According to a 2014 Pew Research study, Millennials are no more liberal on guns than their parents or grandparents. So, the NRA has an opportunity to reach young people—with a message that resonates. I’m a young woman who had the fortune of growing up in a gun family with a long history of hunting and appreciation for the great outdoors. I also spent the past year researching the Second Amendment and the Millennial generation for a new book. I have plenty of ideas for how the NRA can attract more young people, particularly young women.

Key Takeaways:

• If there was ever any doubt about the power that the millennial generation has over dining trends, the 2017 National Restaurant Association (NRA) Show put those to rest.
• “I think the overall trend this year is creativity,” says Christopher Koetke, vice president of Kendall College’s School of Culinary Arts and a FABI Award judge.
• The trend of gluten-free and other specialty diets, including vegetarian and vegan offerings, is not new but continues to be met with a number of improved items.

“In food and beverages, kitchen innovations, and technology, the preferences of millennials—and even Generation Z, or those born between 1996 and 2010—have taken hold.”

Read more: https://www.qsrmagazine.com/exclusives/nra-show-recap-it-s-all-about-millennials

Mixed drinks is a blended mixed beverage that requires blending possibly one sort of liquor with juices, soda pop and different natural products or blending numerous mixed beverages with juices or ice tea. Mock tail is any blended beverage that does not have liquor. The name mock-tail is determined “false” intending to “mimic or copy” alluding to mock-tails emulating a mixed drink as it appears to be fundamentally the same as a mixed drink yet does not have liquor or some other spirits.

Key Takeaways:

• Shrubs are tart beverages made with vinegar and fruit that trace back to colonial times when the vinegar served as a preservative.
• The best selling drink in both the cocktail and mocktail categories at Heirloom is the “I Trust You” drink.
• Sassafras has been the flavor base for the many drinks that have gone by the name root beer. It’s bright, herbal, and refreshing

“Ingredients for a strong mocktail program aren’t that different from those of a cocktail program. But without “the booze, mocktails must be that much more bold, complex and interesting in terms of flavor.”

Read more: http://www.nrn.com/naturally-inspiring/what-makes-mocktail