Month: July 2014

As food writers, we’re used to coming up with creative ways to talk about food. We’ve established the words we want to stay far away from — like “moist” and “nom nom” — and we do our best to not overuse basic, but absolutely necessary, food descripto…

You know what’s more refreshing than an iced cold beer on a hot summer day? An ice cold beer with sweet lemonade added to it. This simple combination of our two favorite drinks goes by the name of shandy — and it should be summer’s official drink. Des…

The only thing better than eating a giant slice of watermelon is drinking one. The insanely high water content of this melon makes it a natural choice for a beverage. And its sweet flavor makes it a guaranteed favorite. If you’ve ever tried watermelon …

WASHINGTON — It’s pretty rare that members of Congress and all the witnesses they’ve called will declare out loud that Americans are just too ignorant to be given a piece of information, but that was a key conclusion of a session of the House Agricult…

Peyton Postol of Boiling Springs, S.C. struck gold — er, silver — recently when she opened a snack bag of Goldfish.

“I opened up and I asked my mom, is there supposed to be a ring in here?” Postol told CBS affiliate WSPA.

Her mother Stephanie loo…

We’ve all been there at one time or another.

You’re sitting at a restaurant with some friends, glancing over the menu. You look down and — bam — there it is: a word you have absolutely no idea how to pronounce.

In the video above from ZAGAT, an array of passerby try their hand at pronouncing some French cuisine favorites. The results are equally disastrous and hilarious.

All we have to say is, bonne chance and bon appétit.

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