Rec Room

First things first: The Stuff is one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. I’m a perennial consumer of crap film, most…

I’ve extolled the virtues of pre-mixed seasonings before. Seasoning and sauce mixes aren’t just a weapon in the lazy…

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

I love sautéed mushrooms so much (I would marry them if I could, but that’s “not legal” and they “only like me as a…

On March 8, 2020, I stepped inside a mountainside coffee shop in Jay Peak, Vermont. That hastily made 16 oz of…

Over the last year, I can say with a clear conscience that I never once hoarded toilet paper. But I did stockpile…

I admire people with some level of uniformity in their consumption habits, for reasons like enjoyment, stress…

Walking through the baking supply aisle, you’ve probably seen it: Wondra. It’s a cylindrical blue can that has a…

The Whataburger honey butter chicken biscuit is, at its core, the request of a town drunk who foolishly uses one of…

One of the nicest things to drink on a cold winter night is hot buttered rum. In the Beforetimes, on quiet…

When most people think about songs to send someone to piss them off, they think of meme classic “Never Gonna Give…

In 2019, a tanker truck toppled over near Lebec, California, dousing the freeway in nearly 6,000 gallons of…

Sweet sassy molassy, do I miss live theater. The smell of the grease paint! The roar of the crowd! The state of…

I’m creeping up on 30, and I still can’t do a push-up. I’ve never been able to do a push-up and at this point I’m at…

The best meals satisfy more than hunger. I should know; I’ve done my fair share of quarantine comfort cooking,…

My kitchen and I have been in a tumultuous relationship over the past few months, and if he had a group text thread…

To paraphrase a wise man, rice is great if you’re hungry and want to eat 2,000 of something. But cauliflower rice is…

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

One of the greatest disappointments of my early life was that coffee never tasted nearly as good as it smelled.…

The last few weeks of the year are a thoroughly enjoyable routine of special meals and food-centric events. There’s…