My mother-in-law’s best friend is a Filipino woman whose favorite thing was to host elaborate feasts, which would essentially shut down the neighborhood for a few hours as everyone would stop by.

We covered a lot of ground in our Alton Brown interview last week, but one topic missing from our conversation was around food. Actually, we did ask him one food question, and yes, it’s the food question you’re dying to hear.

Welcome to Ask Kate About Beer, in which The Takeout’s resident beer expert answers everything you’ve ever wanted to know about beer but were too drunk to ask. Have a question? Shoot it to beer@thetakeout.com

I don’t know what you turn to in times of need—your loved ones, a support group, the Bible—but I know exactly where to go to solve all my problems: the internet!

Every so often, when a bear grows accustomed enough to the presence of nearby humans, it’ll be brave enough to put both itself and those nearby humans in a terrifying situation. You can’t really fault the bear on this one; we have fridges and coolers full of food, we sometimes enjoy meals outdoors, and these days…

One of the more basic aspects of good customer service is helping and demonstrating respect for all customers, regardless of any additional needs they may have from time to time. At a Burger King in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, a deaf customer experienced the precise opposite of good customer service when she was…

Welcome to Gateways To Drinkery, where The Takeout offers an entry-level course on our favorite libations, and some suggestions on where to start drinking them.

Some parents will go all out for their child’s birthday party. For Nailed It! stans, that includes putting an offer out to the show’s host, Nicole Byer, to come host the whole she-bang. Byer tweeted about the phenomenon recently, saying she’d host these parties for $1 million a piece, mostly because she hates kids. As…

Alton Brown wanted to talk about something else.

I am in favor of the trend of making vegetables taste like Buffalo chicken wings. Who wouldn’t be intrigued? It’s hardly alchemy—it’s hot sauce and butter.

Like quiche, caprese salad, and hummus, watermelon and feta salad is something that enjoyed its time in the food trend spotlight. Now, it seems familiar, and maybe a little tired.