#Booze #FoodAndBeverage #MarthaStewartLiving #ContentWriting Craft cocktail enthusiasts know that to make the perfect drink, you need the highest quality, freshest ingredients. But how often do we think about another central aspect of the ideal cocktail  -- the glass? Denver Cramer and Liely Faulkner, the designers behind Australian glassware company Denver + Liely, spend a lot of time thinking about just that. They say their 'perfect gin glass' is the optimal shape for a cla

#FoodAndBeverage #Kale #MarthaStewart #ContentWriting It's the go-to green of hipsters and those aiming to eat healthy, and it may be getting a makeover. Kale, a member of the same family as cabbage, brussel sprouts, and broccoli, is well known for it's health benefits -- why it even has "superfood" status. It may seem to dominate the produce section, even turn up in the snack aisle (kale chips anyone?), and be all over restaurant menus these days but kale hasn't been a popul

#MarthaStewartLiving #FoodAndBeverage #ContentWriting For us and probably for you too, a big part of the holidays is baking cookies for family, friends, neighbors, and yes for Santa too. Many home bakers have a stash of cookie cutters but hardcore cookiers (cookie decorating enthusiasts) take it to another level and are always on the lookout for the new hot shape to add to their collection. Just what are the trends in cookie cutters? To find out we asked the experts at Ann Cl

#Booze #FoodAndBeverage #MarthaStewartLiving #ContentWriting Visiting family for the holidays can mean endless hours of driving, navigating unfamiliar roads, and for many, the frustration of trying to figure out where you can buy that bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau you promised you'd pick up. Thanks to the bizarre remnants of prohibition that still have a hold over alcohol distribution laws in the United States, knowing when and where to buy booze can be a complicated logic puz

#HowStuffWorks #History #FoodAndBeverage #Booze #Wine On the first Sunday of October, thousands of Europeans gather in the Roman Hills for La Sagra dell'Uva di Marino. The long-standing wine festival features good wine, of course, as well as processions, historical costumes, music and even a jousting tournament. The festival, hosted in the small working town of Marino, Italy, has been around since 1925, when it was advocated for by Leone Ciprelli, a local poet with a deep aff