Brian Freedman is a wine, spirits, travel, and food writer; event host and speaker; and drinks educator. He regularly contributes to Food & Wine, and his first book, Crushed: How A Changing Climate Is ...

The ultimate fodder for subpar stand-up comics and habitual makers of small-talk, flying is simply godawful — and it's only grown more unpleasant since a certain catastrophe almost 15 years ago.

If you’re a fan of cocktails, you’ve probably noticed the bottle with an oversized white paper label perched near your bartender’s station. This is Angostura bitters, the quintessential cocktail ...