Category: Food & Drink

A holiday for a spiked milkshake? Why yes, when it’s Brandy Alexander Day!

January 31st is National Brandy Alexander Day. Look at it as a transition out of your healthy resolution-filled January and gearing up for Valentine’s Day carbs. The creamy cocktail was a favorite in bygone days, but if you’d like to take a stab at bringing this classic back into the fold, it’s dangerously good—like a […]

Impossibly Beyond Expectations: Plant-Based Burgers took over the Food Industry in 2019

Hamburger on bun with tomatoes, lettuce, onions and side of fries

Plant-based burgers became ubiquitous in 2019. In grocery stores, at restaurants nationwide and even at theme parks, consumers could easily pick up plant-based options that look and taste like something made from ground beef.  The plethora of plant-based burger options is welcome news to vegans and consumers looking to reduce their meat intake alike. However, […]

Innovation could elevate the Alternative Dairy space in 2020

The alternative dairy trend may have started out primarily to address allergen issues, but now it has “taken on a life of its own,” Kantha Shelke, a member expert at IFT, said in an interview with Food Dive.   Today, the dairy aisle is crowded with alternative products, from oat and almond to hemp and soy, and that […]

National Pie Day vs. Pi Day – Here’s the Difference

Overhead view of red berry pie topped with heartshaped crust cutouts

While there’s a “food holiday” for just about everything you love to eat, it turns out there are actually two separate days every year when people come together to celebrate pie: National Pie Day on January 23 and Pi Day on March 14. As you can imagine, it’s easy to confuse the two occasions when there’s, say, free pie […]

Celebrity Red Carpet Beauty Products – All Under $20

If you were to add up the prices of all the beauty products used by everyone on the 2020 Golden Globes red carpet, the total would very likely be astronomical. After all, we already know that some celebrities’ skin-care routines alone reach well over $1,000, thanks to a number of high-end creams and serums. But […]

The Best Starbucks Secret Menu Drinks, According To Fans & Baristas

Website showing Starbucks Secret Menu item

There are over 35,000 posts on Instagram that include the hashtag #StarbucksSecretMenu. Each mention of this menu conjures up images of lockboxes located in the very back corner of Starbucks storerooms. Those baristas who have been entrusted with the classified code have access to the recipe cards for exclusive drinks that only a select few […]

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 […]