Food and Drink

Wallet-friendly wine and homemade dessert for Valentine’s Day

By Shannon O'Neill

Feb. 11 1 Comment

Gallo Family Vineyard’s wine is just $5 a bottle!

Filed Under: Food and Drink, Life Tagged With: dessert, gallo family vineyard, inexpensive, valentine's day, wine

I drank the devil’s Ghost Chili Margarita at Poe’s Kitchen … and lived.

By Anthony Geehan

Jan. 31 2 Comments

Barely…

Filed Under: Eating in Boston, Food and Drink Tagged With: boylston street, chili, ghost chili, habanero, margarita, pepper, poe's kitchen, spice, tequilla

How safe is food coloring?

By E - The Environmental Magazine

Jan. 8 7 Comments

The Center for Science in the Public Interest found compelling evidence that ingestion of artificial food dyes can contribute to hyperactivity, restlessness and attention problems in some children, especially those with ADHD. Fortunately, there are now natural alternatives available, made primarily from vegetable colorants. (Media credit/Hemera Collection)

This may surprise you

Filed Under: Food and Drink Tagged With: artificial colors, color, food, food coloring, red #2, red dye

Davis Square’s Saloon offers comfort food, unique cocktails in an ‘old timey’ setting

By Erin Kilmer

Jan. 3 1 Comment

Brown liquor, local beer and food intended for sharing

Filed Under: Blast Boston, Eating in Boston, Food and Drink, Life Tagged With: boston, Davis Square, food and drink, restaurant, saloon, somerville

Somerville’s Casa B brings modern twist, Latin American influence to tapas

By Nicolette Orlemans

Jan. 1 3 Comments

Contemporary Latin American fare in a cozy setting

Filed Under: Blast Boston, Eating in Boston, Food and Drink, Life Tagged With: blast boston, casa b, drinks, food, Latin American, restaurant, somerville, tapas

Blast contest: Create a Vampyre Vodka cocktail, win cool prizes!

By Shannon O'Neill

Dec. 8, 2011 1 Comment

Enter by Jan. 1!

Filed Under: Food and Drink, Life Tagged With: cocktails, contest, Twilight, vampire, vampyre vodka

Sip these festive Thanksgiving cocktails

By Shannon O'Neill

Nov. 14, 2011 1 Comment

Bonus cranberry sauce recipe inside!

Filed Under: Food and Drink, Life Tagged With: alcohol, averna, cocktails, Drambuie, drink recipes, hendrick's gin, holiday, madeira, milagro anejo, sailor jerry spiced rum, thanksgiving

Bud Light Platinum: An upcoming beer that “appeals to a key group” of drinkers

By Shannon O'Neill

Nov. 10, 2011 1 Comment

Is this Anheuser-Busch’s attempt at a “craft” beer?

Filed Under: Food and Drink, Life Tagged With: anheuser busch, beer, bud light platinum, craft beer

We ask the question: Are diet sodas unhealthy?

By E - The Environmental Magazine

Nov. 5, 2011 1 Comment

Researchers have found no direct links between diet sodas and specific human health problems. Initial reports that implicated aspartame, widely use to sweeten diet sodas, in a wide range of human health problems including cancer turned out to be false -- though certainly much healthier beverage choices abound. (Media credit/julesreyes via Flickr)

It may surprise you

Filed Under: Food and Drink Tagged With: cancer, coca cola, coke, cola, diet, diet cola, Pepsi, soda, soft drink

How to drink Scotch like your dad

By John M. Guilfoil

Nov. 1, 2011 1 Comment

Drink it like your dad does

Filed Under: Food and Drink, The Issue Tagged With: alcohol, booze, drink, scotch, the Macallan, whiskey

Coffee in crisis? Climate change poses threat to crop, scientists warn

By Erin Kilmer

Oct. 31, 2011 1 Comment

Could lead to a diminishing supply and an increase in prices

Filed Under: Food and Drink, Life Tagged With: cocoa, coffee, environment, food and drink, global warming

Trick or Treat: A guide to Halloween candy

By Andrew Wood

Oct. 28, 2011 1 Comment

Ready for your sugar rush?

