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Nobody’s quite sure when the term “cocktail” was first coined or first applied to alcoholic beverages, but the earliest example of the word as a spiked-drink dates from the early 1800s. And by...
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What accounts for the popularity of a recipe? Sometimes it’s just a very basic dish that people want to make sure they do right. Food websites often report that their most searched-for recipe is...
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The year-end holidays are a time for celebration and for special meals around festive tables – whether that means wonderfully raucous family gatherings, improvised potlucks with friends, or...
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It’s no secret that Americans – in common with most populations around the world these days – love fast food. According to statistics updated this month by The Barbecue Lab, 83% of American...
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Since food is such an essential part of everybody’s life, it’s hardly surprising that over the centuries people have come up with many phrases, idioms, and metaphors that invoke food to make a...
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According to a study published in 2018 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 36% of American adults ate fast food on any given day between 2013 and 2016. However much we might...
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The term “happy hour” seems to have been used originally to describe a weekly opportunity for sailors in the U.S. Navy to relax and let off steam during World War I. There may have been alcohol...
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What constitutes good service in a restaurant? The specifics obviously vary according to the kind of establishment. In a pricey, white-tablecloth place, a diner might reasonably expect a...
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According to the National Golf Foundation, 106 million Americans over the age of 6 – almost a third of the population – had some kind of interaction with golf last year. We played it on- or...
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Poverty and food insecurity are rampant in the world, and even the wealthy are feeling the pinch of recession and inflation. Nevertheless, somehow there is still a market for $10 million yachts, $20...
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How much should dinner cost? Obviously, that depends on the dinner, and on you. What kind of food do you like? How much disposable income do you have? Are we talking about a special occasion – a...
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Hurricane Ian made landfall in South Florida, not far from the city of Fort Myers. at 2:24 PM EDT. The storm had intensified rapidly, with recorded sustained winds of 155 mph, just 2 mph under...
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It’s the early days of football season, and in all 32 pro football cities, as well as almost every college town in America, fans are filling stadiums or – in far greater numbers – sports bars...
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Fall is upon us, and that means the kids heading back to school, the leaves beginning to change color, the excitement of football in stadiums and on TV … and, of course, that most evocative and...
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