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Percentage of adult Americans who do not drink any type of alcohol (including wine), according to a 2016 Wine Market Council Industry Report. That leaves the rest of us (63 percent) who do. Of the adult Americans who drink alcohol, 37 percent drink wine.

According to Consumer Reports, which vegetable below is healthier for you when it’s cooked, rather than raw?

A. Tomatoes

B. Onion

C. Zucchini

D. Snow Peas

Speaking personally, I have always assumed that vegetables are healthier when they are eaten raw. Wrong, says Consumer Reports in their Oct 2022 issue. Among the vegetables that are healthier cooked: tomatoes, carrots, mushrooms, spinach, bell peppers, and asparagus. When tomatoes are baked, fried, or pureed and cooked as a sauce, the heat increases the phytochemical lycopene which has been linked to lower rates of cancer and heart disease. The magazine cites one study where absorbable lycopene was boosted 35% after tomatoes were heated for 30 minutes at 190 degrees F. Cooking tomatoes also concentrates their flavor. CR suggests quartering tomatoes, drizzling them with olive oil, sprinkling garlic and a little salt and pepper on them, then roasting them in the oven for half an hour at 200 degrees F.

As reported this week in The Drinks Business, Moët Hennessy CEO Philippe Schaus said that the luxury giant LVMH (which owns the Champagne brands Moët & Chandon, Krug, Dom Pérignon and Veuve Clicquot), was “running out of stock” of some of its Champagnes. Analysts say the easing of the Covid pandemic has resulted in a surging demand for Champagne. (Time to lay in a few bottles for New Years.)

Moët Hennessy CEO Philippe Schaus

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