A venue emails a caterer three days before an event. Its sustainability policy asks: is the glitter in the signature cocktail a microplastic? The caterer forwards it to the supplier. The supplier replies that the product is edible. That reply...

A shimmer serve crosses the room and every phone comes out. Your beverage director sees it happen twice and asks the only question a menu ever really asks: what does it cost us? So somebody does the sum off the...

You saw the video. A spoonful of shimmer goes into a mug, someone stirs, and the whole cup turns into a galaxy. So you tried edible glitter in coffee at home, and your cup just looked like coffee. Almost everyone...

Every jar on the shelf promises sparkle. The label rarely tells you which one will look right in a glass, and reviews do not settle it — five stars from somebody decorating cookies says nothing about a tall drink. So...

You open the jar, tip it, and half of it lands on the counter. Some lands on the cake. A fine film settles on the mug you were not decorating, and there is a shadow on your sleeve for the...

The question usually arrives at the worst moment. The cake is done. It looks beautiful. And someone at the table asks whether that shimmer is plastic. It is a fair question, and it has a fair reason behind it. Craft...