Update, 5:20 p.m. CDT: A spokesperson for the Baltimore City Fire Department, Blair Adams, has confirmed that the fire at the Domino Sugar plant started in a storage shed and was spread via conveyor belt inside the facility. The Fire Department’s Twitter account posted at 5:12 p.m. Eastern time updating the public on…

Eating snacks while high is extremely enjoyable, but some snacks are better suited to a weed-fueled munchie sesh than others. We won’t say who, but certain members of the staff are intimately familiar with genre of cuisine, and we have some suggestions.

As more states legalize cannabis, restaurants are increasingly offering deals on April 20, aka 4/20, aka the day of cannabis celebration that seems increasingly destined to become less about civil disobedience and more about fast food chains selling you on the hedonic properties of fast food. And in that spirit,…

On the heels of the 2019 uber-phenomenon that was the Popeyes Chicken Sandwich, each successive launch of a replicant menu offering by all of Popeyes’ competitors has raised the stakes. Popeyes dethroned Chick-fil-A as the best fried chicken sandwich in fast food, but no post-Popeyes offering has yet to come for that…

If you’ve been hearing the term “upcycle” tossed around lately, prepare to hear it more often. As companies try to figure out ways to minimize waste and prevent climate change, they’re working on strategies to turn items that would otherwise be discarded into something useful, or in this case, edible.

Don’t be fooled by the snow flurries outside of The Takeout’s Chicago headquarters: summer is nearly here, which means it’s time to get your warm-weather beverages in order. If you’re pining for tropical vibes and/or enjoy getting so blitzed that you start seeing coconuts, Malibu may be your drink of choice. But what…

Necco, famous for its wafers that taste like and resemble chalk, has officially brought back its chocolate variety per a company press release. In fact, the wafers will be distributed for free during this year’s Boston Marathon at both the finish line and mile marker 22, reports WCVB. Nothing like eating a bunch of…

What’s the pettiest thing you’ve ever done? I once slapped a girl in the lower back because she wouldn’t let me borrow her copy of *NSYNC: The Official Book in, oh, 2002. A few years later, I pulled up in my busted Nissan Maxima and threw some dirty fast food napkins into an ex-boyfriend’s front yard to punish him for…

When reading Mother Grains: Recipes for the Grain Revolution, the new cookbook from baker Roxana Jullapat, the first thing you’ll wonder is when the grains began their revolution, followed by the question of whether or not they’re coming for you. Once you’ve finished reading, you’ll know that, yes, the grains are…

Food-themed hotels and getaways are a pet interest of ours at The Takeout, whether we’re talkin’ chocolate or Taco Bell or more chocolate. The idea of letting your abiding love for one particular snack category dictate where and how you spend your travel/relaxation time is a level of dedication we have no choice but…

I have this theory that anyone who claims to be a happy-go-lucky baker who can just feel the proper dry-liquid ingredient ratio is a big liar. Oh, you never set a timer while simmering caramel for your croquembouche? Oh, a small flock of cartoon birds helps you slip into your apron? Lies, lies, lies. The best bakers I…

Everyone loves free stuff, right? It’s why people stand in line for hours just to score a sandwich or a cookie or something. As a sign of the times, there are brands and chains out there that are encouraging you to get vaccinated, and as a carrot on a stick (or hot dog, in this case), there are freebies to be had once…

Takeout contributor Danny Palumbo recently wrote about how the fries at beloved West coast burger chain In-N-Out are very bad. Those are his words, not mine. These are now my words, not his: The fries at In-N-Out are bad. I still eat them, though, usually animal-style (mostly out of novelty, and yes, I know, I know,…

“Ever since my mom died, I cry in H Mart.” Wandering the aisles of the pan-Asian grocery store, Michelle Zauner sees the specter of her mother. She cries when she can’t remember which seaweed brand her family used to buy, and she cries seeing a Korean grandmother in the food court, picturing how her mother would’ve…

When you feel like crap, everything tastes like crap too. When I get sick I’m one of those people who barely eats anything (I know it’s bad for me), but I try. The Kitchn tipped us off to a Reddit thread where users discuss the best and strangest things their parents fed them as kids whenever they got sick, and some…