Static Media / Shutterstock Italian cuisine is highly regional, meaning that if you travel from one area to the next, you might encounter completely different foods. Which is why you will find certain pasta shapes in some parts of Italy…
Rum is one of the world’s most intriguing spirits, not only for its wide range of flavors but for exotic rum-running tales of pirates and smugglers on the high seas. Even through civil wars and America’s Prohibition years, swarthy seafaring bootleggers…
McDonald’s McDonald’s always finds a way to keep customers coming back for another bite, whether it’s to grab the chain’s upgraded burgers with over 50 tweaks announced at the end of 2023 or to try its occasional limited-edition menu items, like the…
Few cocktails are more iconic than the Sazerac. It has been around since the mid-1800s, and was declared the official tipple of New Orleans in 2008. The recipe for a classic Sazerac calls for absinthe, rye whiskey, Peychaud’s bitters, and…
New York City is known for having world-class bakeries, ranging from specialty pastry shops to cookie havens and renowned donut spots. But what is a lover of baked goods to do if they or a loved one has dietary restrictions? …
Most people place emphasis on classic wine and food pairings or perhaps what accompaniments to serve alongside beer. However, there’s growing intrigue in selecting foods that go with spirits, too — why not tailor the combination of a stiff drink and…
Phantom Gourmet/Instagram The year was 1926. Boston Red Sox fans were only seven years into the long-running Curse of the Bambino, the 85-year championship drought long attributed to bad juju stemming from the 1919 decision to trade Babe Ruth to…
If your mornings have become mundane with the same old iced coffee, what you need is an exciting cold foam upgrade — and we have just the thing: malted milk, which is created by stirring malt powder into regular milk…
If you’re a fan of dining out, you know that happy hour events often consist of a few afternoon-evening hours of discount foods and drinks that occur more often than not on weekdays only. This phenomenon benefits the business by…
The Midori sour — the cocktail that defined the 1980s — is as delicious as it is aesthetically pleasing. For anyone unfamiliar, Midori is a Japanese melon flavored sweet liqueur produced by Suntory that was released in the United States in…