The legal drinking age is a somewhat arbitrary number. In most of the United States, it's 21. In France, people can legally drink when they're 18. Jap...
WASHINGTON -- John Banzhaf -- a local lawyer, George Washington University law professor and overall gadfly -- was a little surprised when over the we...
Ah, the joys of wine tasting. You're booked in a charming boutique hotel and have climbed into the back of a car for the day who'll take you from ...
Last year when my friend John returned home after a yearlong stint in Afghanistan, I noticed there was something different about him. Yes, he still jo...
This blog will be about pairing tons of cheap wine and beer with the amazing food Chicago has to offer. This blog will be about dinner partying. First stop: Irazu, a Costa Rican restaurant in Bucktown.
Zero gravity may lend itself to some LOL-worthy aerial stunts, but we have a feeling this footage of a woman drinking water in space is being passed a...
You have to imagine that if you're a bar or restaurant owner, choosing the perfect name for your establishment is not unlike picking a name for your c...
Maybe its because there is such a short distance between the drinks at the beds or because anyone could be from anywhere, but there is something speci...
The popular Black Sea resort of Sunny Beach has asked the UK to send British police next season to deal with drunken and unruly crowds at the Bulgaria...
It was worth busting up my hand to get those five minutes of material, which I called, "Chicken worth fighting for."
While social drinking can make it hard to remember what happened last Saturday night, a new study by Loyola University suggests it could help prevent ...
It's not that we don't love a good old-fashioned American drinking story - believe us, we do - but something about tales of tying underage college fre...
Sometimes it seems as if everything that ever happened in America happened in a bar. While that might border on hyperbole, it's stunning to think of the role taverns, saloons and bars played in shaping America, before even the Revolution
As a group, the American people decided we were unable to raise our children with the understanding that wine, beer and cocktails are foods, and so we asked our government to treat them as drugs.
What is it about Belgian beer that commands so much attention? Innovation and complexity factor strongly, but not in the same way we're accustomed ...
It's rule number one for any woman heading to the bar: Don't leave your drink unattended, no matter what. But that guideline may soon prove less n...
Some might argue it's the breadth of the collection, in which case a restaurant like Paris' legendary La Tour d'Argent deserves a nod. The much-lauded...
AMBRIDGE, Pa. -- A western Pennsylvania man is jailed on charges that he threatened to kill his wife with a garden hoe and smashed items in their home...
Love it or hate it (8 million people seem to love it), MTV's Jersey Shore returns for a fourth season—set in Florence, Italy—on August 4. Be...
Bottle of wine, no corkscrew... no problem. Really, there are more ways than you might imagine to open a bottle of wine sans the traditional tool. ...
The Canadian city of Victoria has a new solution to deal with the problem of rowdy crowds coming out of bars after closing time - give them lollipops....
Photo Credit: Small Kitchen College We've all been there. You're at your favorite sports bar sharing a pitcher with your friends, when all of a su...
Rarely do our noses lead us astray. The perfume of ripe peaches is downright narcotic, beckoning us to bite the ambrosial flesh. The pungent odor of...
Though it may have felt like summer for some time already, the season's arrival has only just become official. That deserves a toast now, don't you ...
The best remedy for treating a hangover is to detox with lots of water and replenish on vitamins with clean (unprocessed) foods but every culture has its cure.
