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Jennifer Allen

Back-to-school shopping in June? Here’s why you need to start now

The back-to-school scramble used to belong to late August, a frantic weekend of crowded aisles and picked-over shelves. That window is moving; a growing share of American families now start buying school supplies in June, weeks before the first bell and long before the seasonal rush peaks.

Four Seasons just bet on Seville, and it’s far from the only luxury brand circling Andalucía

Four Seasons is heading to Seville. The luxury operator and Spanish investment firm Blasson have announced plans for Four Seasons Hotel Sevilla, a roughly 55-room property in a restored landmark on Plaza Nueva, in the heart of the city’s Arenal Quarter. The hotel is due to open within

Cheese is having a gourmet moment. Have you tried these 17 different preparations?

National Cheese Day has become one of the most commercially active food holidays of the summer, as home cooks turn to technique-driven recipes that treat the ingredient as the main event. The special day has moved well past cheese boards and into territory that looks a lot more like

American travelers are chasing authentic food experiences — Philadelphia has been doing it right for decades

Philadelphia has earned its place in American food culture over generations of cooks, markets and neighborhood restaurants, and rarely felt the need to advertise it. The city’s food identity runs through immigrant markets that have never closed, a Vietnamese sandwich corridor that gives the cheesesteak a run for its

Forget the Michelin Stars. Savvy travelers are now heading straight to the supermarket

You land in a new city and somehow end up at the neighborhood supermercado before you visit a single landmark. The travel industry now has a name for that instinct: “grocery store tourism.” This is the practice of browsing local supermarkets, convenience stores and food markets as a deliberate part

Slice just joined the gut-health soda boom with a tropical pineapple

Slice has a new flavor on grocery store shelves, and it tastes like a tropical getaway. The revived soda brand just added Pineapple to its lineup. It’s a bright, crisp flavor crafted from a blend of prebiotics, probiotics and postbiotics, with 35 calories and 5 grams of sugar. It

Michelin just proved what serious eaters already knew — the best food in America isn’t where you think

Michelin’s decision to send anonymous inspectors into Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and other states this year confirms that regional American food drives travel interest far beyond the traditional fine-dining capitals. The guide has now expanded to more than 15 U.S. regions in three years, and the