#cool-sips

#cool-sips

First Watch sources coffee beans through Project Sunrise, fueled by a devoted collective called Mujeres en Café - Women in Coffee. Members are female coffee farmers whose roles stretch far beyond the fields and into the communities at large, serving as teachers, mothers, entrepreneurs, and pioneering leaders on multiple fronts.

Cream sherry has an enduring image that it has struggled to shake off, being seen as the emblematic Little English tipple of a bygone time, while other sherries have gained new cachet.

Contrast is at the center of many popular culinary trends. There's also a strong emphasis on contrasting textures within a single baked good. For example, soft milk breads and laminated doughs that have been hard-baked create exciting combinations.

"Our study confirmed that in an environment of loud noise, our sense of taste is compromised. Interestingly, this was specific to sweet and umami tastes, with sweet taste inhibited and umami taste significantly enhanced," Robin Dando, one of the study's authors, told the Cornell Chronicle after the study came out.

Oscar Mayer has announced a new iteration of its bacon, called Maple Bourbon Bacon, cured using Evan Williams bourbon. This marks the company's first bacon innovation in five years.

We [were] very determined to make a product that was consistent, safe and performed well. And that's what we've ended up with.

"We're a new distiller - we don't have the luxury of waiting to know if our whisky is going to be great. It has to be great from the outset."

"The longer this halibut sits on that hot grill, the easier it will come away from the grate itself."

The Old Spot is not just a restaurant; it’s a lively gathering place where friends and family come together, especially on Mondays, to enjoy good food and company.

But then the playoffs arrive, and you and I are reminded of what makes twilight football-outdoors and on grass-special. You start off in broad daylight as both teams fuck around for a quarter or two. Then the sun slowly begins to bleed away, taking all distractions along with it as it sinks below the horizon. Now we're in primetime, when everyone is watching. Now every player on the field is in the spotlight, and you, the viewer at home, are dialed in.

The U.S. spirits landscape has evolved far beyond the recognition of simply being the birthplace of bourbon. In recent years, we've seen a transformation in both the quality and individuality that the country's craft distilleries have been able to produce. While previous decades were dominated by the big-name distilleries, far more awards are going to craft distillers who have mastered the art of producing high-quality whiskeys, rums, gins, and more.

If you've experimented with flavorful ingredients to infuse into honey, you have sampled the punchy delight of hot honey. Honey made with spice - chilies, flakes, or even hot sauce - offers an infusion that straddles the line between heat and sweet. It's the kind of ingredient that can transform everyday recipes, both food and beverage. Once hot honey is stored in your kitchen, it couldn't be easier to spoon into drinks or drizzle on top of mugs for a transformative experience.

I prefer frozen for blended drinks like daiquiris and margaritas; they add chill and texture without watering down the flavor. Fresh berries are better for drinks that are muddled.

just before we collectively stumbled into this shitty timeline marred by "fake news" and idiot fascism, a journalist did that thing that journalism used to do: hold power to account. In this case, the power was Big Bay Leaf, and the reporter was Kelly Conaboy, writing for the Awl on a "vast bay leaf conspiracy" that-then as now-cons well-meaning home cooks into buying weird leaves that taste and smell like "nothing."