Once upon a time, buying sparkling wine for the holidays was simple: There was Champagne. IBut these days, there are excellent sparkling wines being made all over the globe, or at least the parts of the globe where you can grow grapes for wine. As Food & Wine reports, Champagne is still the king, both in terms […]
December is National Fruitcake Month, and the 27th is National Fruitcake Day, so it’s high time you gave this often boozy, but always fruity, dense-as-heck bread a whirl! What is that heavy-as-an-anvil holiday treat taking up table space at many holiday functions, church bazaars, and office parties you ask? It is the same dessert that […]
If it feels like everything you eat in 2025 is suddenly being measured in grams of protein, you’re not imagining it. It feels like Americans are living in a protein-palooza, where smoothies, salads, desserts, and even beverages are all fighting to be the most functional thing you consume that day. It was only a matter of time before a major fast-casual […]
December 24th is National Egg Nog Day! Actually, you can celebrate all month long, because December is also National Egg Nog month! So why all the fuss about the Nog? Well, first, eggnog has been around a lot longer than refrigeration — in fact, the first drinkers of the mixture of milk, eggs, sugar and […]
To many cultures, the holidays wouldn’t be complete without festive pfeffernüsse (pron.: fef-fer-noos-a). This tempting, traditional, tiny spice cookie appears in profusion just around the time the snow flies in Germany, Denmark, and The Netherlands, as well as in and around Mennonite communities in North America. What is Pfeffernüsse? Popular since the 1850s, pfeffernüsse , […]
The holidays are a season of indulgence — and that’s especially true for the beverage spread. Whether warming a mug of hot chocolate or shaking up a round of espresso martinis, they’re a foundational piece to holiday merriment. As Food & Wine reports, hot chocolate is officially the most popular holiday drink across the entire […]
A favorite of young and old alike, National Hard Candy Day – celebrated annually on December 19th – recognizes the sweet tooth in all of us. Most hard candies are 100% sugar with flavoring and colors added. To achieve a hard candy, confectioners boil a sugar syrup to 320 degrees Fahrenheit. Once the temperature is […]
Wanna know what Christmas is really all about, Charlie Brown? Doughnuts! As Delish reports, this holiday season Charlie Brown fans can snag an adorable—and delicious—collaboration between two iconic brands. The Krispy Kreme x Peanuts Collection features three all-new doughnuts inspired by the world of Peanuts, plus two returning fan favorites. The Peanuts gang knows a thing or two about celebrating […]
U.S. breweries made a stronger-than-expected showing at the 2025 Brussels Beer Challenge, earning 28 medals — up from 19 last year — in one of the world’s most competitive beer competitions. As Food & Wine reports, the three-day event in Belgium drew 1,701 entries from 36 countries, but American producers held their own, taking home 28 […]
Science has already linked ultra-processed foods to heart disease, inflammation, diabetes, and cancer. But as Fortune magazine reports, new research out of the University of South Florida and Tampa General Hospital (TGH) Cancer Institute has confirmed the cancer link in a powerful way—by finding evidence of inflammation in the colon cancer tumors themselves. “It is well known that […]