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Memorial Day weekend is filled with food occasions, but this one might be the juiciest.

The Takeout’s 2023 Sweets & Snacks Expo Recap

All the best finds and top snacking trends, from candy to chips to sour pickles.

The Takeout

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Aubrey Plaza’s Milk Ad Has a New Critic

The Milk Wars have roped in the Department of Agriculture. Make it stop.

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Where to Get Free Food on National Hamburger Day

Wendy's, Arby's, Sonic, and other chains are offering discount and BOGO burgers this Sunday.

Angela L. Pagán

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All the Best Finds at the Sweets & Snacks Expo

The Takeout’s 2023 Sweets & Snacks Expo Recap

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A Dark and Stormy Bite

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A Dark and Stormy Bite

Are gingerbread men, uh, cannibal propaganda?

Some historians trace the holiday baked goods to the Saturnalia celebrations of ancient Rome.

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Horrify your loved ones with these fruit-snack-flavored wounds

These gory prosthetics are a trick and a treat, all in one juicy package.

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Munch on Dead Man’s Toes, a Sanderson Sisters specialty

Severed appendages never looked so fine as they do in The Unofficial Hocus Pocus Cookbook.

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Trick or Excrete: This laxative-obsessed dentist almost ruined Halloween

Dr. William Shyne's 1959 Halloween prank kicked off decades of trick-or-treat paranoia.

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Acquired Tastes

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Why You Need to Try Ironbeer

Try this Cuban soda—or one of its delicious alternatives—the next time you're at a Cuban restaurant.

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It’s Time for Vermont’s Most Charming Tradition

It’s March in the Green Mountain State, which can only mean one thing: pairing syrup with pickles.

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King Cake Muffuletta, a Marriage of Two New Orleans Classics

This Mardi Gras, New Orleans bakeries are playing around with the city's beloved traditions.

Jonathan Dale

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Chicken Pot Pie Is Taking Over New Orleans

King cake gets the glory, but chicken pot pie is New Orleans’ latest trend.

Micheline Maynard

Behind the Scenes at The Takeout

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The Takeout’s 2021 Holiday Cookie Contest: send us your best recipes

Our 2021 Holiday Cookie Contest is underway, and we need your entries.

Marnie Shure

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Please welcome two new members to The Takeout staff

We have a newly expanded team to tackle the stories you want to read.

Marnie Shure

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It’s “As Seen On TV Week” at The Takeout

We'll talk about everything food-related on the small screen.

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Coming this week to The Takeout: Microwave Week

I’m willing to bet that 95% of the people reading this own a microwave. It might have come with the home, or maybe you inherited it from someone upgrading their appliances, or maybe your parents sent you into the world with one, a parting gift of…

Marnie Shure

Best Of

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The 8 Worst Food Trends We Should Leave in 2022

These are the snacks, drinks, and advancements we could do without.

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10 Fast Food Upgrades We Hope to See in 2023

Our 2023 fast food wish list isn't just concerned with the taste of the food.

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10 of the Biggest Food Moments of 2022

This year's top trends and shocking developments that captivated us all.

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The 5 Worst Things We’ve Tasted This Year, So Far

The most unpleasant culinary surprises and biggest disappointments of 2022.

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Crosstalk

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Point/counterpoint: Is it tacky to salt your restaurant food?

Last week, Bloomberg explored why salt seems to be disappearing from restaurant tables. The article posited a variety of reasons for the absence of the once-prevalent tabletop sentry (alongside matching pepper shaker). First off, that old glass…

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Should you taste grapes at the grocery store before buying?

Like many people who work in an office, we here at Onion Inc. use Slack frequently, for everything from “where in the hell is that article?” (using nicer language), to vote on what we should get for lunch for the weekly staff meeting. (Also, to…

Gwen Ihnat

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Do you find the Jane Walker whisky logo condescending?

Yesterday, Johnnie Walker announced that it was changing the strident icon on its scotch bottle temporarily to “Jane Walker.” Time reports that the black outlined lady in a hurry to go out riding or something “will appear on 250,000 bottles…

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Is soup a meal?

Sean O’Neal: “Soup’s not a meal!” So says Seinfeld’s Kenny Bania, who, although annoying about a great many things, has a point in the ongoing ideological war over whether soup counts as a satisfying repast unto itself or is little more than a…

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The Top 5 Candy and Snack Trends Coming in 2024

The 2023 Sweets & Snacks Expo unveiled a wealth of new products to cater to top candy trends.

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5 Questions to Ask Before Planting Your Herb Garden

Whether windowsill, planter, or potager, consider these factors first.

Micheline Maynard

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Your Burgers Are Missing One Key Element

We must all learn to embrace the “wrap and hold” technique.

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The 8 Best Ways to Use Chili as a Topping

The world's most comforting entree is a stellar condiment, too.

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Hot Links

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How to Score the Best, Cheapest Food From Local Restaurants

A little bit of research will net you some of the best deals in your city.

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Hot Links

The Perfect Food Americans Refuse to Embrace

There are many reasons to enjoy beans, but the U.S. remains slow on the uptake.

