My favorite thing about a fancy gadget I recently tested involved being nine feet from it and sipping a cold one. I wasn’t doing nothing, just close to nothing: talking to my brother-in-law Ben while occasionally glancing at a countdown timer on a display next to the grill. That timer is a feature on a … Read more
The $245 Almond Cow looks like a slightly extended cow-themed electric kettle, complete with a cow button on the top that you press to start. That’s the only control: The Almond Cow, as the name perhaps suggests, is designed to make milk from almonds, although it can handle other raw milk sources like oats. There … Read more
Americans spend a small fortune—nearly $100 billion a year, according to some sources—on bottled water. And while it’s popular to shame people for not drinking from the tap, it’s arguably not 100 percent bad. Drinking bottled water is far healthier than drinking juice or soda (or, really, anything else), and the taste of tap water … Read more
Misfits Market’s mission is to fight food waste. It offers produce, pantry staples, and proteins as well as dairy and bakery items. Oftentimes the produce is funny-looking, or nonperishables may have impending best-by dates, but everything is perfectly safe and usable. It also means the cost is significantly lower than it would be if you … Read more
Years ago while perusing one of Nigel Slater’s many cookbooks, I wondered aloud to a British friend about what made him so popular and prodigious. “Reading his recipes makes you feel like you’re sitting in his cozy kitchen, drinking a decent glass of claret and waiting for something delicious to eat,” says my friend, Guardian … Read more
Rice is a crucial staple for over half the global population and the world is bracing for its most significant shortage in 20 years. India’s export ban on rice is reverberating through global rice markets, threatening food security if developing nations cannot afford or access rice. “The only shortage out there right now would really … Read more
A worker organizes cans of PepsiCo Inc. soda on a shelf inside a grocery store in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., on Thursday, July 6, 2017. PepsiCo Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on July 11. Photographer: Caitlin O’Hara/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images If you listen to third-quarter corporate earnings calls, … Read more
Coca-Cola Co. and Pepsi Co. soda machines stand in a shopping center parking lot in Jasper, Indiana. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Coca-Cola and PepsiCo’s rivalry spans decades, but Coke usually comes out on top. This quarter was no different. The beverage leaders’ stocks have struggled this year, hurt by higher interest rates … Read more
KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — In a city where damaged buildings are everywhere, a destroyed pizzeria stands out as a painful reminder of lives and livelihoods dashed in an instant. A Russian ballistic missile struck the popular eatery in eastern Ukraine in June, killing 13 people including an award-winning Ukrainian writer and several teenagers. Seven of the … Read more
A T-bone steak, left, and a porterhouse. Portland Press Herald | Portland Press Herald | Getty Images How would you like your steak? Maybe rare, medium, or well done — but certainly not more expensive. Retail beef prices in the U.S. are at record highs, pushing up prices of beef-based products from burgers to steaks … Read more