Emma Terhaar's posts

Anybody can get a urinary tract infection: women, men, children, and even cats (especially male cats that are later…

Have you ever noticed how the best gifts are usually things you never asked for or never even knew that you wanted?…

There’s a new nighttime ritual in my house, where I’m hunkering down with my retired parents for the remainder of…

Mulled wine is the bread pudding of party drinks. Just as old hot dog buns are given new life in a baked custard,…

Welcome to Hibernation Holiday, The Takeout’s guide to celebrating Thanksgiving in the comfort of your own home—and…

Can we all agree that poorly cooked Brussels sprouts are foul? If undercooked, they’re dense and bitter, but that’s…

Until just a few weeks ago, I was living in an ignorant bubble…

Maybe this sounds familiar: You ask your friend for their famous biscuit recipe, and when they finally send the…

Finding myself underemployed and tethered to my apartment this summer finally allowed me the time to improve my…

For anyone who’s late to the party, an arepa is a corn flour bun that plays a major role in both Venezuelan and…

I have good news for the chubby-cheeked child within you and the possible real children who might live with you: You…

“War is a beastly business, it is true, but one proof that we are human is our ability to learn, even from it, how…

For most of my childhood, I believed that my dad knew how to cook. When called upon, he could reliably make pasta…

A package of fresh corn tortillas is a blank canvas for the home cook. But after the glory days of tacos and…

For a whole lot of nothing, quarantine has the unique capacity to disrupt our mental and emotional well-being.…

Instagram clued me into the coronavirus-related closing of a restaurant where I worked last year. My mind jumped to…

In the second week of March, around the same time the coronavirus pandemic shut down schools in my state, I spoke…

America suffers from anti-Aldi sentiment. The lack of recognizable brands and disregard for traditional shelving can…