Dining and Nightlife

The more time I spend in Costa Rica, the more I use these strange ingredients to my advantage. We would never have attempted lentil burgers or Thai green curry had bags of legumes and cans of coconut milk not been so plentiful. We are no longer distracted by the frozen vegetables and heat-and-serve dinner kits we once bought from Trader Joe’s.

“Proyecto Camarón,” (shrimp project) on Venado Island, in the Gulf of Nicoya, is a floating restaurant that promises a unique experience for all visitors....

Anyone who has read my haphazard musings can probably discern, in the shadows of my current incarnation as an “oh, maybe just one glass...

Delizia is a family owned business, located in Escazú, San José, that sells and distributes the finest wines from the US. It is the...

In a recent study, researchers found that more layers of foam on top of a liquid make it less likely to spill. So going with some hearty traditional beer may be good for more than just your holiday spirit. It could keep your clothes dry, too, as you get tipsier.

Here are six tropical foods and spices that grow in Costa Rica that you definitely know but probably have never seen au naturel.

How would one serve a traditional Thanksgiving meal with a few Costa Rican twists? Tico Times columnist and culture editor Katherine Stanley and her husband, chef Adrián Obando, explore a few possibilities.

Here are six tropical foods and spices that grow in Costa Rica that you definitely know but probably have never seen au naturel.

BrewDog's expansion throughout Central America begins in Costa Rica "as a door for the rest of the region."

"It's a visual experience and that seems to motivate people a lot. I have never seen another place that offers rompope like we do."