Take a sip of your favorite root beer. What does it taste like, besides familiar? Wintergreen, licorice, cherry, ginger, vanilla and nutmeg are among the most prevalent notes, and they make root beer ...

Summertime is the season for homemade root beer and root beer floats! Making root-beer is simple and fun to do. 1) In a large container, add the water and sugar together. Using a large whisk or spoon, ...

A frosty mug of ice-cold root beer is the perfect drink for a tasty meal. Make it for a party or event and you’ll get plenty ...

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease a 9- by 13-inch baking pan. Mix the flour, baking powder and salt and set aside. Blend butter and eggs. Add sugar and vanilla. Fold in flour mixture with root beer.

The Times-Picayune is marking the tricentennial of New Orleans with its ongoing 300 for 300 project, running through 2018 and highlighting the moments and people that connect and inspire us. Today, ...

Some say today is the day root beer was invented by Charles Elmer Hires in 1866 in Philadelphia. It might be more accurate to say Hires became the first U.S. businessman to aggressively advertise a ...