Food & Drink
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‘I Can Never Unsee Purple Things in My Salad Now’: Servers Share the 10 Strangest Things Customers Have Ordered
If you work in the service industry, you’ll come away with a few stomach-churning war stories. Everyone in the biz encounters crooked bosses, crazed coworkers, and of course, plenty of wild and weird customers. To give you an idea of…
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‘Greedflation’: Why Inflation Is SO Good for Food Billionaires
While inflation rates seem to be cooling in the last few months, that doesn’t mean they aren’t enormously high. Two years ago, white bread was 22% cheaper and butter was 31% cheaper than it is now. According to the United States…
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I Tried 8 Starbucks Bakery Items, and Now I Don’t Understand How People Like Cake Pops
Starbucks has always been better at food than they are at coffee, in my opinion. There’s a surprisingly large array of food on offer at the ‘Bucks, no matter what time of day you might find yourself there. When it…
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13 Ways to Use Pulled Pork Leftovers When You’re Sick of BBQ Sandwiches
Forget giant zucchini and overflowing baskets of tomatoes — mountains of leftover pulled pork are the real bumper crop of summer. Pork shoulder is just about the perfect meat to prepare for a crowd since it’s cheap, easy to make,…
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“Like I Ate Sticky Cardboard”: Customers Say Crumbl Cookies’ Krispies Bar Is A Total Ripoff
Have you ever eaten something from a bakery or restaurant, and thought, “Man, I could have definitely made this myself for way less money”? Even if you’re one of the worst cooks in the world, you’d still be thinking that…
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Here Are 6 of the Best Fast-Food Breakfast Burritos, Ranked
Breakfast is an often overlooked, critically important piece of a fast-food restaurant. Maybe it’s your pre-work ritual, or maybe you’re in need of recovery from the bar last night. There are a lot of reasons you might need a quickie…
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15 Healthy Fast Food Menu Items at McDonald’s, Wendy’s, and Beyond
We associate fast food with calorie dense, nutritional nightmares that do little more than fill us up and make us fat. The good news is that you can actually make…
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Krispy Kreme’s Latest Job Posting is the Career Dreams Are Made Of
Krispy Kreme is appealing to both doughnut lovers and creative culinary enthusiasts with its latest job opportunity. The chain is searching for a “Chief Doughnut Dreamer” to join the innovation…
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Is Costco Cracking Down on Membership Sharing? Signs on Reddit Point to Yes
Costco fans on Reddit’s r/Costco community have noticed something at their favorite warehouse store lately: Costco appears to be cracking down on membership sharing. If you’re unfamiliar, it’s when the…
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I Tried the TikTok Hack That Promises To Get Every Last Drop Out of That Soda Can — Here’s How You Do It
Soda isn’t getting cheaper. In fact, it’s costing more and more: A 2-liter bottle is currently topping out at around $2.40, according to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor…
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A National Summer Crisis: Ice Cream Inflation and Other Grocery Staples Rising in Cost
One minute we’re reeling from inflation at the grocery store and the next we’re being told price increases are slowing down. It’s inflation-induced whiplash, but it’s here to hit you…
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I Tasted Trader Joe’s New Buttermilk Ranch Dressing — Here’s How It Compares to Hidden Valley Ranch
I have not had the best of luck with Trader Joe’s refrigerated dressings. The Green Goddess was nightmare fuel when I tried it, and there was one I only remember…
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Clothes Iron Meals, Coffee Pot Stews, and 6 Other Tips for Cooking Without a Kitchen
If you live in a major city and aren’t rich, you’ve got two options: Either you share an apartment, or you settle for a cheap studio without a kitchen. The…
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Forget Your Usual Burger. Here’s Where To Find the Best Fast-Food Smash Burgers Around
There’s nothing quite as satisfying as a big, fat, juicy burger and a generous side of fries. But you know what’s even better? A smash burger. The flavorful and tender…
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Peanut Butter and Mayo Sandwiches? Historic Recipes from Hard Times
Though rising food prices have dominated headlines for months now, by world historical standards food remains amazingly cheap and abundant. Here are some foods people of the past ate in…
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Don’t Forget the Ketchup: 8 Drive-Thru Mistakes You’re Probably Making
When you’ve had a bad day, the “I’ll just hit the drive-thru” mentality is a hard beast to outrun. We know this problem well, and everybody knows that drive-thrus make…
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I Tried 6 Popular Sandwiches From McAlister’s Deli, and I’ve Already Forgotten About Them
It’s nuts how many chains think they can come for Panera’s throne, isn’t it? McAlister’s Deli, founded in Oxford, Mississippi, is giving it a try — and with over 500…
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I Tried the Grimace’s Purple Birthday Shake and I Have Some Thoughts
I’m still not sure if Grimace is a dinosaur tastebud or just a random purple blob, but his birthday — June 12 — has revealed one thing. He tastes like…
