Food & Drink
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What to Eat When You’re Sick (Besides Chicken Soup)
Chicken soup may be the ultimate comfort food when you’re not feeling well, but there’s plenty more to turn to when you’re sick. We’ve paired recommended foods and drinks with common ailments and conditions to help get you on the…
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Over 35 Store-Brand Foods That Deliver Quality and Savings
It’s common knowledge that buying store brands can add up to big savings at the grocery, but some formerly resistant shoppers are taking a second look at these cheaper alternatives. Fortunately, many store-brand foods have actually beaten name-brand competitors in blind taste…
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This Rapidly Expanding Fast-Food Chain Started in a Parking Lot
If you haven’t heard of Dave’s Hot Chicken, we can’t blame you. Started just five years ago as a pop-up in a Los Angeles parking lot, the chain of spicy fried-chicken restaurants has seen explosive growth. It owes that growth…
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Foods That Sold for Big Money at Auction
It may be hard to believe, but food and beverages sell for exorbitant prices at auctions all the time. The reasons for the sky-high bids vary. Sometimes the item is a luxury food that commands high prices in restaurants. It may…
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White Castle Slides Into ‘Fine Dining’ for Valentine’s Day
Trying to decide where to take your sweetheart out for Valentine’s Day dinner? Here’s another restaurant to consider: White Castle. No, that’s not a mistake. White Castle is turning itself into a tongue-in-cheek fine dining establishment on the night of…
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Pepsi Says Goodbye to Sierra Mist and Introduces New Sprite Rival
Imagine Coca-Cola kissing Sprite goodbye. Sure, it’s not as popular as Coke, but fans of the lemon-lime flavored soda might raise an uproar if it was suddenly axed. PepsiCo, on the other hand, has voted its lemon-lime flavored soft drink,…
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The Best (and Worst) Mighty Swell Spiked Seltzers
Remember when there were only two or three hard seltzer brands? I barely do anymore. When it became clear you could produce easily-drinkable, gluten-free beverages made with natural flavors and…
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Celebrity Chef David Chang Says Costco’s Rotisserie Chicken Is ‘Disgusting’
After visiting Costco for the third time ever, celebrity chef David Chang of Momofuku fame dished out hot take after hot take on a new episode of his podcast. His…
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How To Cook Chicken Wings: Baking, Frying, Grilling, and More
Snacks and apps while watching the big game? A must. If you’re unsure of how to make chicken wings, now’s the time to learn. In a world where you can…
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Beloved Burger Chain Finally Expanding Beyond West Coast
In-N-Out, a staunchly West Coast fast-food burger chain with a fervent cult following, is finally expanding east of the Mississippi River. The California chain is opening its first territory office…
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Two Highly Anticipated Trader Joe’s Seasonings Have Just Hit Stores
Trader Joe’s has just added two much-anticipated spices to its zany lineup of condiments: a ketchup-flavored sprinkle and a pizza seasoning blend. While a Redditor teased these spices a month…
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I Tried 8 Topo Chico Hard Seltzer Flavors — This Is the Best
From the minute Topo Chico mineral water hit the non-alcoholic seltzer scene, people were in love with it. Beautiful branding made me reach for it the first time, and the…
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Crazy Taco Bell Menu Items Dreamed Up by Superfans
Taco Bell food has a certain je ne sais quois that’s impossible to replicate. Tacos at home, even made with Taco Bell-branded ingredients from the supermarket, don’t even come close. So…
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A New Girl Scout Cookie Is Here To Ruin Your New Year’s Resolution
When faced with an adorable herd of Girl Scouts slinging cookies at the local supermarket, I can’t help shelling out Lincoln after Lincoln for Thin Mints and Samoas. Some of…
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Will Gas Stoves Be Banned in the US?
Home cooks might have to say goodbye to the satisfying “click, click whoosh” of their stovetop burners igniting courtesy of a ban on gas stoves proposed by the U.S. Consumer…
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Trader Joe’s Shoppers Share Their Favorite Low-Calorie Frozen Meals
It’s rare that food is quick, cheap, yummy, and low in calories, but these six Trader Joe’s products manage to be all four. To be clear, we’re not saying these frozen…
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Will You Buy ‘Woke’ Female M&Ms?
Sweets-maker Mars has begun selling bags of M&M’s that feature only the female characters’ candy colors as a way to commemorate International Women’s Day on March 8, and the marketing…
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Best Regional Fast Food Chains the Rest of the Country Needs
In the vast culinary landscape that is our country, flavors change as often as accents, spread out in every direction you look. The bummer? That means certain fast food chains…
