Far be it from me to yuck on someone else’s yum: I like a lot of weird food things. Maybe it’s the candy I’ve been snacking on steadily for a few weeks thanks to the Halloween rush, but I am at a loss regarding the purpose of this new product at Target: Sugar Cookie Milk.
Last night, the Boston Red Sox clinched the World Series (Noooommmmmmaahhhhhh!) by beating the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games—but it’s one spectator’s choice of beverage that captured more of my attention than anything on the field. Please friends, join me in observing this fedora-clad man who is blithely enjoying…
While there is a well-document excess of milk produced in America, many families still struggle to afford basic, nutritious groceries (such as milk). The U.S. Department Of Agriculture came up with what we think is a pretty nifty solution: Buy that excess milk and donate it to food banks.
Send your thoughts and prayers toward Brooklyn, friends, as the borough grapples with its latest culinary roadblock. A article entitled “Hey, Where’s My Oat Milk?” in which magazine?—ah The New Yorker, indubitably—outlines Brooklyn’s current predicament (ominously subtitled: “Brooklyn residents embraced the non-dairy…
Gird yourself. Hold onto something steady. The following statement may make sensitive readers uncomfortable and angry: The best part of breakfast cereal is not the cereal itself, but the cereal-steeped milk left in the bowl.
American dairy farmers are having a very rough go of it lately, for reasons we’ve reported on before. But some are finding a secondary beverage that’s way more profitable than milk: beer. Beer writer and friend of The Takeout Josh Bernstein explores the rise in dairy farm breweries in this interesting New York Times piece
Author Mark Kurlansky built his reputation writing food history books (Salt, Cod) that illuminate history, culture, and commerce through the lens of just one food. His latest book is Milk!: A 10,000-Year Food Fracas, and it includes recipes, global case studies, and an explanation of how industrial dairy came to…
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Consider the majestic platypus: one of the only mammals that can lay an egg, and an impressive secret agent on Phineas And Ferb. Other than those two platypus fun facts, you may not have given the furry, duck-billed creature a second thought. But now a new study reveals that platypus milk might be be able to help…
Best-by dates on packages are known to contribute to food waste, as consumers see that a date has passed and toss the food from their fridge without a thought. But the dates on milk and other food packages are—with just one exception—merely guidelines, not safety proclamations.
Consider the billions of plastic jugs, paper cartons, and glass bottles needed to house milk each year. Now consider a vessel that takes up a fraction of the space and is, undeniably, more environmentally sound. It can be a strange sight for the unfamiliar, and yet it makes so much sense: bagged milk.
Raw milk truthers in four states—New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island—are being warned by the Centers for Disease Control to lay off the dangerous dairy. The CDC warns (“for the second time in three months,” ahem) that consuming raw milk can be harmful to one’s health. This latest chiding comes after a…
