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For me, very few shelves at Total Wine are more confounding than the sake section, and still more are far less mysterious. When it comes to sake, choices abound. There are small bottles, big bottles, ...

From the outside, Mori looks slightly bunkerish, and with its weird VFW sign, I thought I might stumble into a concrete room filled with bitter WWII vets smoking and talking about “the big one.” But ...

Many people know sake as a hot, often medicinal drink served at Japanese restaurants. But the rice wine is breaking out of its place in the U.S. as a mere sushi sidekick. More refined artisanal and ...

A primer on how to drink sake mirrors that of Japanese whisky: you savor it. Considered the national drink of Japan, sake has served as a staple in Japanese cuisine and culture for centuries (as has ...

We’ve evolved to protect ourselves from dangerous food. We have a genetic predisposition to find spoiled vittles repellent, and we must “acquire a taste” for bitter or stinky foodstuffs like coffee or ...

For a low-ABV cocktail that goes down smoothly, try swapping liquor for sake with help from an expert who offers some novel advice.