Dennis Lee

Hot Links

Every Library Should Have a Restaurant

Libraries around the world are becoming culinary hubs.

Luke Gralia

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Which State Has the Best Cinco de Mayo Menu Planned?

Tacos and margaritas abound, but which state is doing it best this year?

Angela L. Pagán

Interview

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This TikTok Star Has Thoughts About Your Restaurant Behavior

Meet u/lttlebean, a food service worker whose TikTok videos recount bizarre customer interactions.

Lauren Harkawik

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How Professional Cheese Tasters Sample 100 Cheeses Per Day

The highly technical art of cheese grading, explained.

Marnie Shure

Interview

How The Menu Speaks to Chefs

The film's writers explain how they created the perfect menu as the base for the horror comedy.

Brianna Wellen

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How an Influencer Gets the Perfect Food Photos

Alex Jewell (@bestfoodalex) explains how he shapes his Instagram photos through his voice.

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Last Call

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Last Call

Why White Castle Is the Quintessential American Fast Food Restaurant

This chain isn't available where you're from, so savor every tiny bite.

Dennis Lee

Last Call

What’s Your Fantasy Food Destination?

Or, where should I go for my aspirational 30th birthday feast?

Lillian Stone

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Do You Plan Every Meal on Vacation or Are You Normal?

Do you plan your meals or let the wind take you to your next culinary destination?

Angela L. Pagán

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Follow These Simple Rules When Packing Snacks for a Flight

With many of us returning to regular air travel, choosing the right foods for the journey will be the key to a smooth flight.

Angela L. Pagán

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Free Beef Alert

Memorial Day weekend is filled with food occasions, but this one might be the juiciest.

Angela L. Pagán

Newswire

Aubrey Plaza’s Milk Ad Has a New Critic

The Milk Wars have roped in the Department of Agriculture. Make it stop.

Angela L. Pagán

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Where to Get Free Food on National Hamburger Day

Wendy's, Arby's, Sonic, and other chains are offering discount and BOGO burgers this Sunday.

Angela L. Pagán

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Taco Bell Keeps Toying With Our Emotions

The Taco Bell Enchirito has returned to the menu yet again, but with a catch.

Dennis Lee

Odds and Sods

Watch a vegetarian eat steak for the first time in 22 years

When The Takeout was just a glimmer in the eyes of The A.V. Club (under the Supper Club banner), we published this video featuring our colleague Stephanie Potakis, casting director at The Onion. Today we’re resurfacing this video as we continue Steak…

You’ll soon be able to see your jokes on Laffy Taffy wrappers again

The A.V. Club was invited to the Sweets & Snacks Expo, an enormous meeting of the most popular names in candy and snacks—Nestle, Nabisco, Mars, and the like. In this clip, a few representatives from the Willy Wonka Candy Company talk about the new…

Bacon-flavored crickets and other gluten-free options at the Sweets & Snacks Expo

The A.V. Club was invited to the Sweets & Snacks Expo, an enormous meeting of the most popular names in candy and snacks—Nestle, Nabisco, Mars, and the like. In this video, Associate Creative Director Abe Zverow roamed the halls of McCormick Place,…

We learn the origin story of Little Debbie

The A.V. Club was invited to the Sweets & Snacks Expo, an enormous meeting of the most popular names in candy and snacks—Nestlé, Nabisco, Mars, and the like. In this clip, we learn about the origins of Little Debbie, the face of some of your…

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Oh My Word

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Enough Cornhole—This Is the Official Grill Game of Summer

The typical backyard barbecue games are growing tired. It's time to embrace bocce.

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Let’s All Agree That Olive Oil Belongs in a Squeeze Bottle

This kitchen staple is so much easier to handle when it's in a bottle.

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My Ice Cream Maker Just Became TikTok Famous

My longtime kitchen appliance has gone viral, and it's selling out everywhere.

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Don’t Write Off Pizza Vending Machines Just Yet

The pros, cons, and potential of robotic pizza vending machines worldwide.

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Shrimp & Grids

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Shrimp & Grids

Watch Paris Hilton eat Froot Loops with an air of utter detachment

Plus, Jason Derulo teaches his followers how to make jalebi, and Tabitha Brown sells out of Sunshine.

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Foodgod is a normal person who eats totally normally

Instagram influencers: they’re just like us, except they eat ice cream with shovels.

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Leah Remini says that diet culture can f*** itself

Plus, Mariah Carey’s Pride cookies and Courteney Cox’s Deep South sushi rolls

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If you’re DJ Khaled, you don’t have to choose what to have for dinner

Dispatches from Celebrity Instagram: DJ Khaled’s feast, JWoww’s hangover in a glass, and Romeo Beckham’s pizza

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The Hi-Lo Food Show

We visit a long-running, Julia Child-approved Vietnamese spot in San Francisco

The Hi-Lo Food Show features acclaimed chef Erik Anderson (a Food & Wine Best New Chef, founding chef of Nashville’s The Catbird Seat, and chef-owner of the forthcoming Brut in Minneapolis) along with me, the editor-in-chief of this website and a…

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