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Lots of brands have made pledges to cut down on waste in recent years. Starbucks plans to finally get around to doing…

Sometimes you have to ease yourself slowly out of the thick of your screen-based workday, cutting your media diet…

Here, let’s do some Tuesday mathematics. If I turn 27 this year, and I’ve eaten Special K Vanilla Almond cereal for…

At The Takeout, it’s been the month of the mushroom. Using a tried-and-true method for sauteing mushrooms and…

You’ve likely seen the age-old callout on Twitter: “Share your pet pics, please!” or “Having a rough day. Could use…

I was thinking yesterday about the nature of boredom, how it makes you agitated and lackadaisical at the same time.…

Earlier this week, the Hollywood Reporter revealed that Guy Fieri, dual mayor of Flavortown and our hearts, had…

Dare I say that a promotion to win free beer has got me thinking all about the version of myself I project on the…

Update, April 5, 2021: Last week, we asked readers if they would eat the corn dog in the photo above, which features…

At The Takeout, April 1 is a scourge upon our inboxes. We’re bombarded by PR emails for a wide array of fun,…

Yesterday, we asked a simple question: Would you eat this corn dog? We were referring to a limited-time offering at…

I love the modern miracle that is the dishwasher, but I don’t always trust it. My last place had one that just never…

This morning, we reported on a recent letter to the editor penned by a New Jersey gentleman who was simply fed up.…

Last year, my son had a blowout planned for his 13th birthday: a two-day sleepover with five of his closest friends…

Here’s a tip: If you ever receive a promotional email whose subject line begins with “It’s official!”, know that…

This morning my husband found out he needs to have some very painful dental work, which means that for the next few…

“What’s so uncool about measuring?” food historian Laura Shapiro asked in The Atlantic last week. It was a question…

The Chicago writer José Olivarez published a poem in The Atlantic yesterday called “Ode To Tortillas.” It is lovely,…

This morning, we heard about the cookie-shaped object that has entered our solar system, presumed to be a chunk of…

Chris Hewitt, the theater critic at the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, published an essay the other day about food in…