It's the afternoon, and you deserve a break. Sit back, pour yourself a glass, and enjoy these food stories from around the Internet.
Here's a hack all at-home cocktailers should learn: how to crush your own ice in under a minute without a blender or ice crusher. Basically, you just fill a towel with ice and whack it against any solid surface you can find. It doubles as an anger-management tool. [Zagat]
Some wine glasses can fit an entire bottle of wine. Don't believe us? Watch this video. [via @rachelsanders on Vine]
This dispenser will keep 80 ounces of beer--or any beverage of your choice--ice-cold for hours without the ice coming into contact with it. Apparently, some people prefer it that way (and it's good). [Huffington Post]
Grapevines weren't always domesticated--science finds that it took vineyards in southern France almost 600 years to domesticate the vines. Farmers also grafted the cuttings of good vines to dodge the possibility of a bad vine. [Discovery]
Another reason not to support fracking: it might ruin the German beer industry. Say bye-bye to Kolsch, Helles, Weissbier...and Oktoberfest. [Gawker]
We've been drinking all week. Help yourself!