Category Archives: Things That Are Good/Bad For You
Beer Dinners Hit New Heights [Trends]
Here’s a report I put together for Food & Wine’s Mouthing Off site—CDB American craft beer’s surge into the spotlight has taken many forms, but until relatively recently, beer dinners in ultra fine dining settings were generally considered oddities, one-offs, … Continue reading
Filed under beer, James Beard, New York, Things That Are Good/Bad For You, Uncategorized
Finish Line…FaceSpace…Field Photos…
My first book, THE GREAT AMERICAN ALE TRAIL (Running Press ’11), is in its final stages of completion! What an amazing year of travel and discoveries…I don’t even know where to begin. Such an inspiring and challenging and rewarding project. … Continue reading
Brauereisterben
Slate: Germany’s beer culture is in decline. By Christian DeBenedetti. Posted Wednesday, March 2, 2011, at 10:07 AM ET Germans, famously, coin neologisms when a crisis hits or the culture reels in a new direction. Take die bad bank (toxic lender), kreditklemme (credit … Continue reading
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A Beer Pilgrim in Brewtopia [Ale Trails]
[The following was originally published in Food & Wine Magazine, June, 2009. Enjoy] Fanatically innovative brewers around the globe are creating new beers with unorthodox ingredients and techniques. Beer geek Christian DeBenedetti makes a pilgrimage to a newly famous scene … Continue reading
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Summer is Another Word for Beer [Down-Time]
Here, two quick recent hits of mine on summer beers from the latest edition of Men’s Journal. Rare Brews: Two exquisite craft beers, made only once a year Firestone: Walker Solace Hybrids of odd styles are popping up across the country, … Continue reading
The Lion, The Witches, and the Wardrobes [Books + Media]
On occasion I’m invited to profile prominent NYU alumni for the school’s magazine. Here, the latest, on John Delucie of The Waverly Inn, who opened his you-probably-can’t-get-there-either pleasure dome The Lion last week. I’ve toured both, so you don’t have to. … Continue reading
Introducing The Accidental Extremist
The best kind of travel is the least-expected. Even if it means narrowly escaping disaster. Especially if it means narrowly escaping disaster. Ever think to yourself, “I shoulda stayed home”? Tell your story over on my new blog, The Accidental Extremist. Think of … Continue reading
Reel Food [Comebacks]
It’s a rare film about haute cuisine that manages to come down to Earth and stir deep emotions, too; Big Night is an easy exception, but there are many more misses than hits in the ouevre. And great documentaries … Continue reading
The Savior and the Storm on K2 [Heroism]
PEMBA GYALJE SHERPA
On August 1, 2008, at just about 8 p.m., a massive serac cleaved from a glacier near the summit of K2, the world’s
second highest mountain, and barreled down a section of the Cesen climbing route called the Bottleneck. In an instant, one climber was dead, key safety lines were swept away, and 17 climbers were trapped above 27,000 feet with little chance of escape.
