In the U.K., cookies are called “biscuits”, nuts are called “nootz,” and unleavened dough is called “pastry.” Ergo, Pastry Week is not about the fancy little baked delights we in America were expecting, but rather about excessively complicated and batshit crazy pies that no sane human would ever make in any real…

Like any good Corn Belt Catholic, my earliest experience with fish was being forced to eat it on Fridays instead of the meaty stuff I’d much rather have had. Variations on the theme included freezer-burned fish sticks, badly cooked catfish, and canned tuna. I’ve been off the stuff to this very day. Even as an adult, I…

Hi Kate, I love spicy food of all types but I struggle to know what kind of beer to drink with it. If I’m home and cooking dinner for myself and my partner, I could choose any style my liquor store has. So what’s the best one to look for?

I saw the Hope Diamond yesterday. It was fine. I had gone to the Smithsonian Natural History Museum with my kids to check out some fossils and mummies, and it turns out the Hope Diamond is there, too. Figured I should check it out while I was there, and honestly, I was expecting more. When I think of a gigantic…

Eight months have passed since the start of the Great Beer Wars of 2019, which were sparked by the death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand a controversial Super Bowl commercial involving knights and a barrel of corn syrup. Since then, MillerCoors and Bud Light brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev have been locked in not just a legal…

Cakes made from boxed mixes can be a little lackluster, one-note, and cloying, but one ingredient—whipped cream—can change all that. The fluffy dairy smooths over any telltale chemical leavening flavors, and adds height and body.

Here in Chicago, members of the Chicago Teachers Union, which supports the Chicago Public Schools, went on strike yesterday morning and continue to strike today. It’s not just about the money (although that would always be welcome, especially since many teachers have to buy their own supplies) but about the lack of res…

There are several reasons why I decided at an early age that I would never have children, and one of them is the stress. There’s so much responsibility inherent in raising a child. You have to feed it and shelter it and nurture it and give it enough education so it gets into a good college and enough love so it…

That didn’t last long. The first Chick-fil-A in the U.K., located in a Reading, England shopping center called The Oracle, opened just eight days ago. Today The Oracle’s management tells the BBC the center will not renew Chick-fil-A’s six-month lease, likely as a result of pressure and boycotts from LGBTQ rights…

One of the coolest things about being a woman who is somewhat in the public eye is receiving messages from total strangers about all the things that are wrong with me. I’ve gotten emails, tweets, and comments about all sorts of things random people think I should fix, like my speaking voice, my language, my ability to…

It’s football season, and you all know what that means: wings! It just so happens that KFC has begun selling wings again. And KFC is so thoughtful: It delivers! But yesterday the chain’s generosity went above and beyond. The Seasoned Tickets promotion, which went on sale at 8 AM Eastern via StubHub, promised that, for…

It’s been 84 years since Burger King took its cheesy tots off the menu—just kidding, it’s only been since March—but BK has finally heard your plaintive wails and brought the tots back for a limited time. Per a Burger King spokesperson, the tots are available nationwide for a limited time at participating restaurants,…