Amelia Schwartz

4 days ago | foodandwine.com | Amelia Schwartz

The food and beverage industry is constantly evolving. Everywhere you turn there are new trends and new tech, but also new challenges that force you to rethink everything you know. The 2025 Food & Wine Game Changers — our fifth annual list of the people, products, and companies changing the way we eat and drink for the better — are meeting those challenges with creativity and grit. One of the biggest themes in this year’s Game Changers list is accessibility.

4 days ago | foodandwine.com | Amelia Schwartz

Credit: Greg DuPree / Food Styling by Chelsea Zimmer / Prop Styling by Christina Daley In 1968, the New England Journal of Medicine published a letter to the editor with the headline, “Chinese-Restaurant Syndrome.” The letter detailed the numbness and weakness the letter-writer would experience after eating Chinese food. It theorized that MSG (monosodium glutamate) was to blame.

5 days ago | foodandwine.com | Amelia Schwartz

Credit: Victor Protasio / Food Styling by Emily Nabors Hall / Prop Styling by Christina Daley Looking for an escape? Open a cookbook. There are thousands of cookbooks that center on a specific place — ones that take a deep dive into that region’s style of cooking through recipes and stunning location photography. A good travel cookbook has the power to transport you across the world, without even having to leave your kitchen.

5 days ago | yahoo.com | Amelia Schwartz

Looking for an escape? Open a cookbook. There are thousands of cookbooks that center on a specific place — ones that take a deep dive into that region’s style of cooking through recipes and stunning location photography. A good travel cookbook has the power to transport you across the world, without even having to leave your kitchen.

1 week ago | foodandwine.com | Amelia Schwartz

Credit: Food & Wine / Photo by Victor Protasio / Food Styling by Emily Nabors Hall / Prop Styling by Christina Daley Either you already love Spam, or you really ought to love Spam. A lot of Americans turn their nose up at this canned meat, but they’re missing out. Spam is delicious, easy to prepare, and great for weeknight dinners of fried rice, tacos, or sandwiches. Beyond Spam Classic, Hormel Foods produces 12 additional creative Spam flavors. But which ones are actually worth buying?