Front Burner: Bourbon With a Japanese Touch

Jim Beam, the venerable bourbon maker, and Suntory, a Japanese leader in whiskey, both part of Beam Suntory, a spirits umbrella formed in 2014, have introduced their first jointly made bourbon. Kentucky bourbon distilled by Fred Noe, a seventh-generation master distiller at Jim Beam, includes some bourbon aged in wine and sherry casks, a technique…

Front Burner: Butter Designed to Impress

When it comes to interpreting continental food at his new TAK Room in Hudson Yards and the Surf Club Restaurant in Miami Beach, Thomas Keller has gone well beyond Wellington, Thermidor and Rockefeller to sweat the small stuff. Fancy butter curls, once commonplace and presented in restaurants over little ice cubes in a glass dish,…

Marijuana Edibles May Pose Special Risks

Pot brownies and other cannabis “edibles” like gummy bears that are sold online and where marijuana is legal may seem like harmless fun, but new research indicates that edibles may be more potent and potentially more dangerous than pot that is smoked or vaped. The new study analyzed thousands of cannabis-triggered emergency room visits in…