Paradise frost: Cinnabon's gooey seduction
Welcome to I’ll See You In Courts, a semi-regular meditation on food court cuisine.
How to dine out when you have severe food allergies—and how restaurants can help
I have food allergies. Much more than you care to know, but I’ll tell you anyway: Fish or shellfish send me to the…
Nearly everything we think we know about chocolate chips is a lie
Welcome to Chocolate Chip Cookie Week, celebrating one of America’s most iconic and widely loved comfort foods.Â
Was the chocolate chip cookie dumb luck or Nobel-level genius?
Welcome to Chocolate Chip Cookie Week, celebrating one of America’s most iconic and widely loved comfort foods.Â
What happened when I made meals from a cookbook for dogs
A friend who recently moved back to the U.S. after 20 years living abroad ended up in San Francisco, one of the most…
The Takeout investigates: Can you have too much pepperoni on a pizza?
Not since a Georges Seurat painting had a piece of artwork stopped me cold, caused me to examine with cocked head from…
A food snob moves to the suburbs
For six years, my job was to convince the public I was cool. Others displayed their coolness through the clothes they…
Left in the dark: What happens when you dine in a pitch-black restaurant
In Paris’s 4th arrondissement, two blocks from architectural oddity the Centre Pompidou (which wears its insides out),…
Spend a day making beauty treatments you can actually eat
Food and beauty have a long history together. A symbiotic relationship that goes moisturized hand-in-moisturized hand…
Learn the restaurant-approved method for spot-free glassware
During high school and college summers, I waited tables at a French bistro near my hometown to earn money for college…
5 tips to make your dinner party look like it’s in a fancy-ass magazine
You’ve decided to throw a dinner party. It’s time to have people over, because you have something to celebrate, or…
How it became impossible for Americans to buy horse meat
Cure, a well-regarded Pittsburgh restaurant along the Allegheny River, found itself on the brunt end of the internet…
A 60-second intro to Cuban food
Cuban food has for decades been a part of the culinary landscape in places like Miami, New York City, and Los Angeles.…
Which wine app is worth downloading?
I often take a picture of the label on a wine bottle I really like, whether at a restaurant or a friend’s house. How…
A field guide to America's favorite regional seasoning salts
Salt is something that makes food tastier, but it’s also something we’re physiologically predisposed to crave. The…
What's a chocolate egg cream? (And why does it contain neither egg nor cream?)
Welcome to Old Folks Food Week, where we resurrect and celebrate the delicious dishes of yore.
A guide to old-timey candies for our modern times
Welcome to Old Folks Food Week, where we resurrect and celebrate the delicious dishes of yore.
A muggle eats her way through Harry Potter's magical universe
Editor’s note: For this story, we commissioned The Takeout’s art department for original illustrations inspired by…
We should be eating medium-rare pork
The stigma against well-done steak does not extend to its white-meat cousin, pork. Americans don’t think twice before…
Funfetti: An investigation
“What is Funfetti, really?” I asked myself during a recent iteration of Deep Thoughts With Kate Bernot. On a Tuesday…