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Chicago’s Favorite Hot Pepper, Explained

This quintessential hot dog topping is sort of mysterious, even to Chicagoans.

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What We Lose When There Aren’t Enough Restaurant Servers

Short-staffed restaurants can't create the community that a restaurant should offer.

Micheline Maynard

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Pickles Are Having a Moment and I’m Here for It

Finally, all that brine is getting the attention it deserves.

Angela L. Pagán

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10 of the Most Iconic Cafeteria Scenes in Movie and TV History

We can practically smell and taste these memorable lunch room moments.

Markos Hasiotis

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These Grilling Supplies Are a Waste of Money

You're Eating the Wrong Tuna

A Dark and Stormy Bite

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A Dark and Stormy Bite

Are gingerbread men, uh, cannibal propaganda?

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A Dark and Stormy Bite

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

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A Dark and Stormy Bite

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

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A Dark and Stormy Bite

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

Acquired Tastes

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Acquired Tastes

Behold, the Ugliest Slang Term for Food We’ve Ever Heard

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Acquired Tastes

The Sweet and Tangy Candy That Defies All Expectations

Hoang Samuelson

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Acquired Tastes

Why Is Massachusetts Chinese Food Served With Dinner Rolls?

Jerard Fagerberg

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Acquired Tastes

This Frozen Lemonade Will Make You Move to Rhode Island

Behind the Scenes at The Takeout

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Behind the Scenes at The Takeout

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

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Behind the Scenes at The Takeout

Please welcome two new members to The Takeout staff

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Behind the Scenes at The Takeout

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

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Behind the Scenes at The Takeout

Coming this week to The Takeout: Microwave Week

Best Of

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

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The 7 Best Foods We've Tasted This Year, So Far

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The 10 biggest fast food news stories of 2021

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Our favorite books to gift this holiday season

Features

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Chicago’s Favorite Hot Pepper, Explained

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10 of the Most Iconic Cafeteria Scenes in Movie and TV History

Markos Hasiotis

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What We Lose When There Aren’t Enough Restaurant Servers

Micheline Maynard

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Ordering Food at Disney World Has Grown Complicated

Lauren Harkawik

Hot Links

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This Twitter Account Full of Discontinued Snacks Is Making Our Damn Day

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Stranger Things Has Done Pineapple Pizza a Great Service

Angela L. Pagán

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Understanding the Global Supply Chain Crisis With Bananas

Hoang Samuelson

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Why Stand Mixers Are So Expensive, But Worth It

Interview

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Has the Pandemic Killed Open House Refreshments?

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Why Jeremy Allen White Is in Awe of Restaurant Workers

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If You Think Aguachile and Ceviche Are the Same, You’re Doing It Wrong

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What It’s Really Like Slinging Hot Dogs at a Summer Festival

Last Call

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Why White Castle Is the Quintessential American Fast Food Restaurant

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What’s Your Fantasy Food Destination?

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

Angela L. Pagán

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Follow These Simple Rules When Packing Snacks for a Flight

Angela L. Pagán

Newswire

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The Best, Worst, and Most Confusing Pumpkin Spice Products of 2022

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What Taco Bell’s Milk Bar Collab Might Signal for Its Future

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The Food Network Finally Acknowledges Vegans

Angela L. Pagán

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Jarlsberg Wins at Being Cheese

Laura Wheatman Hill

Odds and Sods

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

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

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

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We learn the origin story of Little Debbie

Oh My Word

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No, Cracker Barrel Isn’t Forcing Fake Meat Down Your Throat

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What My Job at a Shipping Store Taught Me About Mailing Food

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Don’t Overthink Kids’ Party Food

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I Had the Time of My Life at a Chopped Birthday Party

Shrimp & Grids

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

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Foodgod is a normal person who eats totally normally

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

Grace Perry

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

The Hi-Lo Food Show

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The Hi-Lo Food Show

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

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The Hi-Lo Food Show

There’s art and poetry on the plates at San Francisco’s Atelier Crenn

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The Hi-Lo Food Show

Simple Southern food doesn’t get better than Nana’s Seafood & Soul

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The Hi-Lo Food Show

We visit a Charleston restaurant that once served George Washington

Today I Learned

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Today I Learned

The Case Against Buying in Bulk

Hoang Samuelson

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Today I Learned

Food Smugglers Are No Match for These Beagles

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Today I Learned

This Berry Mashup Is the Perfect Snacking Fruit

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Today I Learned

Once You Eat Giant Fusilli, You’ll Never Go Back

Jerard Fagerberg

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