Filed Under: Food and Drink Tagged With: candy, gummy, gummy bears, halloween, halloween candy, kit kat, m&m, milky way, peanut butter, peanut butter cup, reese's, skittles, snickers, sour patch kids, starburst, sugar, swedish fish, trick or treat, twix

20 foods and drinks you’ll probably never have again

By John M. Guilfoil

Oct. 25, 2011 1 Comment

Your mouth will water

Filed Under: Food and Drink, The Issue Tagged With: butterfinger, cereal, clear pepsi, coca cola, coke, cola, crystal pepsi, doritos, ecto-cooler, gatorade, general mills, heinz, hi-c, Kraft, M&M's, mcdonald's, orbitz, oreo, oreo o's, Pepsi, pepsi blue, post, soda, soft drink, squeezits, supersize, Surge, vault, waffle crisp, yoo-hoo

Red Sox pitchers listen up: 9 foods that are worse for you than Popeyes fried chicken

By Andrew Wood

Oct. 15, 2011 1 Comment

There’s even a salad on the list!

Filed Under: Food and Drink Tagged With: calamari, chili's, cold stone creamery, dominos, food, fried chicken, health, ihop, jason varitek, john lackey, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, milkshake, olive garden, papa gino's, quiznos, red lobster, red sox

Should you avoid plastic food steamers?

By E - The Environmental Magazine

Oct. 15, 2011 9 Comments

Even though a plastic food steamer may be marked “BPA-free,” there's no guarantee it won't leach other endocrine disrupting chemicals into food or drinks. Consumers might want to just play it safe and opt for food steamers made of tried and true plastic-free materials, like glass, stainless steel or bamboo. (Media credit/Wen-Yan King via Flickr)

Watch out for #7 plastics

Filed Under: Food and Drink Tagged With: bpa, food, food storage, plastic

The Balvenie Tun 1401 review

By John M. Guilfoil

Oct. 13, 2011 1 Comment

Drink it with the best steak you can buy

Filed Under: Food and Drink Tagged With: alcohol, liquor, scotch, the balvenie, the balvenie tun 1401, whiskey

Learn to make your own wine

By Andrew Castronovo

Oct. 10, 2011 1 Comment

Frank Zoll at work. (Courtesy of Zoll Cellars.)

BCAE offering classes

Filed Under: Eating in Boston, Food and Drink Tagged With: alcohol, boston, Boston center for adult education, shrewsbury, wine, winemaker, winemaking

The top 10 superfoods

By Andrew Wood

Oct. 8, 2011 1 Comment

Berries are just plain good for you (Media credit/Jakemaheu via Wikimedia)

Foods you should eat, a lot

Filed Under: Food and Drink, The Issue Tagged With: bean, berries, broccoli, food, nutrition, nuts, salmon, spinach, super foods, superfoods, tea, tomato, vegetables, walnuts

Grab your lederhosen and your stein: It’s Oktoberfest 2011 season in New England

By Shannon O'Neill

Oct. 4, 2011 1 Comment

Hurra fur bier!

Filed Under: Blast Boston, Eating in Boston, Food and Drink, Life, The Issue Tagged With: beer, festivals, new england, octoberfest, oktoberfest

New England’s top five fall beers

By Anthony Geehan

Sept. 29, 2011 1 Comment

You may notice one of your favorites missing…

Filed Under: Eating in Boston, Food and Drink, The Issue Tagged With: beer, boston beer works, cambridge brewing company, fall, great pumpkin ale, hex, magic hat, octoberfest, pumpkin, smashed pumpkin, wachusett brewing company, wachusett octoberfest

Wallet-friendly wine and homemade dessert for Valentine’s Day

I drank the devil’s Ghost Chili Margarita at Poe’s Kitchen … and lived.

How safe is food coloring?

Davis Square’s Saloon offers comfort food, unique cocktails in an ‘old timey’ setting

Somerville’s Casa B brings modern twist, Latin American influence to tapas

Blast contest: Create a Vampyre Vodka cocktail, win cool prizes!

Sip these festive Thanksgiving cocktails

Bud Light Platinum: An upcoming beer that “appeals to a key group” of drinkers

We ask the question: Are diet sodas unhealthy?

How to drink Scotch like your dad

Coffee in crisis? Climate change poses threat to crop, scientists warn

Trick or Treat: A guide to Halloween candy

20 foods and drinks you’ll probably never have again

Red Sox pitchers listen up: 9 foods that are worse for you than Popeyes fried chicken

Should you avoid plastic food steamers?

The Balvenie Tun 1401 review

Learn to make your own wine

The top 10 superfoods

Grab your lederhosen and your stein: It’s Oktoberfest 2011 season in New England

New England’s top five fall beers

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