Whoever thought of blitzing a bunch of fruit and vegetables and calling the results breakfast is brilliant. The smoothie has changed our morning routine as we know it, giving us sweet, portable fuel. Healthy...
Yesterday, an Italian wire service reported that the USDA is planning on lifting its longstanding ban on the import of cured Italian meats made outside of big, USDA-inspected factories. Which means that, starting May 28, we're going to drown in a tidal wave...
From how to crash the business class lounge to the best in-flight cocktails, former New York Times Frugal Traveler Matt Gross shares his air-travel tips
We like science as much as the next guy, but historically, it hasn't been the most consistent when it comes to telling us what we should and shouldn't eat. Even though ingesting (and digesting) food...
Procrastination, like Manifest Destiny and NASCAR, is an American tradition -- not our proudest one to be sure, but a tradition nonetheless. As a people, we're pros at putting things off, kicking the can down the road, waiting until the last minute to...
Tony Hawk is widely considered the greatest professional skateboarder of all time, and was a driving force in turning something once relegated to drained pools and abandoned parks into a...
America is a land rich with iconic sandwiches, from the stately muffuletta of New Orleans to the delicate lobster roll of coastal Maine. But not all countries are as big, or as sandwich-happy, as ours, and many have their own iconic national sandwiches...
When you buy gazpacho in California, it comes tax-free. But hot tomato soup, at the same restaurant, that's maybe a little chilly? Totally taxed! Blueberries in Maine? Yup, taxed. Milky Ways in Iowa? No tax! But the dark chocolate Milky Way Midnight, right...
Connie Britton--the scene stealer who y'all-ed her way into our hearts on Friday Night Lights and Nashville--on caviar, Champagne, and, yes, the secret to perfect hair.
First things first. What's in your fridge? Connie...
A Little History In 1824, John Cadbury opened a shop in Birmingham where he sold tea, coffee, hops, mustard, cocoa, and drinking chocolate, which he made himself using a mortar and pestle. A century later,...
It often starts with a single batch of homebrewed beer. Your friends like drinking the bitter IPA, or the roasty stout. More beer is brewed. More accolades. "You should start a brewery," someone suggests, planting a seed inside your hobbyist head: Could this...
There's always plenty of anecdotal evidence about how America's biggest cities do food differently: San Francisco's all burritos and fresh ingredients, Chicago's big on meat, New York's big on everything. But it's nice to get some...
The sandwich is, at heart, a humble creation: two slices of bread, with stuff in between them. We eat sandwiches all the time -- good ones and great ones and less good ones that...
Heather Greene, whiskey sommelier (Credit: Frank Wu)
In the world of whiskey, Heather Greene has some significant firsts: first American woman to serve on the Scotch Malt Whisky Society Tasting Panel in Scotland; first woman to...
The secret to great nachos? The architecture. Andrew Knowlton shares his guide to the layering, balancing, and copious amounts of cheese behind the perfect Super Bowl snack.
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