Everybody loves a cheese plate. Whether it’s the first thing you eat at a party or the last, the spread rarely goes untouched and is often the biggest hit of the night. The risk with a party favorite like this, however, is that everybody’s serving them…

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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…