After receiving life-saving surgery at a Charleston, South Carolina-area hospital, a 17-year-old told authorities that his wounds were not, as he previously stated, the result of an accident with a hunting rifle. Instead, they occurred when his cousin shot him over a bag of salt and vinegar potato chips.

Here in the Midwest, there’s an appealing crispness in the air, and perfectly sane people who would commonly have no interest in anything so festive are chirping about apple-picking and hay rides and strolling down the street wearing sweaters over plaid collared shirts. There is no bad season to eat a baked potato,…

Have I yet bored you by retelling the story of how I was once a bingo parlor hostess in England? Oftentimes, when I trudged home from the bingo, I would stop at the local fish-and-chips shop and get a paper cone full of fried things doused in salt and vinegar for my all-beige dinner. Sometimes, I didn’t even bother…

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Growing up in the Midwest, I felt like I saw Seyfert’s potato chips everywhere, all the time, and yet I never picked up a bag. Why? The labels are so wholesome! The colors are so primary! “Seyfert’s Snackin’! It’s Lip Smackin’!” is a totally solid tagline. And yet, they never came home with me. Now I fear it may be…

We at The Takeout have strong feelings about French fry shapes. (I myself prefer a standard-cut fry or a Jojo.) But even given such ironclad convictions, we cannot recommend that anyone resort to violence over French fries. Thus, we must reprimand some customers of a Maine hot dog shop who have threatened the shop’s…

Weren’t twice-baked potatoes the highlight of any circa 1990s wedding banquet? I used to think so, going to countless family weddings as a child. I remember watching the cloche lift from my dinner and thinking Sheeeeeeeeeesh is this fancy. Whimsically piped, flecked with chives, the twice-baked potato was a…

You would be forgiven if you didn’t know about French chef Joel Robuchon, who died of cancer Monday at age 73. He was not the most famous chef in the world, if we’re judging fame by household recognition. But for fine-dining chefs who aspire to Michelin-star status (the Michelin Guide being the pre-eminent restaurant…

Spanish Tortilla is one of those recipes everyone should have in their back pocket. Essentially a potato-and-onion frittata, this satisfying and simple dish is traditionally part of a tapas feast but lends itself beautifully to brunch, lunch, or dinner.

You know how people say “did you take this with a potato?” (I didn’t, but apparently they do.) Well, the people at Corridor Team, a production company, are apparently super committed to that particular phrase, because they set about finding a way to answer that question with “yes, I did in fact take that with a…

Wynonna Earp is a supernatural western series that airs on Syfy in the U.S. (on Space in Canada). The show, an adaptation of the Beau Smith comic book, centers on Wynonna, the great-great-granddaughter of Wyatt Earp, who is tasked with defending her hometown (Purgatory) from supernatural forces using a mystical,…

There are inspired marketing campaigns, and then there’s this. The Independent and other outlets are reporting that some Panic! At The Disco fans have received potatoes in the mail, and naturally, are posting on social media.

If you, like me, enjoy stories about science that blow your mind just a little, or if you, like me, love sweet potatoes and also love shrimp, today is a good day for you. We at The Takeout stumbled across two delightful, food-adjacent stories that knocked our socks off. They also made us hungry.

I like to think I’m a connoisseur of fried potatoes. French fries or tots, curly or waffled, seasoned or plain, mayo or ketchup or both—the only fried potatoes I cannot abide are the soggy turds known as sweet potato tots.

Mountains of boiled potatoes have rolled blandly across my dinner plate throughout my life. I was never thrilled by their presence, tolerating them but never truly enjoying them. It wasn’t until later in life when I began studying the food of my Irish heritage that I began to realize their worth. I treat them with…

The first time I ever encountered potato tacos, I was 17. It was a Sunday—band practice day. During a break between overly angsty fits of distorted guitar, our chief songwriter, David, said to me, “Let’s go get potato tacos.” I’d never heard of such a thing. Even though I lived just across the Mexican border, I was…

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” contest. This year’s flavors are everything bagel with cream cheese,…