Um, this is about to be tearing up some Bloody Mary's at my next brunch (and probably also some buttholes).

Gatorade may have millions of dollars worth of research behind it and a bunch of star athletes endorsing it, but it turns out the humble old banana still does a better job of giving you an energy and nutritional boost when you're exercising. New research looked at whether a banana or a carbohydrate sports drink like…

First Starbucks switched to cochineal extract, a food coloring made from ground up bugs, to satisfy the demands of people wanting more natural products used in their food. Then the vegans found out the company had opted for insects and freaked out. So now Starbucks has announced it has abandoned the bug juice and will…

Whether you're a vegan or not, the idea of eating crushed up bugs is kind of upsetting—and yet a lot of us do it regularly and don't even realize it. Wait, we do? Yes, the bugs in question are used to make something called cochineal extract, which is actually a pretty common product used to dye foods like yogurt and…

We first learned about Starbucks's plan for World Juice Domination back in November when they purchased juice company Evolution Fresh. Now, lo these many months later, the first Evolution Fresh store has opened in Bellevue, Washington, and, well, it sort of looks like what you'd get if a Whole Foods and a Starbucks…

Although kiwis would be more likely to recognize the black figure in this ad as a golliwogg. Jones Soda serves up whole sheaf of ethnic and sexual stereotypes, including a turban'd man holding a detonator, for your soft-drinking pleasure. Revolutionary.

Talk about surrendering to a higher power: Mrs. Margaret Anderson, "the noble woman who is hated by the whiskey trust", has discovered a secret remedy for drunkenness, "which anyone can give secretly." We suspect the time-honored snake-in-bottle ruse. [Vintage_Ads]

Herewith, Lapham's Quarterly brings us a handy-dandy cheat-sheet the favored drugs and booze for literary icons, all in the pursuit of greatness. Carson McCullers' tipple of choice — hot tea and sherry — was especially ladylike. [Lapham's Quarterly]