Almonds, blended and strained in substantial quantities to satisfy our collective thirst for plant-based milk alternatives, have travelled a great distance to become a coffee shop staple.

Native to the Tian Shan Mountains of Central Asia, California’s Central Valley produces more than three-quarters of the world’s supply. Grown in mega-farms wholly reliant on honeybees for pollination, it’s the insects that now must do the travelling.

 

Before visiting Greece, I always associated instant coffee with my friend’s dad’s fishing boat. Shelf-stable and easily prepared, it was the beverage of choice when sailing the northern end of the Salish Sea. Stirred straight into a mug filled with hot water, it smelled as much of coffee as it did diesel fumes. Certainly, it was a means to a jittery, caffeinated end, and that in itself makes it worthy of appreciation.

 

According to a University of Oxford report, what you decide to eat has a bigger impact than where you do your grocery shopping.

 

For each serving of fruit and vegetables they assumed their Facebook friends ate, the participants devoured an extra fifth of a serving, a study showed.

 

Lightly acidic and beautifully crisp, lemon pepper wings are the pinnacle of poultry perfection. The seasoning provides a perfect marriage of savoury flavours that puts honey garlic, ranch, buffalo-sauced and barbecue-spiced wings to shame.

 

The Gabola Church is not your average church. Dressed in a red robe and a gold-trimmed bishop’s miter, the clergyman pours whiskey into his cupped hand and anoints the forehead of the man sitting before him.

 

Brace yourselves bartenders, beer foam art is here. Joining edible glitter as the newest trend to hit the beer world, a U.S. company is banking on the concept being as popular in bars as it has been in specialty coffee shops.

 
 
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