Apr 15
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These are desperate times in America. The pandemic is coming to an end, yes, but now we face yet another grave…
Apr 15
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Update, April 15, 2021: Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! Get your refresh finger ready! Jeni’s is trying online sales again today,…
Apr 14
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Ah, Times Square, crossroads of the world, where tourists from everywhere mingle with Disney characters, Broadway…
Apr 14
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Fried chicken is one of the best things in the whole wide world. Even at a fast-food joint, even if it’s tofu or…
Apr 13
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Of all the major industries, food has been the slowest to succumb to the lure of data collection. Retail, for…
Apr 13
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I once tried to explain the concept of work to my dog. I decided he needed to understand why I spend so much time…
Apr 12
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French cuisine is a living thing, ever evolving and changing, just like the food of other countries. French people…
Apr 9
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Exciting news everyone: Costco plans to start reopening its food courts! Now you can hang around the store and munch…
Apr 8
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I was thinking yesterday about the nature of boredom, how it makes you agitated and lackadaisical at the same time.…
Apr 8
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One of the most disorienting symptoms of COVID-19, as we all know by now, is the loss of the sense of smell. Since…
Apr 7
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Starbucks hot cups are deceptive: although they look like they’re made of innocent, recyclable paper, they’re…
Apr 6
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My freezer has become a repository of frozen food from Trader Joe’s, half-eaten pints of ice cream, bags of Costco…
Apr 5
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My parents bought a dining room table sometime in the ’80s. They put it in the part of the house designated as the…
Apr 5
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Welcome to Gamer Week, in which The Takeout will be celebrating the edible side of video games all week long.
Apr 2
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Why is food produced by some cooks (usually grandmothers) so much better than the exact same food—down to the…
Apr 2
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In December of 2015, the Rabbinical Assembly, an international council of Conservative rabbis, had a meeting and…
Apr 1
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Do you know the word “bagel”? Do you know the word “schmear”? Congratulations! You know two words of Yiddish! You…
Mar 31
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For some reason, I thought the canon of pasta shapes was fixed and eternal. Spaghetti, linguine, cavatappi, penne,…
Mar 30
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Midwestern Pet Foods has issued a massive recall of 140 lots of pet foods across five different brands after a…
Mar 30
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During a spring training game at Diablo Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, last week, Joe Ayala was just chilling with his…