Is Apple Brandy the Next Big Thing?
You can easily figure out a bar manager’s secret passion. All you have to do is take a close look at the bottles behind his or her bar. No matter how diverse the selection, there…
Remember Zagat? The iconic burgundy guidebook that helped shape the modern comsumer era, its back.
It began as a mimeographed score sheet, compiling the opinions of about 200 avid restaurant-goers in New York City. A fun side project dreamed up by lawyers Tim and Nina Zagat in 1979, the guide…
Automated Indoor Farming Growing so Fast it Might Just Work
Around two years ago, the then 10-person team of Bowery, an indoor farming startup, started growing a small array of leafy greens out of what was once a shipbuilding yard in Kearny, New Jersey. Undeterred…
Why Americans Are Eating Out Less
American eating habits are changing faster than fast food can keep up. Instead of dining out, more Americans than ever are staying in. Restaurants are getting dinged by the advent of pre-made meal kits and…
From Fish to Humans, A Microplastic Invasion May Be Taking a Toll
Tiny bits of plastic have seeped into soil, fish and air, posing a threat to animal and human health. Mark Browne had a suspicion. He hoped the samples of dried blood taken from a blue…
The Future of Fish Farming May Be Indoors
On a projection screen in front of a packed room in a coastal Maine town, computer-animated salmon swim energetically through a massive oval tank. A narrator’s voice soothingly points out water currents that promote fish…
Student film digs into history of New York delis
Like nearly a quarter of students in the College, rising third-year Max Teplitz is an economics major. But he’s minoring in modern Hebrew. “My Jewish identity has always been pretty important to me,” he said.…
