Newswire32 min ago32mSaveNewswire32 min agoNewswireCome si dice “bagel” in italiano?Aimee LevittFor 20 years, Linda Martinez and Steve Brenner, a married American couple, have lived in Rome, where, most recently,…
Newswire4/15/21Apr 15SaveNewswire4/15/21NewswireWould you pay $5 for a ketchup packet?Aimee Levitt26These are desperate times in America. The pandemic is coming to an end, yes, but now we face yet another grave…
Newswire4/15/21Apr 15SaveNewswire4/15/21NewswireJeni’s tries again to sell Dolly Parton ice cream [UPDATE]Lillian Stone and Aimee Levitt17Update, April 15, 2021: Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! Get your refresh finger ready! Jeni’s is trying online sales again today,…
Newswire4/14/21Apr 141Newswire4/14/21NewswireTaco Bell goes all-digital in Times Square, eliminates lines and talkingAimee Levitt16Ah, Times Square, crossroads of the world, where tourists from everywhere mingle with Disney characters, Broadway…
Burning Questions4/14/21Apr 141Burning Questions4/14/21Burning QuestionsHow do you reheat fried chicken? (And is it even worth it?)Aimee Levitt65Fried chicken is one of the best things in the whole wide world. Even at a fast-food joint, even if it’s tofu or…
Newswire4/13/21Apr 13SaveNewswire4/13/21NewswireBig Food has fallen in love with Big DataAimee Levitt9Of all the major industries, food has been the slowest to succumb to the lure of data collection. Retail, for…
Newswire4/13/21Apr 131Newswire4/13/21NewswireBusch wants to give your lazy, freeloading dog an actual paying jobAimee Levitt6I once tried to explain the concept of work to my dog. I decided he needed to understand why I spend so much time…
Hot Links4/12/21Apr 12SaveHot Links4/12/21Hot LinksForget the baguette—in France, everybody’s eating les tacosAimee Levitt36French cuisine is a living thing, ever evolving and changing, just like the food of other countries. French people…
Newswire4/9/21Apr 9SaveNewswire4/9/21NewswireCostco is slowly reopening its food courts, and soon all will be right with the worldAimee Levitt4Exciting news everyone: Costco plans to start reopening its food courts! Now you can hang around the store and munch…
Last Call4/8/21Apr 8SaveLast Call4/8/21Last CallLast Call: The ballad of the Dolly Parton ice cream that broke the internetAimee Levitt4I was thinking yesterday about the nature of boredom, how it makes you agitated and lackadaisical at the same time.…
Newswire4/8/21Apr 8SaveNewswire4/8/21NewswireIs your sense of taste still distorted by COVID? There’s a new cookbook for that.Aimee Levitt3One of the most disorienting symptoms of COVID-19, as we all know by now, is the loss of the sense of smell. Since…
Newswire4/7/21Apr 7SaveNewswire4/7/21NewswireStarbucks prepares to dispose of disposable cupsAimee Levitt30Starbucks hot cups are deceptive: although they look like they’re made of innocent, recyclable paper, they’re…
Hot Links4/6/21Apr 6SaveHot Links4/6/21Hot LinksYour freezer isn’t just for frozen food and leftovers—you can keep ingredients in there, tooAimee Levitt15My freezer has become a repository of frozen food from Trader Joe’s, half-eaten pints of ice cream, bags of Costco…
Hot Links4/5/21Apr 5SaveHot Links4/5/21Hot LinksThe decline and fall of the dining room tableAimee Levitt64My parents bought a dining room table sometime in the ’80s. They put it in the part of the house designated as the…
Oh My Word4/5/21Apr 5SaveOh My Word4/5/21Oh My WordWhat foods do you eat while gaming?Marnie Shure, Dennis Lee, and Aimee Levitt33Welcome to Gamer Week, in which The Takeout will be celebrating the edible side of video games all week long.
Hot Links4/2/21Apr 21Hot Links4/2/21Hot LinksYou’ll never be a great cook if you don’t have the nafasAimee Levitt17Why is food produced by some cooks (usually grandmothers) so much better than the exact same food—down to the…
Features4/2/21Apr 21Features4/2/21FeaturesThis year I celebrated Passover with Ten Plagues PeepsAimee Levitt18In December of 2015, the Rabbinical Assembly, an international council of Conservative rabbis, had a meeting and…
Newswire4/1/21Apr 11Newswire4/1/21NewswireDust off your Yiddish, take it to the deli, and get yourself a free bagelAimee Levitt11Do you know the word “bagel”? Do you know the word “schmear”? Congratulations! You know two words of Yiddish! You…
Newswire3/31/21Mar 31SaveNewswire3/31/21NewswireHey guess what? There’s a new pasta shape!Aimee Levitt26For some reason, I thought the canon of pasta shapes was fixed and eternal. Spaghetti, linguine, cavatappi, penne,…
Newswire3/30/21Mar 30SaveNewswire3/30/21NewswireDoes your dog eat Midwestern Pet Foods? You may need to respond to this product recall.Aimee Levitt1Midwestern Pet Foods has issued a massive recall of 140 lots of pet foods across five different brands after a…