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Taste Test

Smashburger's New Jackfruit Burger Tastes Like Another Popular Veggie Patty

Instead of Impossible or Beyond, Smashburger's new burger comes from Jack & Annie's.

Luke Gralia

Rec Room

Order This Perfect Korean Dish With an Ice Cold Beer

Bossam is the perfect accompaniment to what you're drinking.

Dennis Lee

Rec Room

Meet Vegeta, the Prince of All Seasonings

This versatile blend will improve your cooking (and has nothing to do with anime).

Dennis Lee

Taste Test

These Three New Sandwiches Aren’t Panera’s Best Effort

The fast casual café chain is now serving three types of toasted footings, and boy, are they something.

Danny Palumbo

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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…

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.

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Cookbooks

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

Josh Wussow

Books

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

Dennis Lee

Cookbooks

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

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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

Marnie Shure

Candy

America’s favorite Halloween candies, ranked by general deliciousness

Lillian Stone

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

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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

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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