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Sponsored content writing for the 2018 Destinations issue of Worth magazine This 8-page advertorial was sponsored by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority to highlight the city as a thriving destination for travel, as well as sports ventures and a conference hub. The special insert appeared in the summer 2018 issue. You don’t know […]

These easy tips will have you turning your old food into gold in no time.  Composting may seem like something reserved for farmers in Kansas or hippies in Woodstock, but it’s actually a fairly easy practice that any eco-conscious person can adopt. You might ask, “Why should I compost?” Food trash makes up a large […]

There are very few wine jobs that Monika Elling doesn’t do: As the founder and CEO of Foundations Marketing Group, an NYC brand development agency, she helps wine producers with crafting blends, labels, and marketing strategies. As the founder of The Paradigm Collection, she’s a fine wine importer. And as the author of Wine 123: […]

‘Chopped’ champ Adrienne Grenier gives advice for getting the best produce on your next neighborhood trip There’s nothing quite as great as bringing home a bag full of colorful, ripe farmers market produce. But that being said—picking out the right produce for the season, knowing which vendor to purchase from or even how to know […]

The phrase “a one-woman show” is often thrown around to describe women who kick butt at their jobs—but for wine director Christine Wright, that’s an apt descriptor. Without any sommeliers on staff—or even someone to help in the cellar—Christine is “the end-all-be-all” of her wine program at NYC’s Hearth, James Beard Award-winning chef Marco Canora’s […]

After testing five meal subscription boxes, I’ve learned that they’re not that different. You get the box (some are doing a better job of making their packaging eco-friendly than others), you prepare the food, and you eat it. Do meal kits suddenly make you enjoy cooking if you’ve simply tolerated it before? In my case, […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story releases May 25—and we’re already having a hard time containing our excitement. It’s no secret we’re big geeks around here, and Star Wars ranks pretty high in the Grok Nation books. The latest in the Star Wars saga, directed by Ron Howard, tells the story of a young smuggler named […]

Although we’ve featured quite a few young sommeliers in Wine of the Week, none got their start quite as early as Rebecca Wiffin, a New Zealand winemaker. “I guess you could say I’ve been involved in the New Zealand wine industry since I was 3 years old,” she tells Grok Nation. “That’s when our family […]

We’re nearing the end of spring and heading into summer, which only means one thing: It’s wedding season. This year there’s even more hubbub than usual, though; it seems the whole world has wedding fever. And that’s thanks to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. The LA native will wed Britain’s sixth-in-line-to-the-throne on Saturday, May 19. […]

Our Wine of the Week column gives us the opportunity to feature females in the industry. So when the Grok Nation team had dinner at NYC restaurant Marta, and we were served by Monique Wise, a very knowledgeable sommelier—we knew we had to ask for her picks. As informative as she was about wine, Monique […]