Butter (arguably) makes everything better – even tea. For Chime Dhorje, who works at Café Himalaya in New York City, the butter in the cup of tea before him ideally comes from a yak. Yak butter tea is ...

Around the world, people start their day with a variety of beverages, some common and others that may truly surprise you. The first drink in the morning can say a lot about a culture. It can be sour ...

Get a group of correspondents talking about the food they have sampled in their travels and you soon have a culinary atlas of the world. For example, James Burke recalls the time he was introduced to ...

Tea is the most popular drink in the world other than water. It beats out coffee and beer, which hold second and third place. May 21 is designated as International Tea Day by the United Nations, ...

Ah . . . steaming plates of chilies swimming in yak cheese. Tea churned with butter and salt. Gooey boiled ferns. These are some highlights of the traditional diet of Bhutan -- a tiny Himalayan nation ...