
Leblon, producer of Brazil’s handcrafted Cachaca, is touting the Caipirinha (pronounced kai-pur-EEN-ya) as the perfect companion to dishes across the globe. The drink, made from Cachaca, Brazil’s national spirit distilled from fresh sugar cane juice, together with muddled lime and sugar,has long dominated the Brazilian restaurant scene. Today it is winning fans among restaurateurs, chefs and consumers [...]

The heavily tattooed woman walking the Shih Tzu ordered Secret Breakfast, the most popular ice cream flavor at Humphry Slocombe. The proprietor, Jake Godby — a man so shy and socially awkward that it never occurred to him when he opened an ice cream parlor that such an establishment might attract children — makes the ice cream [...]

Swipe your driver’s license, look into the camera, blow into the breath sensor and – voila! – you have permission to buy a bottle of wine from a vending machine. Pennsylvania, which has some of the most Byzantine liquor laws in the nation, recently introduced the country’s first wine “kiosks.” If the machines are successful [...]