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Rec Room

This Sandwich Is Due to Go Viral Any Second

The absurd moo yong sandwich is just what the internet craves. Why haven't we heard more about it?

Danny Palumbo

Rec Room

These Products Make Backyard Barbecues Better

Upgrade your summer entertaining with these inexpensive grilling accessories and kitchen tools.

Marnie Shure

Rec Room

You’re Missing Out on the Best S’mores

These instant s’mores upgrades make the best summer dessert even better.

Marnie Shure

Rec Room

Try These Brilliant Uses for Cheese at Your Next Cookout

A professional cheese expert shares a few delectable grilling tips.

Marnie Shure

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AVC Eats

We’re trying the new Oreo flavors

Oreo released a couple new cookie flavors this summer—Dunkin’ Donuts Mocha, Salted Caramel, Coconut, and Blueberry Pie. We bought a couple packages, gathered together a smattering of Onion, Inc. employees, and let them try the new flavors. By and…

In honor of National Vanilla Ice Cream Day, we figure out whose vanilla is best

This Sunday, July 23, is National Vanilla Ice Cream Day and, in the spirit of National Fried Chicken Day, we want to figure out which mass market vanilla ice cream is the best. To do this, we gathered the usual gang of Onion, Inc. employees, bought…

We used Free Slurpee Day to torment 3 of our co-workers

In honor of Free Slurpee Day (7/11), we sent three Onion Inc. employees to the nearest 7-Eleven and had them endure several bouts of brain freeze while racing to finish the chain’s signature 44-ounce frozen beverage. How fast do you think you could…

Leonardo Adrian Garcia

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Inside XO Marshmallow, Chicago’s first all-marshmallow café

Founded by Kathryn Connor and Lindzi Shanks, XO Marshmallow is Chicago’s first all-marshmallow café and the world’s first “marshmallow café and wonderland.” XO Marshmallow’s mission is to “bring the nostalgia of sipping cocoa with s’mallows, or…

Baraka Kaseko

AVQ&A

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AVQ&A

Pass the Combos: 18 foods you only eat while traveling

This week’s question comes from A.V. Club alum Becca James:

Nathan Rabin,

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya,

Nick Wanserski,

and 15 more

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What’s your favorite comfort food?

This week’s question comes from A.V. Club deputy managing editor Caitlin PenzeyMoog:

Caitlin PenzeyMoog,

Erik Adams,

Marah Eakin,

and 9 more

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What’s the one cookbook you’d save from a burning kitchen?

Yesterday, we presented a list of cookbooks we consider to be the finest tomes published so far in our young century. Today, we open it up to The A.V. Club staffers and contributors, and rephrased it as a question: If you could save one cookbook…

and 4 more

It’s National Pizza Day: What’s the all-time best pizza spot in America?

It’s National Pizza Day! (Yes, it’s also National Bagel Day and National Toothache Day, but hush.) In honor of this momentous occasion, we’ve asked a question that seemingly everybody has an answer for:

Nathan Rabin,

Laura Adamczyk,

Nick Wanserski,

and 13 more

Books

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Cookbooks

The Best Kids’ Cookbooks That Parents Will Enjoy, Too

Make cooking with your kids a fun activity with these five picks.

Hoang Samuelson

Cookbooks

Mi Cocina Will Make You Care About Food More Than You Knew You Could

Rick Martínez’s new cookbook activates all the senses.

Josh Wussow

Books

In the Weeds is an emotionally exhausting picture of someone we all thought we knew

Tom Vitale’s memoir is about a career shaped by Anthony Bourdain.

Dennis Lee

Cookbooks

Keep Rodney Scott’s World of BBQ by your smoker this summer

The James Beard Award-winning pitmaster’s recipes teach home cooks how to make delicious barbecue.

Dennis Lee

Candy

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Candy

These are the top 10 Halloween candies of the 2021 trick-or-treat season

After seven weeks of measuring various candy attributes, we have finalized the ultimate 2021 Halloween Candy Power Rankings.

Lillian Stone

Candy

The top 10 Halloween candies with the best advertising

Our 2021 Halloween Candy Power Rankings continue with a discussion of the best candy ad campaigns.

Marnie Shure

Candy

America’s favorite Halloween candies, ranked by general deliciousness

Our 2021 Halloween Candy Power Rankings continue with perhaps the most important metric of all.

Lillian Stone

Candy

The best (and worst) Halloween candies to share with others

Our 2021 Halloween Candy Power Rankings continue with the best candies for sharing—if you're so inclined.

Lillian Stone

Films

Film

The Menu Is a Dissection of Insufferable Fine Dining

The film features strong characters, a violent wit, and a “Taco Night” you’ll never forget.

Josh Wussow

Fran And Cameron Eat On The Company Dime

We went to a Game Of Thrones dinner and didn’t get murdered

In Fran And Cameron Eat On The Company Dime, The Takeout staffers Fran Hoepfner and Cameron Scheetz eat on the company dime. This week, our resident critics visited Elizabeth, the Chicago restaurant that recently served a Game Of Thrones-inspired…

Fran Hoepfner

and Cameron Scheetz

Fran And Cameron Eat On The Company Dime

Does Iceland really have the best hot dog in the world?

In Fran And Cameron Eat On The Company Dime, The Takeout staffers Fran Hoepfner and Cameron Scheetz eat on the company dime. This week, our resident critics return from a trip to Iceland, where they experienced the country’s love affair with hot…

Fran Hoepfner

and Cameron Scheetz

Fran And Cameron Eat On The Company Dime

From fried green tomato to crispy taco, we tried Lay’s new chip flavors

In Fran And Cameron Eat On The Company Dime, A.V. Club staffers Fran Hoepfner and Cameron Scheetz eat on the company dime. This week, our resident and compulsive snacker critics got their hands on the three finalists from Lay’s 2017 “Do Us A Flavor”…

Fran Hoepfner

and Cameron Scheetz

Hunger Pang

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Hunger Pang

Let me tell you about the finest pig I ever ate

As I wrap up my week in Hong Kong, it’s fitting I end my stay on the highest of high notes. Let’s not bury the lead: I just experienced the best pork of my life, and this comes only days after I ate the best char siu ever. Lucky me.

Kevin Pang

Hunger Pang

Let's try the food at the Hong Kong McDonald's

I’m spending time in one of the world’s indisputably great food cities and here I am sitting with a shamefully large order of food at a Hong Kong McDonald’s. Why? Because I find it a fascinating anthropological exercise. McDonald’s is a global unit…

Kevin Pang

Hunger Pang

A brief appreciation of Tsui Wah, Hong Kong's quintessential restaurant

Tsui Wah restaurant can seemingly be found every fourth block in Hong Kong, or at least it feels that way. The Western analog, in terms of ubiquity, might be Denny’s, but the food is leagues above that. In fact, if forced to pick one restaurant to…

Kevin Pang

Hunger Pang

Hunger Pang: Who wants Chinese BBQ for breakfast?

Editor’s Note: For years, countless people have told me, “Gee, why don’t you call your column Hunger Pang haha.” I’ve been a food writer for a decade and I hear this no less than once a month. My response out loud: “That’s a good one haha!” The…

Kevin Pang