TOP PICK: Demitri’s Bloody Mary Mix

No matter what the season, Bloody Mary is one of America’s top three favorite cocktails. Despite those ubiquitous Martinis and Cosmos, Bloody Marys remain among the country’s most popular cocktails. Depending on the market, Mary is the number one, two or three best-seller at restaurants and bars, and generally the most commonly served cocktail at…
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PRODUCT: Last-Minute Gifts At Williams-Sonoma

Hot chocolate in regular or mint—go for the mint. Dashing through the snow (and we have plenty of it in the Northeast right now), we raced into Williams-Sonoma for some last-minute holiday gifts. There are plenty of good things to eat there. We had been to the store a week earlier, and had the opportunity…
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PRODUCT REVIEW: Penguin Ice Premium Spring Water

For Penguin Ice bottled waters, the bottle is just as important as the water inside it; its cute name and logo are hardly a prerequisite for serious bottled water drinkers. But Penguin Bottling Company believes that water is fashion: While there’s always been the good and the blah of bottled water in terms of taste,…
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TRENDS: Per Capita Beer Consumption Increases

Gordon Biersch Märzen. Read our full review of this American craft brew.   After declining annually since 2002, per capita beer consumption in the U.S. rose slightly last year. In 2007, total beer volume in the U.S. increased by 1.4%, returning to 2002 levels, according to recent research. We’re talking about domestic mass-marketed beers, the…
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NEW PRODUCT: Oolong Shot Tea Wellness Boost

Since its debut, we’ve been hooked on ITO EN’s Sencha Shot, a highly concentrated 6.4-ounce steel can of unsweetened, premium green tea with an an energy boosting 152 mg of green tea catechins (antioxidants). We order it by the case. Now there’s Oolong shot, with a whopping 171 milligrams of oolong tea polyphenols. Oolong, also…
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