Sep 17
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B+
For years now, McDonald’s has been teasing us with the idea of spicy chicken. Rumors came back from overseas and…
Sep 14
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year! By which I mean we are entering the part of the year where almost every…
Sep 10
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D+
Okay, so we should start out by stating the obvious: this is not a taste test, at least not in the traditional…
Sep 9
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B+
Summer is officially over, and you know what that means: time for snack food companies to start marketing…
Aug 19
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As I’ve grown older I’ve developed a collection of personal philosophical tenets, which I hope to capitalize on…
Aug 17
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C+
Summer 2020 has been a season of acquainting myself with the joys of hard seltzer, since I missed the boat last…
Aug 12
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A
It seems astonishing that Cheetos never got into the mac and cheese game before now. After all, the key ingredient…
Aug 6
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B
The PayDay has always been a dark horse among candy bars. It sits on the lower tiers of the candy rack, down with…
Jul 7
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Hershey, Pennsylvania, as we’ve reported before, is kind of a magical place. What’s not to love about an entire town…
Jul 6
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When Dairy Queen introduced the Blizzard in 1985, it was a big step forward in ice cream shop innovation. Before,…
Jun 25
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B+
There was a span of years when, from Monday to Friday, the only thing I had the time to grab for lunch each day was…
Jun 16
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Try as we might to convince ourselves otherwise, doughnuts are not breakfast—they’re dessert. They’re fried dough…
Jun 12
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A
In my own little world, which does not extend much beyond my back porch, life is good. The sun is out in Chicago,…
Apr 22
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A brownie is a dessert that doesn’t require a lot of advance planning. Cakes, breads, cinnamon buns—these are all…
Apr 17
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A few weeks ago I—The Takeout’s Chief Officer of Bad Decisions—was planning to head to Taco Bell to review the…
Apr 13
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In a household with three children under seven, we go through what seems like gallons of condiments every year.…
Apr 3
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The other day I got a package in the mail, which is always an exciting event, even during times when I’m not stuck…
Mar 26
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Once upon a time, many years ago, the music editor at the alt-weekly where I used to work in St. Louis threw a Peep…
Mar 24
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It might surprise you to learn that microwave popcorn hasn’t been around that long. The first bag was patented by…
Mar 13
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The most famous lover of jelly beans was Ronald Reagan, and that pretty much sums them up. This candy is moderately…