one of the wealthiest countries in the world, people still don’t have enough to eat.  And it’s a growing problem: In 2020, over 17 million American children did not have consistent access to food. More than one in five Black and Latino households

New York City is a masa desert. And every food enthusiast knows it. But sometime in late April I found myself in Brooklyn’s Bed-Stuy neighborhood to visit the lone place where tortillas are made the way God intended—For All Things Good, a 2021 recipient of a Michelin Bib Gourmand. And let me tell you, it

When friends Gabriel Llaurado, German Vollbracht, and Luis Mata founded premium online butcher shop Meat N’ Bone in 2018, they could not have foreseen the vast changes that would take place in the restaurant and retail food industries two years later. However, the three had utilized their experience in business to set Meat N’ Bone

As consumer demand for meatless alternatives grows, companies are responding with innovative products that do not require livestock or land. However, plants are not the only substitutes that researchers are investigating as a potential meatless Monday dinner option. Fungi-based meat is one of the new alternatives that more companies are pursuing. More Than Mushrooms Grilled

American holidays—specifically, Independence Day—mean a lot to me. You see, I’m a first-generation immigrant: I became a citizen of the United States seven years after I moved here from Asia at age 25. And the road to citizenship was long—quite possibly the most difficult endeavor I ever tasked myself with. So every year, when July

Stilton cheese takes its name from the village of Stilton, in the east of England. The earliest reports of cheese made and sold here date to the 17th century. In 1724, English writer Daniel Defoe referred to the town being “famous for cheese,” calling the product the “English Parmesan.” Today, Stilton can only be made

Earlier this week we started a series of articles about summer wine that suggests a fun, breezy way to engage with the wines that cross our paths and are poured into our glasses. The approach adopts the narrative principles, that is, it asks the five fundamental storytelling questions and applies them to one wine at

For many wine producers, harvesting the grapes is the most stressful time period as it can make or break the future of potential wines. Some harvests are easier than others with enough time to gather the grapes with the days and nights going exactly as planned and making it a truly wonderful celebration of gathering

Tell the truth. How much pink-hued wine has found its way into your glass so far this summer? If you answered, “Umm… a lot!” you’re hardly alone. For as much thoughtful consideration that the evolution of rosé and rosa wine has received recently, there are still few experiences for wine lovers that match a cool,

Cheers to summer and summer drinks! A few months before the announcement of the “And Just Like That…” reboot of Sex and the City, food and drink writers were predicting that this summer was ripe for the Cosmo Comeback. With the news of the reboot, it seems like everything is lining up for Cosmopolitan lovers everywhere. Most of