Food & Drink

  • Easter Is Next Weekend?! You Can Still Order These Last-Minute Holiday Meals

    Easter feels earlier than usual this year. If it’s snuck up on you like it has on us, have no fear: you can still place a holiday meal order at plenty of restaurants nationwide so you don’t have to spend…

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    Taco Tuesday’s Greatest Threat: A Looming Tequila Shortage

    If margaritas on Taco Tuesday are part of your post-Manic Monday recovery plan, you might need to find a different spirit to wash your Mexican grub down with. According to agave farmers in Mexico, a struggle to keep up with…

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    Why Is Caviar So Damn Expensive?

    A tin of caviar from the beluga sturgeon — an ugly, prehistoric-looking fish — is so expensive and rare that it’s become a symbol of the ultrarich, akin to a Rolex or Bentley. The slimy, black pearls can fetch prices…

  • The Best (and Worst) Waterloo Sparkling Water Flavors

    Sick of Aha? Don’t want to pay for Spindrift? It’s a nice time to be alive if you’re a seltzer drinker, as there are countless companies pushing carbonated waters our way and your choices are vast.  Waterloo’s purified carbonated water…

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    TikTok Convinced Me I Could Make Thai Food — Here’s What Happened

    A lot of people turn to TikTok for dog videos, new dance moves, and questionable medical advice, but I usually have a different goal — food. Recipes, to be specific. My bookmarks look like a page of a (pretty ADHD)…

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    Sick of Tipping? You’re Not the Only One

    Tired of seeing an option to leave a tip … pretty much everywhere? While customers were feeling generous toward service workers during the pandemic, three years on it seems purse strings are getting tighter while tipping attitudes are reaching levels…