Few menu changes seem to have upset people more than the announcement that Costco was eliminating its popular Polish dog in favor of healthier food-court items. In an inspired bit of counter-programming, Costco competitor Sam’s Club has announced that it’s adding a Polish dog to its café menu at all locations starting…

On Monday, Pizza Hut announced it was bringing back the pizza that stares at you, officially known as Cheesy Bites Pizza, for a limited time. It may be unthinkably delicious; I do not know, and never will, because that thing will always look like the Pale Man from Pan’s Labyrinth to me. It just keeps looking at you,…

The mother of 15-year-old Alexi Ryann Stafford, of Weston, Florida, says her daughter died of anaphylactic shock last month after unknowingly consuming a Chips Ahoy! cookie containing peanut butter. Despite administering EpiPens, her family was unable to save Stafford, who died on June 25. Now her mother is calling…

Lay’s, it seems, is always looking for a new flavor for its line of potato chips. Previously, the chip-maker as hosted a “Do Us A Flavor” contest, resulting in customer suggestions like the Crispy Taco and Chicken & Waffle potato chips. But the company’s latest effort appears to be even more ambitious: Lay’s “Tastes…

The average temperature in Des Moines, Iowa, on August 11—the date of this year’s Iowa State Fair—is 84 degrees F with 48 percent humidity. These are the perfect conditions for a refreshing deep-fried stick of butter, or perhaps a Polish sausage corn dog. Fairgoers this year will have even more exciting food options…

My first foray into competitive bagging came at the age of 19, when the grocery store where I worked held a contest. I was a vision of speed, grace, and—dare I say—beauty, as I deftly filled two paper bags with an assortment of cans, dried goods, and perishable items. My first-place finish qualified me for a far…

Has the American Midwest earned a reputation as a remedial, cracker-barrel cooking culture? There’s some truth in this. We are not Northeast sophisticates, West Coast avant-garde, the smothered-and-fried soulfulness of the South, nor do we have the sea bounties of either coasts. We are hearty kinfolk and constantly…

It’s Cold Soup Week at The Takeout, where we celebrate the pleasures of chilled soups during the dog days of summer.

I don’t know how or why I came across this video today, but like a ’90s chain letter, now I must share it. It’s the music video for David Bowie and Mick Jagger’s 1985 song “Dancing In The Street,” but with the music removed. It’s awkward, hilarious, and worth 3 minutes of your time. [Kate Bernot]

Much as Papa John’s corporate wishes founder and former chairman John Schnatter would just go gently into that good night, he adamantly will not. Yes, this already-batshit story is now even crazier: So last week, the embattled face of the pizza franchise resigned after reports emerged that he used a racial slur in a…

Many of us may admire artwork at the restaurant when we go out to eat. Few of us, however, would likely be so moved that we would pull said artwork right off of the wall, put it in a bag, and take it home. But that’s just what a woman did in an Italian restaurant in Youngstown, Ohio. Roberto’s was the victim of art…

I’m quite the wine fan, but I thought I was breaking ground a few years back when I embraced rosé in the summertime (years before “rosé all day” became a thing). So I was straight-up startled today when something unusual came across my Twitter feed: blue wine.

Goddamn American treasure Willie Nelson already has his own branded marijuana products called Willie’s Reserve, but now he’s also launched a line of cannabidiol-infused coffee under the Willie’s Remedy line. My first thought when I heard this news was: wait, Willie Nelson wasn’t already hawking “special” coffee?

Last month, a fire at a Barton 1792 distillery sent 9,000 barrels of whiskey crashing to the ground. It also killed a bunch of fish. Well fuckity fuck fuck shit fuck, now a fire at the Jamaica’s Long Pond Sugar Factory has spread to Long Pond Distillers, destroying more than 65,000 liters of rum.

Science! It’s one of the best things about being alive, and when the worlds of science and food collide, it means I get use use an exclamation point with complete sincerity. Today’s nugget of emphatic exuberance comes courtesy of Popular Science—more specifically, a piece on the Chinese Northern Tree Shrew and its hot…