By picking a few top rums and pairing them with the right foods and fun drinks, you can transform your barbecue into a new experience for your guests. Confused by the varieties of rums out there? Don't be. Here are some tips for you.
Here are our 9 favorite classic party desserts for a barbecue -- cakes, cookies, ice cream and pudding -- with wine pairings provided by Dennis Keohane from invino.
With June well underway, the radiant sun brings a return of our favorite seasonal fare, seafood. Beat the heat with a cooled shrimp ceviche and an ice-cold cocktail -- it's time to celebrate!
The eighth annual Pinot Days grand tasting occupied San Francisco's Fort Mason Festival Pavilion this past Saturday. This was my sixth year attending the event, and I've seen it shrink, particularly over the past couple years.
Gail Simmons has quite the packed schedule. As a judge on Top Chef you would think that her days would be full enough. But add her most recent title of author to her resume and you have one of the busiest ladies in the culinary world.
Some 80 percent of all antibiotics sold in this country are used not on people but on animals, to make them grow faster or to prevent disease in crowded and unsanitary growing facilities.
The Dîner en Blanc is always set in public with a backdrop of the most legendary Parisian monuments. The location is kept a secret until minutes before the dinner begins. This was my third year in attendance, and it never gets less exciting.
There are two ways in which policy can prevent health issues: through changing the food environment or through changing personal behavior.
In advertising, a great catch phrase can make or break a product.
You're on the road and parched, your Hydro Flask is empty, and the gas station's drinking fountain looks like a urinal. Good news: You can douse your thirst -- and your guilt -- with these eco-suggestions from our panel of beverage experts.
Most of the world's poor and hungry depend on agriculture for their survival -- and yet, they bear a disproportionate burden of the planet's degraded lands.
As we talk about resilience, let's not forget to focus our limited attention on the Sahel drought and the needless number of children at risk of starvation, and on Mali, where innocent civilians are fleeing conflict and persecution.
In the last few weeks, as a regional communications manager for the humanitarian organization CARE, I have talked to families in several regions of Niger. Despite the variety of personal circumstances, certain elements appear often in people's stories.
My favorite times with Art Smith are in his own kitchen in the morning over bottomless cappuccinos or on a run.
With a variety of fresh fruits, herbs and spices -- your taste buds are in for a party without the saturated fat and believe me -- they won't know the difference.
Competition barbecue has moved so far from traditional Southern barbecue that it must be considered a style of cooking unto itself, as different from the original as is Korean Barbecue.
Nephi Craig, executive chef of the fine-dining restaurant at the White Mountain Apache Tribe's Sunrise Park Resort, has put out a call for proposals for an early-November indigenous food-and-culture conference at the resort.
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