Aimee Levitt's posts

The world is full of lettuce—kale, romaine, Little Gem, Boston, Bibb, radicchio, arugula, mesclun—and yet for years,…

Potatoes were one of the first victims of the Taco Bell Great Menu Streamlining of 2020. Many fans mourned. Cooks…

It’s the spooky season, and everyone knows that there’s no spookier region of the U.S. than New England. Just ask a…

For generations, probably since forever, the drug of choice of college students has been booze: jugs of wine and…

Canned pumpkin is available all year round. I know this because sometimes I will buy some for my dog, who really…

I’m old enough to remember the early ’90s when the rise of coffee shops across America—not just Starbucks, but indie…

In its continued and probably misguided quest to streamline its menu, Taco Bell announced last month that it was…

Does this election season fill you with rage? Does it make you want to eat lots and lots of carbs and sugar just to…

The Seed Company by EW Gaze, in St John’s, Newfoundland, Canada recently started stocking seeds for Walla Walla…

Update, October 9, 2020: And we have some winners! Yesterday the city of Chicago announced that it had selected…

At this point, we all probably know the electoral map by heart: which parts are red, which parts are blue, and which…

One of the early casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic was the McDonald’s all-day breakfast, a fan favorite since…

Surely by now you have heard of Emily In Paris, the Netflix series that launched last weekend about a plucky young…

The folks at one of my favorite local sources of pizza, Smack Dab in Chicago, have the endearing habit of writing me…

In this year of chaos, why should Taco Bell’s menu be any different? First the chain announced that, in the name of…

It all started during our recent Takeout Draft of pumpkin spice-flavored items. The final round of the draft was…

When I was growing up, Ritz crackers were one of the staple foods in our house. We ate them with cheese. We ate them…

For obvious reasons, this year’s Pacific Park World Taco Eating Championship, scheduled for this past Sunday,…

Update, October 6, 2020: Following its June statement in which it committed to change the name of its Eskimo Pie …

You may be aware that Popeyes has very good fried pies on its dessert menu. But fried pie doesn’t really scream…