Food & Drink
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McDonald’s Is Bringing Back Halloween-Themed Happy Meal Pails
Gen Xers, get ready for a piece of childhood to return because the rumors are true: McDonald’s Happy Meal Halloween Pails are coming back this year. The pails, first offered in the mid-’80s, featured cute jack-o-lantern faces and were often used for trick-or-treating.…
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The Best Foods to Eat If You Have High Blood Pressure
The number of Americans dealing with high blood pressure is inching closer and closer to half of the adult population, making it more important than ever to explore new ways to lessen the negative impacts of hypertension. While foods with…
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Starbucks Employees Dish on Why ‘Secret Menu’ Orders Can Be Frustrating
Do you love ordering elaborate drinks at Starbucks that aren’t listed on the menu? If you’re nodding, your barista likely has a bone to pick with you. Starbucks workers recently aired their grievances on Reddit over the most frustrating “secret menu”…
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Culver’s CurderBurger is Making a Comeback
What started as an April Fool’s Day prank turned into a phenomenon last year when Culver’s decided to bring the CurderBurger to life for one day only. In true cult-like, fast-food crazed fashion, customers swarmed restaurants to the point that…
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Trader Joe’s Samples Have Finally Returned to Stores
After a two-year pandemic hiatus, Trader Joe’s samples are back. The freebies began making their comeback Oct. 1, though dates will vary from store to store. Trader Joe’s has also made major changes to its sample stations, according to crew members…
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Historic Banks Beautifully Transformed Into Hotels, Restaurants, and More
With the rise of mobile banking, many bank buildings — including some architectural gems — have been repurposed into restaurants, hotels, bars, shops, breweries, and even arcades. Many retain their original 19th and 20th century design, with the financial institutions’…
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Beware of Fly Vomit … It’s More Dangerous Than You Think
From unrepentant buzzing around your head to annoyingly painful bites on your ankles, flies are a nuisance from their slimy, squirmy maggot beginnings to their fly-swatter spatter endings. But as…
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40 Foods That Americans are Missing Out On
Few things are as essential to any world culture as its food. Despite increased globalization of many popular food brands, tastes and basic ingredients alike still vary wildly between countries,…
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The Brands Behind Trader Joe’s Most Popular Products
Trader Joe’s may seem like an easygoing, carefree brand, but the higher-ups at corporate treat its inner workings more like an intelligence agency than a grocery store. Case in point:…
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We Tried 23 Brands of Edible Cookie Dough and These Are the Best
There are two types of people: those who can’t help but taste the raw cookie dough when they’re making cookies, and those who don’t eat cookies. Edible cookie dough is…
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Chipotle Employees Dish on How Customers Can Make Their Jobs Easier
Between the rude customers, fast-paced work environment, and low pay, it’s clear that food service is hard work — and Chipotle is no exception. As any Chipotle customer has seen,…
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The Craziest Burritos Across America
Burritos have come a long way since their origins with chefs introducing new and unusual ingredients into the mix or fusing cuisines together when creating their version. Whether you’re in…
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Here’s Why Trader Joe’s Sells Out of Your Favorite Products So Quickly
When Trader Joe’s launched a near ingredient-for-ingredient clone of Supergoop’s sunscreen, an internet-famous skincare product, the retailer’s $9 bottle sold out across the country. If shoppers asked when a new…
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Every Major Food Recall in the Past Year
As the saying goes, nothing is certain in life but death and taxes, but we’d add another reality to that list: recalls, recalls, recalls. Government agencies are constantly blasting notices…
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22 Stupidly Expensive Foods You Won’t Believe Ever Existed
Sure, there are some status-symbol foods out there, like expensive champagne, high-end caviar, or Costco’s 72-pound wheel of imported cheese. But would you pay $200 for French fries dusted in…
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Taco Bell Superfans Share Their ‘Controversial’ Menu Opinions
Taco Bell fans are some of the most passionate in the fast food industry. (Just look at this Baja Blessed tattoo). And like most superfans and fanatics, Taco Bell die-hards…
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Old El Paso Introduces Mess-Free Tortilla Pockets
If you’ve ever tried (and failed) to roll a burrito, you know how difficult it can be. Old El Paso, the General Mills-owned Tex-Mex brand, is capitalizing on that difficulty…
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This Thanksgiving Staple Is Threatened by Drought
Love them or hate them, cranberries are on most Thanksgiving tables. But they might be harder to find around the holidays this year thanks to a widespread drought in Massachusetts,…
