When I was growing up, my grandmother would pick my brother and me up from school on Fridays and take us straight to a diner where she and my grandfather had gone on some of their first dates. Our ...

If there’s one dessert drink that captures the heart of childhood summers and old-fashioned American desserts, it’s the root beer float. Imagine that perfect mix of creamy vanilla ice cream and fizzy, ...

Frothy, sweet and deliciously complex, root beer is the kind of bubbly libation that’s exactly right on a hot day. It’s refreshing straight out of the can or bottle — and an instant treat poured over ...