Food & Drink

  • Four regional pies on a cutting board on an old fence on an old road

    Skip the Road Trip: Bake Your Way Across America With These 12 Legendary State Pie Recipes

    From Alaska’s campfire salmon pie to Florida’s no-bake Key Lime, these regional desserts prove there’s a lot more to America than apple and pumpkin.Pie is as American as, well, you get the gist. According to a survey by the American…

  • Friends eating burgers and fries and have fun in outdoor restaurant

    States That Eat the Most Fast Food

    Escoffier School of Culinary Arts analyzed some data on the number of fast-food restaurants in each state, as well as general fast-food consumption across the country, and gave each state a score (for the full, complicated methodology, check here). Want…

  • McDonald's vanilla soft serve

    Why McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines Never Work

    Every few weeks, usually at night, I have a sudden craving for vanilla soft serve from McDonald’s. But just as I start to fantasize about the immaculate, snow-white swirl, I remember the futility of it all: A working McDonald’s soft-serve…

  • Fans wait in line to meet Alan Jackson at an In-Store Appearance To Promote The Alan Jackson Collection at Cracker Barrel on November 2, 2009 in Mount Juliet, Tennessee

    20 Restaurant Chains Open on Easter Sunday (and Which Are Closed)

    Easter Sunday might be a time for church, egg hunts, and awkward family photos, but it doesn’t mean the whole country shuts down. While some restaurant chains close up to give their staff a well-earned break, plenty of spots will…

  • Cowboy Cafe Breakfast Burger

    This Is Your Breakfast Burger Bucket List

    Biting into a breakfast burger stuffed with oozing eggs and crispy bacon makes for a memorable way to start the day when you’re craving a savory breakfast. Across the country, food trucks, restaurants, and hole-in-the-wall eateries are whipping up breakfast-inspired…

  • Showbiz Pizza Place

    Once-Popular Pizza Chains That No Longer Exist

    Everybody likes pizza. So naturally, if you want to open a food spot, you go for the obvious: pizza. Because duh, demand. But the thing is, when everyone loves pizza, everyone has the same brilliant idea of opening a pizza…