Aug 11 2019
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Bubbles are an essential element of the beer experience. The journey from bottling plant to your lips is a…
David McCowan
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David McCowan is a contributor to The Takeout and a physicist at The University of Chicago. He loves food history and talking spirits, cocktails, beer, and wine.
Oct 29 2018
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There’s a video making the rounds on the internet that will haunt your dreams. On mute, it looks like a typical clip…
Apr 24 2018
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Go to your kitchen and lean in close to the fruit bowl. Put your ear to an apple and listen. Can you hear the tiny…
Apr 16 2018
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A fresh-baked loaf of bread is one of life’s great pleasures. The soft interior is open and airy, each bite yielding…
Mar 26 2018
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America has a food diversity problem. Chicken, pork, and beef account for many of the animal proteins found on our…
Feb 27 2018
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Those fries you picked up last night on the way home from the bar hit the spot—golden, crispy outsides and fluffy,…
Feb 13 2018
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Who would’ve thought something that came out of the faucet could be packaged so sexily? Grocery stores have whole…
Jan 31 2018
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We think of onions as harmless root vegetables, but they’re actually clever bulbed bombs ready to defend themselves…
Jan 28 2018
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Right now, in the back of your freezer, there’s a bag of peas you opened two years ago or a couple chicken breasts…
Jan 8 2018
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So what’s the difference between butter and margarine?
Jan 7 2018
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You may not have seen the commercial in years, but you’d recognize the setup instantly. Sweeping chords play and a…
Dec 27 2017
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Announce at a party that you’re going to open a bottle of Champagne and people will turn their heads. Announce you…
Dec 17 2017
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If you’ve ever traveled abroad, you might have been shocked by the way other countries treat their eggs: left-out on…
Dec 5 2017
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Have you ever turned over a slice of roast beef and caught that glimmer? A hint of rainbow iridescence that’s a…
Nov 23 2017
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At a young age, we learned the golden rule of America’s favorite convenience appliance: never put metal in the…
Nov 23 2017
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Welcome to Gateways To Drinkery, where The Takeout offers an entry-level course on our favorite libations, and some…
May 8 2017
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Welcome to Gateways To Drinkery, where The Takeout offers an entry-level course on our favorite libations, and some…
Mar 15 2017
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Meatless Mondays. Local is best. Eat less wheat. These sound like food fads plucked from 2017’s buzziest blog…
Mar 2 2017
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Before early humans began to domesticate plants for food, they foraged the wild for fruits, roots, and nuts. Through…
Feb 6 2017
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Welcome to Gateways To Drinkery, where The Takeout offers an entry-level course on our favorite libations, and some…