insert_link Food & Drink Warm Up your Winter on National Hot Toddy Day January 11th is National Hot Toddy Day! A hot toddy is a delicious drink made with honey, lemon, hot water, and the spirit of your choice (usually whiskey, brandy, or rum). It’s the perfect way to warm up on a cold winter day, and it’s said that a few sips can also relieve cold or flu symptoms. Hot toddies originated in Scotland sometime during the 18th century. While the exact […] todayJanuary 11, 2022
insert_link Food & Drink Brewer’s Association officially recognizes four New (-ish) Beers in 2021 Beer brewers have to follow rules just like the rest of us, and those rules come from the Brewers Association’s annual Beer Style Guidelines. Food & Wine reports that the American trade group just released its 2021 Beer Style Guidelines, and they include four new-ish beer styles to be officially recognized for the first time: Kentucky Common Beer, Belgian-Style Session Ale, New Zealand-Style Pale Ale, and New Zealand-Style India Pale […] todayMarch 2, 2021
insert_link Food & Drink 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Whipped Cream Did you know that January 5th is National Whipped Cream Day? Well, now you do! In honor of this Foodie Holiday, here are five things every whipped cream fan should know, courtesy Food & Wine magazine. It’s old. Whipped cream has been around since the 16th century. It was included in recipes that date back to 1549 in Italy and 1604 in France. It was first called whipped cream in […] todayJanuary 5, 2021
insert_link Food & Drink Beer for Breakfast? New Waffle House collaboration Brew smells like Bacon Everything is better with bacon, right? Even beer? Leave it to that reliable breakfast destination Waffle House to test that theory. The Atlanta-headquartered restaurant chain has teamed with Oconee Brewing Company to concoct a new bacon-infused beer that delivers an aroma of breakfast meat. The aptly and humorously titled Bacon & Kegs beer, a 6.5% ABV red ale, has a malty character enhanced with "salty, savory, and smokey bacon extract," the Greensboro, Georgia-based brewery […] todayNovember 30, 2020
insert_link Food & Drink As the country reopens, Yelp wants to help you find Safe Places to Eat As more states open up and people consider going back out to eat, it can be tough to know exactly how each restaurant will be handling things. While most will likely have some sort of social distancing markers, mask requirements, and enhanced safety features in place, you probably won't know for sure until you get there. That's where Yelp now comes in. The service is adding a COVID-19 section to […] todayJune 22, 2020
insert_link Health & Wellness Yelp Has Added A COVID-19 Safety Section To Its Pages So Customers Know What Precautions Are In Place As more states open up and people consider going back out to eat, it can be tough to know exactly how each restaurant will be handling things. While most will likely have some sort of social distancing markers, mask requirements, and enhanced safety features in place, you probably won't know for sure until you get there. That's where Yelp now comes in. The service is adding a COVID-19 section to […] todayJune 22, 2020
insert_link Food & Drink Great News If You Love Breakfast At McDonald’s: Two New Sandwiches Are Coming In 2020 The quest to get a Popeyes chicken sandwich may be over, but in 2020 you might have a new reason to wake up at dawn for a chicken sandwich. Hopefully this one will actually be available when you get there instead of needing to wait in line for hours. McDonald’s will be releasing two new types of chicken sandwiches for their breakfast menu in January, according to Food & Wine […] todayDecember 30, 2019
insert_link Food & Drink Happy Birthday, Julia Child! Julia Child needs no introduction. The legendary cookbook author and TV personality, who would have turned 107-years-old today, introduced America to French culinary techniques with her acclaimed cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Child also became one of the first-ever chefs to host a televised cooking show, The French Chef on PBS, making her voice one of the most recognizable in the country. Throughout the years, Child’s influence […] todayAugust 15, 2019