For the uninitiated, understanding sake can be tough. Its production process is entirely different from wine and beer. A variety of sake quality categories are also predicated on how finely ground the ...

You’ve mastered single-malt and bested craft beer; you’ve even solved the mysteries of mezcal and speak reasonable rum. But what of that clear — and clearly baffling — Japanese rice beverage called ...

Lucy Simon is a New York-based wine, spirits, and food writer has been with Food & Wine since the spring of 2021. To drink sake or to drink wine, that is the question. As sake sales have skyrocketed ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Cheryl Tiu is a Miami-based writer covering travel, food and beverage. At Kru in Brooklyn, when lobster tartare folded with ...

For the month of October, LoLa 41 is featuring flights of different Japanese sakes — each with a unique flavor profile — and suggesting which of the restaurant’s menu items guests might want to pair ...

Travelers to Japan should consider a side trip to shop and eat in Niigata, one of the country’s most rewarding food ...

The Sunday tasting event sends participants on a multi-stop sake tour through downtown Healdsburg.

For years, most Americans knew sake — assuming they knew it at all — as a hot, jet fuel-like drink sipped from thimble-sized cups between bites of sushi. Turns out, we were swallowing schlock. "There ...

Rice may not be the first thing that comes to mind at the thought of south Louisiana's Cajun and Creole food, but it's everywhere — in jambalaya and boudin and served with red beans and a host of ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Craving authenticity when it comes to Japanese food? You can be sure ...

Sake. A four-letter word we either love or love to hate. Co-founders, Jon Rugg and Troy Nakamatsu of Sawtelle Sake have decidedly turned sake on its head, but it’s not as easy as they make it look. It ...