John Carruthers

9/2/22

Resurrect the Forgotten Flatbread Pizzas of the Mid-2000s

Gastropub flatbread pizza, relic of 2005 cuisine, deserves another look.

8/9/22

The Way-Too-Detailed Guide to Recreating Pizza Lunchables at Home

Don't you dare elevate this recipe. It is reserved for those who seek beautiful garbage.

7/19/22

How to Make Italian Beef From Scratch, Even Though Almost No One Does

Inspired by The Bear? Learn why most Chicago beef shops don't go to all that trouble.

6/30/22

You’re Actually Missing Out on the Best Pineapple Pizzas

Let out all your hot takes, take a deep breath, then come on a magical pineapple pizza journey with us.

5/30/22

The One Beer Myth That Will Never Die

Let's throw this myth about cold beer into the wood chipper where it belongs.

5/16/22

6 Lessons Everyone Needs to Learn About Homemade Pizza

The collected wisdom gained from baking an inadvisable amount of homemade pies.

4/4/22

Deep Fry Your Pizza, Because None of Us Are Immortal

Yes, it's worth it to fry up battered slices of pizza in hot oil. You'll see why.

1/20/22

Discovering the tartan magic of haggis pizza

Yes, haggis on pizza. A delicious way to celebrate Burns night 2022.

11/10/21

This Hot Pepper Smoked Pork Sandwich is so easy it feels like cheating

For the love of all that is holy, let's do something different with barbecue.

4/8/21

<i>Personal Trainer: Cooking</i> offers two screens, one kitchen, and a whole world to explore

Personal Trainer: Cooking offers two screens, one kitchen, and a whole world to explore

Welcome to Gamer Week, in which The Takeout will be celebrating the edible side of video games all week long.

2/9/21

Ditch pizza fundamentalism and embrace the glorious abomination that is Taco Pizza

Is there a food snob worse than the pizza fundamentalist haughtily turning up their nose at anything cooked under…

1/11/21

The best uses for leftover giardiniera oil, ranked on the Farina Scale

Adaptability is the mark of a great home cook. When I’ve got too much of something, one of my favorite things to do…

1/5/21

“I am <i>wooooounded</i>”: A jaunty stroll through the official <i>Frasier</i> cookbook

“I am wooooounded”: A jaunty stroll through the official Frasier cookbook

As a low-attention-span indoor kid, I had two great loves growing up. The first was American football—the Bears…

8/7/20

The Pizzadad Chronicles, or my obsessive quest to make the best Chicago tavern-style pie at home

You first feel like a father when you hold your tiny, precious child. But you first feel like a dad when you find…

7/2/20

Al pastor from the corner store: How to make Spam tacos

One of my favorite food experiences—or, honestly, one of my favorite experiences, period—is that first bite of a…

5/3/20

Make Italian Beef at home and become an honorary Chicago meatball like me

You know those hyper-regional dishes so pervasive in their area of origin that locals all assume they’re universal?…

4/23/20

I made White Castle Pâté and I’d do it again

Even before the current stay-at-home reality, I spent a lot of time on Twitter, both for my job and because I’m the…

4/1/20

Let’s make some hoosh, the survival stew of famed Antarctic explorers

If you’re like me, you’ve spent at least parts of the last couple of weeks animorphing into a nauseated ball of…

2/7/20

It’s high time we electrocute some hot dogs and see what happens

There’s not a ton of debate as to the best way to cook a hot dog: steamed/simmered is a dog stand tradition, grilled…

1/29/20

The hot dogs of Molokai: On living in paradise with a stolen grill

It’s the dead of winter, and most of the fun holidays are behind us—but there’s still months of cold and slush to…

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