taste test

Every family has its odd pastime. And most of us don’t realize how odd it is until we start comparing notes with our…

It’s winter in the Midwest, party people. The time is now to prep your essentials like prescription-grade Vitamin D,…

Jimmy Dean—the all-American company whose entire schtick is pork sausage—is introducing two new microwavable…

It all started during our recent Takeout Draft of pumpkin spice-flavored items. The final round of the draft was…

When Dairy Queen introduced the Blizzard in 1985, it was a big step forward in ice cream shop innovation. Before,…

A brownie is a dessert that doesn’t require a lot of advance planning. Cakes, breads, cinnamon buns—these are all…

In a household with three children under seven, we go through what seems like gallons of condiments every year.…

It’s a new year, and you know what that means: new Oreo flavors! Well, okay, Oreo pulls out new flavors regularly,…

In preparation for the release of McDonald’s newest burger, some of us at The Takeout were being responsible adults,…

I’ve never really found much appealing or enjoyable about jarred salsas. A true salsa should taste like summer…

Has there been a full moon over the world of fast food this entire summer? The past couple months have been wild: Ch…

My superpower is I can walk into any fast food restaurant blindfolded and identify it by smell. McDonald’s smells…

As Heinz and ketchup goes, so goes Hidden Valley and ranch. Brand affinity affects taste perceptions, and as we…

It was true before Harold & Kumar, but the 2004 surprise-hit film confirmed what many of us know: White Castle is…

The Brits have a far more sophisticated potato chip culture than us Yanks. This is not some big revelation. One…

The grocery store seasonal aisle is a refreshing bastion of predictability: Valentines’ Day chocolate, Halloween…

Taco Bell is selling a Slurpee-like frozen drink that tastes like red Skittles. If that first sentence did not evoke…

I’m reading this fascinating book right now by Jonathan Kauffman, called Hippie Food: How Back-To-The-Landers,…

Let’s spend a few minutes on the crucial topic of sauce. My biggest question is: Do we treat sauce as a vehicle, an…

For a snack combination to succeed, the whole must be greater than the sum of the parts. Take Chex Mix, my favorite…