The Kentucky Derby is not the fastest, longest, or most monetarily valuable horse race in America but it is the most popular and well-known. The race also puts the state of Kentucky in the spotlight each spring as thousands converge on Churchill Downs to wear giant flower-bedecked hats, drink mint juleps, and sing “My Old [...]

For years SeriousEats.com has delighted food lovers on the Internet but the transition from beloved food blog to great book isn’t always a slam dunk. For every success there seem to be a fair amount of lackluster offerings that are a repackaging of the online content stripped of its interaction and immediacy. Thankfully Serious Eats, [...]

Pizza has become an American classic. From its Italian origins it is now the food of both family dinners and celebrations. Most if the time, whether we go out or have it delivered, we let someone else do the cooking. Grocery stores sell take and bake pizzas, frozen pizzas, pizza dough, canned sauce and pre-shredded [...]

Gilt Groupe is one of the most important players in the flash sale game. These brief sales changed the world of online retail, bringing the excitement of bargain hunting to the luxury arena. Now the field is crowded with options but it wasn’t too long ago that people wondered if luxury shopping online would ever [...]

“The Artist” dominated at the 84th Academy Awards bringing in Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor among others. Not nominated was Uggie, the scene-stealing dog. Like other stars in nominated films, Uggie received a little special treat from one of the world’s top jewelers.  Caroline Scheufele, Co-President and Artistic Director of Chopard [...]

Can an understanding of the science behind food make you a better chef? Will a knowledge of the binding powers of milk proteins make for a better grilled cheese? The Kitchen As Laboratory, published by Columbia University Press, is a new collection of essays focusing on the chemistry behind many favorite foods and a few [...]

Too often the culinary stories in the United States come out of coastal cities such as Boston, New York, San Francisco, Seattle and Miami. There is however, much magic in the Midwest. Bluestem in Kansas City is a prime example. Lawyer-turned-food writer/photographer Bonjwing Lee helps Colby and Megan Garrelts tell their story of food, passion [...]

Argentina is a New World wine producer with an Old World sense of history and culture and this is just one of the many paradoxes of this unique nation. American journalist turned Buenos-Aires resident, Ian Mount delivers a through examination of Argentina’s oenological history in this new book rest will appeal to any wine lover [...]