Adult alcohol consumption in the U.S. fell to 54% in 2025 from 67% in 2022. Excessive drinking causes roughly 178,000 deaths annually and reduces lifespan by 24 years on average. Counties with highest ...

Andrew F. Smith is a food historian and prolific author of books on food history. He is also a frequent guest on Good Food. His latest book is Drinking History: Fifteen Turning Points in the Making of ...

Drinking, and not drinking, is as old as America itself, from the beer-loving pilgrims on the Mayflower and Paul Revere’s boozy horse ride to Prohibition and the rise of Alcoholics Anonymous. Some ...

Americans are drinking more coffee than they have in decades. But fewer of them are getting it from Starbucks. The company that revolutionized the United States' coffee culture remains America's ...