For 20 years, Linda Martinez and Steve Brenner, a married American couple, have lived in Rome, where, most recently,…
Aimee Levitt
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Former associate editor of The Takeout. Chicagoan. Owned by dog.
These are desperate times in America. The pandemic is coming to an end, yes, but now we face yet another grave…
Ah, Times Square, crossroads of the world, where tourists from everywhere mingle with Disney characters, Broadway…
Fried chicken is one of the best things in the whole wide world. Even at a fast-food joint, even if it’s tofu or…
Of all the major industries, food has been the slowest to succumb to the lure of data collection. Retail, for…
French cuisine is a living thing, ever evolving and changing, just like the food of other countries. French people…
Exciting news everyone: Costco plans to start reopening its food courts! Now you can hang around the store and munch…
I was thinking yesterday about the nature of boredom, how it makes you agitated and lackadaisical at the same time.…
One of the most disorienting symptoms of COVID-19, as we all know by now, is the loss of the sense of smell. Since…
Starbucks hot cups are deceptive: although they look like they’re made of innocent, recyclable paper, they’re…
My freezer has become a repository of frozen food from Trader Joe’s, half-eaten pints of ice cream, bags of Costco…
My parents bought a dining room table sometime in the ’80s. They put it in the part of the house designated as the…
Welcome to Gamer Week, in which The Takeout will be celebrating the edible side of video games all week long.
Why is food produced by some cooks (usually grandmothers) so much better than the exact same food—down to the…
In December of 2015, the Rabbinical Assembly, an international council of Conservative rabbis, had a meeting and…
Do you know the word “bagel”? Do you know the word “schmear”? Congratulations! You know two words of Yiddish! You…
For some reason, I thought the canon of pasta shapes was fixed and eternal. Spaghetti, linguine, cavatappi, penne,…
Midwestern Pet Foods has issued a massive recall of 140 lots of pet foods across five different brands after a…
During a spring training game at Diablo Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, last week, Joe Ayala was just chilling with his…
The worst part about testing positive from COVID-19, aside from, you know, having COVID, is having to tell everyone…