Interview

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

Oscar Mayer is more than a purveyor of tubed meats: it’s a triumph of American advertising. Loyal consumers have…

J. Kenji López-Alt is tireless in his mission to get us all enjoying food as much as possible. His work as Chief…

From the moment The Takeout staff learned about the existence of Chocolate Storybook, the candy company in West Des…

As I write this, it is 91 degrees in Chicago. If I’m dreaming of any beverage, it’s a nice cold glass of lemonade,…

A cookie table is, in fact, a table full of cookies. But not all cookies on tables are cookie tables. Follow?

You’re forgiven if you’ve never heard of the occupation “food anthropologist” before. Katherine Spiers hadn’t…

The restaurant industry has been hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 epidemic, for obvious reasons: A huge number…

The sommeliers who dip their noses deep into glasses of Bordeaux and thoughtfully sip and swish have never inspired…

Drinking better beer isn’t all about what’s in your glass. It’s about the glass itself, the bartender who set it in…

Lager is inarguably the most popular beer in the world, as the subtitle to Mark Dredge’s new book, A Brief History…

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. turns 40 next year and, just as I do months before my birthday, it’s already begun…

In a contest that is, let’s face it, about who voters instinctively like, Democratic presidential candidate Pete…

Alton Brown wanted to talk about something else.

Democratic presidential candidate John Hickenlooper is the former governor of Colorado, and before that, mayor of…

Adam Chandler has a problem with the way much of the media covers fast food. “I grew up in Texas, in Houston. Even…

Did you know there’s a National Hot Dog and Sausage Council? Did you know it’s not intended to be a joke, that it’s…

While Neapolitan pies or New York-style thin slices were long considered the gold standards of pizza, lately,…

His book is called This Ain’t The Beer That You’re Used To, but Dom “Doochie” Cook is also not the beer writer that…

Welcome to The Takeout’s Asian Noodles Week, a tribute to the O.G. pasta bowl.