The Tastemakers: Why We’re Crazy for Cupcakes but Fed Up with Fondue
Tastemaker, n. Anyone with the power to make you eat quinoa.Kale. Spicy sriracha sauce. Honeycrisp apples. Cupcakes. These days, it seems we are constantly discovering a new food that will make us healthier, happier, or even somehow cooler. Chia seeds, after a brief life as a novelty houseplant and I Love the ’80s punchline, are suddenly a superfood. …
Chocolate Wars: The 150-Year Rivalry Between the World’s Greatest Chocolate Makers
In the early nineteenth century the major English chocolate firmsFry, Rowntree, and Cadburywere all Quaker family enterprises that aimed to do well by doing good. The English chocolatiers introduced the world’s first chocolate bar and ever fancier chocolate temptationswhile also writing groundbreaking papers on poverty, publishing authoritative studies of the Bible, and campaigning against human rights abuses. Chocolate …
The story of self-made billionaire Jess Jackson, who put Chardonnay on America’s tables as he built the KendallJackson wine empire from a few mountainous acres of grapes, and raced the Horse of the Year three years in a row, is a remarkable tale of romance, risk, and reinventionperhaps the greatest second act in the history of American business.Jess …
Champagne, Uncorked: The House of Krug and the Timeless Allure of the World’s Most Celebrated Drink
The epitome of effervescence and centerpiece of celebration, Champagne has become a universal emblem of good fortune, and few can resist its sparkleIn Champagne, Uncorked, Alan Tardi journeys into the heartland of the world’s most beloved wine. Anchored by the year he spent inside the prestigious and secretive Krug winery in Reims, the story follows the creation of …