In the United States, souvenir-spoon-collecting dates back to the mid-1800s (the first American souvenir spoon, produced in the late 1800s, was outfitted with George Washington’s profile). By the time the Chicago World’s Fair arrived, in 1893, with its 27 million visitors, spoon-collecting had become a pastime. It’s impossible to say what people collecting spoons a…
In May, Meg and Maddie Antonelli, a mother-and-daughter duo who review new food products on TikTok, filmed themselves in their car in a Florida grocery store parking lot. Meg held up a container of powdered dill pickle seasoning from Sam’s Club; Maddie, a bag of Goldfish Original crackers. “Goldfish, if you’re seeing this, I think…
Accessories can often be an afterthought when dressing, especially when there are dozens of micro-trends floating up through TikTok. However, this season, the star of the show wasn’t a killer silhouette but often looked over jewelry and other pieces that will take your ‘fit to the next level. Gloves were a clear standout of this…
In 2018 Dave Eggers wrote the improbable nail-biter, “The Monk of Mokha,” about Mokhtar Alkhanshali — an American citizen of Yemeni parents barely scraping by in San Francisco — who went to Yemen to reestablish the coffee trade in his ancestral country, the place said to be where coffee-drinking originated. He went often to Yemen,…
Unlike many bags designed for carrying wine, the new canvas tote from Wine Enthusiast also has food in mind. Its new farmers’ market bag is well provisioned with pockets to hold jars, baguettes, even bunches of herbs and flowers, and wine bottles to be sure. It has a removable inner insulated cooler pouch for perishables…
To stock your cheese board it might pay to note this year’s top selections in the annual judging by the American Cheese Society. They were announced last week at the group’s conference in Portland, Ore. There are scores of categories for cheeses, butters and cultured dairy products, with winners in each. But only four were…
The parents of a girl who died after an e-bike accident filed a wrongful-death lawsuit on Monday against the Seattle e-bike company Rad Power Bikes. In the suit, Kaye and Jonathan Steinsapir, the parents of Molly Steinsapir, who died last year at age 12, claim that flaws in the bike’s design made it difficult for…
The recipe developer Alexis deBoschnek’s first cookbook, “To the Last Bite: Recipes and Ideas for Making the Most of Your Ingredients,” a bright volume of alluring recipes, is true to its title. It’s a waste-not cookbook that suggests sautéing the dark green tops of leeks in butter for a frittata and, recognizing “there’s always leftover…
Blanc de noir refers to white wine made from red grapes like pinot noir, engineered so the juice, which is white, is barely or not at all in contact with the red skins. It’s typical for Champagne, but occasionally winemakers pull it off to produce a still white wine, as the Prisoner Wine Company of…
Frutero makes the sorts of flavors more often found in sorbet than ice cream. But the intensity of the tangy-sweet tropical harvest shines through in Frutero’s creamy tangerine, passion fruit and pineapple, to name a few. These and the coconut are the most vibrant varieties in the collection from this two-year-old Philadelphia company. Guava, guanabana…