Lillian Stone's posts

Cue up the Marvin Gaye and slip into something more comfortable, because Chick-Fil-A wants to get to know you... inti…

Beloved readers, I must confess that we at The Takeout grow weary. 2020 involved countless chicken sandwich wars,…

Unless you’re hanging out Down Under, you don’t hear a lot about lamingtons, the national cake of Australia. And…

Welcome, foolish mortals! Come closer—closer, I say!—if you’d like to partake in a cadaverous casserole. A yarn of…

Boil ‘em, mash ‘em, stick ‘em in a stew: The mighty potato takes many forms, but the teens have recently latched…

Today in “ah, cripes” news: having one small alcoholic drink a day apparently raises your risk of developing an…

It’s like I always say: if God didn’t want us to eat bugs, then why’d he make ’em so dang toothsome? Fortunately,…

My gyro guy refuses to wear his PPE mask over his nose. He simply will not do it. Does this suck? Yes. Does this…

I rarely use the terms “ice cream” and “death wish” in the same sentence, but it almost seems appropriate given the…

You can take a man’s dignity. You can take a man’s allegiance to the European Union. But, by God, don’t you dare…

Update, January 14, 2021: I come bearing good tidings, Takeout readers! Turns out that the City of Santa Monica recen…

Living alone is awesome for a lot of reasons, all of them gross. I can let it mellow if it’s yellow. I can clip my…

I rewatched My Big Fat Greek Wedding on a whim last weekend, curious to see if it held up as the perfectly…

January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, and one beverage industry organization is taking…

I keep catching myself making loose plans “for when we’re vaccinated,” a nebulous milestone that looks hazier and…

Just last week, I was lying prone on the floor having shelled out a $200 copay on the asthma inhaler I need to keep…

If you’ve been paying attention, you know that the hospitality industry has completed all sorts of acrobatic pivots…

Friends, colleagues: we have a snail problem. The unfortunate gastropod news comes courtesy of The Guardian, which…

I’ve lived in Chicago for a few years now, but I still don’t really care for deep dish. I’m much more drawn to New…

They say that if you put on a pair of checkered Vans, turn off your bathroom light, and spin around three times,…