Hark! Taco Bell potatoes have risen! [Updated]Update, January 14, 2021: Remember last year when Taco Bell, in an effort to streamline its menu, ditched a whole…ByAimee Levitt and Allison RobicelliPublishedJanuary 14, 2021
In the future, we will all pick up food in our cars and never wear pantsEven before the COVID-19 pandemic, restaurants were working hard to ensure that paying customer would have to…ByAimee LevittPublishedJanuary 14, 2021
Microwave Hamburger Soup and the dawn of a brave new era in cookingBack in the early 1980s, the microwave promised to bring us all into a brave new era of convenience cooking. “Use…ByAimee LevittPublishedJanuary 14, 2021
The Food Timeline has been saved! [Updated]Update January 13, 2021: Yesterday I tried to check the Food Timeline and saw the site was down. I panicked. And…ByAimee LevittPublishedJanuary 13, 2021
Funfetti debuts new ice cream, continues plot to take over worldOver the past year or so, a quiet plot to achieve world domination has been taking place under our very noses. While…ByAimee LevittPublishedJanuary 12, 2021
And now a brand-new theory about how dogs became our very best friendsFor the past 20,000 years or so, dogs and humans have been as in love with each other as it’s possible for any two…ByAimee LevittPublishedJanuary 11, 2021
Sean Hannity auditions for new career as Olive Garden spokesmanIn the grand narrative of American politics, at least as presented by right-wing news outlets such as Fox News,…ByAimee LevittPublishedJanuary 8, 2021
A tale of two ice creamsA few months ago (or decades in COVID time), a brewery in Joe Biden’s home state of Delaware announced that it had…ByAimee LevittPublishedJanuary 8, 2021
Someone fed all the hungry, hiding members of Congress yesterdayLike most of you, I think, I spent most of yesterday afternoon and night huddled over my laptop, flicking between…ByAimee LevittPublishedJanuary 7, 2021
Tchibo made a black coffee drinker out of meOne of the greatest disappointments of my early life was that coffee never tasted nearly as good as it smelled.…ByAimee LevittPublishedJanuary 7, 2021
New California law gives third-party apps exactly what they deserveSometimes a tweet can lead to actual change. Nearly a year ago, in January 2020, San Francisco restaurant owner Pim…ByAimee LevittPublishedJanuary 6, 2021
In 2021, Chipotle resolves to serve carbless cauliflower riceIn the future, no one will ever eat carbs ever again. And since it’s a new year, the future has arrived! Your newly…ByAimee LevittPublishedJanuary 5, 2021
Last Call: What should I do with my Buddha’s hand?This is a Buddha’s hand. It’s a type of citron from south Asia with a profusion of long, slender “fingers.” It got…ByAimee LevittPublishedJanuary 4, 2021
You could always eat your Christmas treeThe dismantling of the Christmas tree, I’m told, is the saddest part of the holiday season, even worse than awkward…ByAimee LevittPublishedJanuary 4, 2021
Hershey’s unveils its Valentine’s Day, Easter 2021 candies[Takes a deep breath.] Kit Kat fans of America, I have some sad news for you. There will be no new Hershey’s Kit Kat…ByAimee LevittPublishedDecember 28, 2020
How kitchen wizardry made takeout palatable in 2020The takeout experience, as we’ve all learned over the past nine months, is much, much different from eating in a…ByAimee LevittPublishedDecember 18, 2020
Inside the wonderful world of novelty OreosThere is no food brand that is better at coming up with new flavors than Oreo—in the United States at least. Every…ByAimee LevittPublishedDecember 17, 2020
Nothing can keep professors from arguing over Jewish foodEvery December since 1946, the students and faculty of the University of Chicago—some of the world’s finest minds,…ByAimee LevittPublishedDecember 16, 2020
Last Call: Are there any food-related silver linings to 2020?It’s the standard opinion that everything about 2020 has been complete shit. I’m going to try to be an optimist here…ByAimee LevittPublishedDecember 15, 2020
The loss of avocado toast and other unforeseen consequences of BrexitThe witching hour is nigh for Brexit, the UK’s long-threatened and long-negotiated divorce from the EU. In less than…ByAimee LevittPublishedDecember 14, 2020