Food and Drinks

Last year’s grape harvest was a harrowing scramble at Mirko Cappelli’s Tuscan vineyard. With the Italian border closed because of the pandemic, the Eastern European workers he had come to rely on couldn’t get into the country. The company he had contracted to supply grape pickers had no one to offer him. He ultimately found just enough workers to bring the grapes in on time.

A new fad brewing comes from ancient experiments in Africa around 4,000 B.C. Ancestral beer is a new unpasteurized alcohol from once upon a time when Egyptians transformed malt and yeast into humanity’s first booze.

FAT Brands Inc. CEO Andrew Wiederhorn said the supply chain shortage is “real” and isn’t going to “go away.”

Kind founder and executive chairman Daniel Lubetzky joins 'The Claman Countdown' to promote the rollout of Somos' authentic Mexican at-home options.

Even with declining demand, about 71% of operators say they still don't have enough staff despite efforts to add back many jobs that were lost due to the pandemic.

New York City's Eleven Madison Park restaurant reportedly still sells meat to diners in a private room even after announcing in May that it would go almost totally vegan.

National Coffee Day -- which falls every year on Sept. 29 -- is the perfect day for a free coffee.

The U.K. will issue thousands of emergency visas to 5,500 for poultry workers in order to help fix supply-chain problems.

Restaurants and others in the hospitality business have long espoused "the customer is always right" and "all are welcome." Now, many are rethinking that philosophy thanks to a surge in toxic customers and poor behavior.

Pizza Hut Interim President Kevin Hochman discusses the company’s incentives to secure 40,000 permanent team members and how it plans to "offset inflation."

Chipotle's new smoked brisket is getting a flood of reviews from critics and customers alike.

After hovering for years near $1 per pound, coffee futures — the price large-volume buyers agree to pay for coffee upon delivery months down the road — doubled in late July, reaching heights not seen since 2014. Though prices have eased a bit, they remain elevated at about $1.90 per pound.

Pumpkin spice isn’t the only way to celebrate fall.

The DiGiorno Crispy Pan Crust pepperoni pizza "contains textured soy protein, a known allergen, which is not declared on the product label."

In addition to offering Beyond Chicken Tenders, Walmart will increase the number of its stores distributing other Beyond Meat products, with more than 1,500 additional locations offering Beyond Breakfast Sausage Classic Patties and more than 1,300 stores offering Beyond Breakfast Sausage Spicy Patties.

Premium tequila brands work to transform the spirit's party drink image to a more high quality specialty drink.

Beginning on Oct. 25, Whole Foods Market is implementing a $9.95 service fee for deliveries.

Move over pumpkins, there’s a new spice in town.

Darden Restaurants Inc. is looking for a boost from its Olive Garden chain to help the company navigate the current period of higher inflation.

The only thing colder than late-game heroics by the legendary Peyton Manning are the calls he’s been putting in to get his bourbon, Sweetens Cove Tennessee Bourbon, up on shelves.