The Takeout's Top Food News Of The Week March 30, 2024

In which we report on new snacks, useful products, culinary celebrities, and of course, TikTok recipes.

I have always suspected I was cutting cake wrong. With the typical segment approach, it's hard to anticipate the results; the first piece is always ruined, and people who request "just a sliver" usually end up with a crumbly mess. The internet has some truly stupid ideas about how to cut cake (including wine glasses), but other suggestions seem, dare I say, ingenious. To determine the best method, I bravely destroyed several cakes. – Laura Wheatman Hill Read More

It's so simple: a creamy, tangy, red-speckled spread stuffed between two slices of Wonder Bread. Yet the pimento cheese sandwiches lined up like rows of library books wrapped in signature hunter green to-go baggies have flown off the shelves at Masters tournament since 1947, and they're easily the world's most famous in professional sports. Now, this iconic sandwich can be delivered to your doorstep, even if you didn't make the qualifying round. – Andrea McHugh Read More

There are many philosophical questions that will continue to be asked until the end of time. What is love? Why is the sky blue? Why is Easter synonymous with eggs and bunnies when the latter don't even lay eggs? And will there ever be a more popular Easter candy than Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs? – Luke Gralia Read More

The Flamin' Hot lineup of products is so popular that PepsiCo, owner of Frito-Lay, has announced that it's spinning off Flamin' Hot as its very own brand. Along with the news that Flamin' Hot would be its own category of product (rather than a subvariety of Cheetos that occasionally gets licensed out elsewhere), the company also announced that the entire portfolio, which includes more than 25 different products from snacks to mac and cheese, will now sport brand-new packaging to catch your eye on store shelves. – Dennis Lee Read More

Aioli, Heinz ketchup, Chick-fil-A's Polynesian sauce, and the iconic Big Mac sauce. From our refrigerator shelves to our favorite restaurants, sauces of all kinds are proliferating, and the Wall Street Journal reports that it might be too much for some consumers to handle. But are all these condiments a sign of deterioration in America's culinary skills, or just an indication of the new way we prefer to eat? – Angela L. Pagán Read More

Food delivery has really taken off in recent years—sometimes literally. DoorDash has announced that it's testing a new drone delivery partnership in a single U.S. test market, starting specifically with one fast food brand: Wendy's. If all goes well, maybe we'll all get our fries from the sky someday soon. – Dennis Lee Read More