Food & Drink

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 24, Starbucks released its seasonal Pumpkin Spice Latte, and Dunkin Donuts unveiled its pumpkin coffee beverages on August 18. 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

How much do you know about milk tea, really? You’ve probably had it at your local boba spot. A sugary concoction that can, at its worst, serve less as a drink in and of itself and more as a tapioca delivery system. The thing is though, that kind of milk tea is Taiwanese style. It’s

Before moving to Long Eddy in the Western Catskills to run a distillery, tasting room and line of honey-based food products, the women behind Catskill Provisions, Claire M Marin, Founder and Head Distiller, and Cathy Leidersdorff, Co-Founder and Alchemist, led wildly different lives. Claire grew up in Spain, lived briefly in Brazil, then landed in

Grab Holdings cut its full-year earnings projections on Tuesday, citing uncertainties over pandemic-related movement restrictions as Southeast Asia continues to grapple with the virus. The ride-hailing and delivery giant also said that its $40 billion deal with a U.S. special purpose acquisition company is likely to be completed later this year.  Grab expects to report

Yum Brands YUM ’ CEO David Gibbs believes his company and its four brands–KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and The Habit Burger Grill–is in a better position than most of its restaurant peers to contend with the current labor crisis. That labor crisis, by the way, has yielded an all-time high quit rate for restaurant

Anheuser-Busch has joined forces with Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and Uber UBER to target impaired driving in a just-launched new campaign.  This comes just weeks after spirits house Diageo unleashed new virtual tools to spread awareness about impaired driving.  The brewing house’s new coalition will utilize all three group’s best assets—Uber’s fleet of safe

As more states and municipalities start mandating proof of vaccination for indoor activities and employment, the already understaffed hospitality industry is hit with yet another burden. Hosts and baristas now double as vaccine bouncers, a task which goes above the job description, and can be both tedious and potentially dangerous. Add in the reliable staffing

Last year, in the early months of 2020, right before the coronavirus pandemic hit New York City with everything it’s got, Beam Suntory announced that it was going to release a phenomenal expression in the middle of the year: A Yamazaki 55 at 46% ABV, which is the oldest Japanese whisky to ever hit the

Shares in Helens International Holdings rose by 22.9% on their debut at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange today, minting a new billionaire from the country’s growing pub business. Chairman and CEO Xu Bingzhong, 47, owns 861 million shares in Helens that were worth HK$20.9 billion, or $2.7 billion, at today’s closing price of HK$24.30.  

Back in 1855 a group of Bordeaux merchants at an Exhibition in Paris decided to make some sense of the myriad estate vineyards by classifying them according to which wines consistently sold for the highest prices within the industry. That classification, which ranked wines from premier crus (first growths) to Cinquième crus (fifth growths). Sixty-two

When it comes to price, Walmart has always delivered, but consumers these days want more than low cost and many choices. In the age of Amazon and a pandemic where curbside and delivery became “essential,” consumers want convenience. As part of its effort to provide quick, cheap delivery and compete with Amazon, Walmart recently expanded

A secret garden of vineyards sit at 2,300 feet and beyond in elevation within a tiny wine region called Almansa in Spain, surrounded by limestone mountains called El Mugrón that protect the old, dry-farmed bush vines that are ungrafted as it is a place that is quite isolated from anything from the outside world. Ungrafted

The Great American Beer Festival might have not happened in person this year, but the beer festival’s beer competition, the largest commercial beer competition in the world, did go on. This year marked the largest competition to date, with medals awarded in 97 different beer categories covering 175 different beer styles. “Despite being forced to

When it comes to drinking blended wines, it’s pretty rare for you to have the opportunity to not only try the blend, but also all of the components that went into making it. The Vice Napa Valley Wines is offering consumers the unique opportunity to do just that through its “The Tri” Tasting kit and

Barbecue chicken is universally loved and also not considered “serious BBQ” by grilling and barbecue aficionados. I think that is because the barbecue part has more to do with a sweet red [bottled] sauce than real barbecue. The barbecue chicken that most of us grew up on was made by slathering chicken pieces with that

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and so like many of its competitors, Burger King has recruited a few celebrities to try and sell its products. Nelly, Lil Huddy and Anitta have signed on for the chain’s new Keep It Real meals, promoting its move to ban 120 artificial ingredients as part

Mondelez has put sustainable cocoa in the spotlight in the travel-retail channel using an activation at Oslo Airport in partnership with Travel Retail Norway, in which duty-free company Heinemann has joint ownership. Called Cocoa Life, the multi-brand promotion—developed by the World Travel Retail division of the confectionery giant—is also the first to features a “zero