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Alcohol

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What’s a Lassi?

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Randall Grahm on Why Wine’s Terroir Matters

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Inviting Writing: When Grandma Makes You Drink Poison

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Tastes Gruit, Less Bitter: Beer Without the Hops

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Does Cheese Pair Better With Beer Or Wine?

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Cinco Non-Alcoholic Mexican Beverages

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Inviting Writing: From Table Manners to Bedside Manner

This Detroit scene was repeated across the nation, January, 16, 1920, as shoppers stocked up on the last day before Prohibition took effect.

Wayne B. Wheeler: The Man Who Turned Off the Taps

Prohibition couldn’t have happened without Wheeler, who foisted temperance on a thirsty nation 90 years ago

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Squeezed: The Secrets of the Orange Juice Industry

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Dandelions—From Lawn to Lunch

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Upcoming Educational Food & Drink Events in DC

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CSI: Supermarket—Using Science to Combat Food Fraud

Cherry Blossom Recipes

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Homesick for Passover

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Know Your Whiskey from Your Whisky

The name of the Emerald Isle’s more potent potable comes from the Gaelic for “water of life”

Is It Safe to Drink Green Milk?

What to know about food coloring

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Chile Earthquake Strikes a Blow to Wine Industry

Some of the best beer in Europe—and some of its most enthusiastic beer drinkers—can be found in Prague.

Czech Beer

The Czechs invented Pilsner-style lager, but be sure to venture beyond this famous beer

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Making Science Palatable

Eat up—It’s National Something Day

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