Today I Learned

If you’ve gotta shed this mortal coil, you should go in an honorable fashion. With that in mind, I like to imagine a…

There is no heirloom or artifact quite like a church cookbook. Unlike a family photo album or hand-me-down china,…

As a lapsed Catholic in her thirties, I understand that even with my constant feelings of guilt and shame, I got off…

I grew up in New York City, where there is nary a Waffle House to be found. In fact, I’d never even heard of Waffle…

Bombay duck is a misleading name in many ways. Bombay is now known as Mumbai, and the animal that is called Bombay…

Oh look, a piece of new information that will actually totally definitely affect my life in a positive way! Eater…

There’s a tweet making the rounds today that is probably a joke, but hilariously horrifying nonetheless:

I’ve seen bouts of “sympathy vomiting” in cartoons like Family Guy and movies like Stand By Me and yeah, I don’t…

For someone who writes frequently about grocery recalls and food poisonings, I am pretty lax when it comes to…

This is exactly what it says on the tin: Frédéric Chopin, extraordinary Polish composer of the Romantic era, upon…

This week, Forbes ran a list of the world’s billionaires. There are a lot of them. (Flint needs clean water, just…

I was talking to a sommelier when he just casually dropped the knowledge that the Catholic church saved many…

In the span of 24 hours, I learned two very different things about bananas. I thought I had a pretty clear…

Do you have a favorite food? Whatever it is, do you possibly love it so much that you would craft an entire tourist…

As far as weird PR gimmicks go, this is a pretty cool one. Dunkin’, née Donuts, collaborated with a sustainable…

When I saw the following headline from Liz Biro of the Indianapolis Star, I thought, “My god, that’s genius, that’s…

Costco memberships start at $60 per year, plus tax. That standard Gold Star level affords the basic privileges,…

The greatest mathematical minds of past generations were likely developing computers or expanding our understanding…

I’m all about small life upgrades, the kind that take only an extra moment or two but measurably improve your daily…

Last week, The New York Times discovered that French fries are not exactly a health food. (I’ll pause as you let…