How to cook dinner on a frozen Minnesota lake when it’s 20 degrees outSometimes life or fate or a fit of temporary insanity that inspires you to sign up for an Outward Bound expedition…ByAimee LevittPublishedMarch 12, 2020
McDonald’s tries super-sizing the Big Mac againRemember the Grand Mac? Yeah, McDonald’s was hoping you wouldn’t, so you could get extra excited about the Double…ByAimee LevittPublishedMarch 11, 2020
Last Call: This Passover, Manischewitz gets hip to all the exciting food trendsTakeout Nation, I have learned, is a house divided against itself. I think we’ll be able to keep standing, but it…ByAimee LevittPublishedMarch 10, 2020
Can anyone solve the mystery of New Jersey’s ghost diner?The Franklin Diner sits on Route 23 in Sussex County, New Jersey, all set up and ready for business. The chairs are…ByAimee LevittPublishedMarch 10, 2020
Cheesecake, the Iditarod snack of championsFor some people, March means the NCAA Tournament and all the office pools and mascot dances that this implies. But…ByAimee LevittPublishedMarch 10, 2020
Man eats same magical lentil soup for lunch every day for 17 years [Updated]Update, March 10, 2020: Crescent Dragonwagon herself has a message for all of us:ByAimee LevittPublishedMarch 9, 2020
Celebrate Purim with a whole spread of Jewish dishesHonestly, I’m not sure why you wouldn’t want to eat hamantaschen on Purim. They’re a perfectly good cookie, and if…ByAimee LevittPublishedMarch 9, 2020
Last Call: Which food should we use our power and influence to bring back?Last week United Airlines announced that it was getting rid of Biscoff cookies as its in-flight snack and replacing…ByAimee LevittPublishedFebruary 28, 2020
Chinese food delivery companies experiment with contactless service Coronavirus, as we know, is spread through human contact. The best way to avoid getting it, especially in heavily…ByAimee LevittPublishedFebruary 28, 2020
You want to use third-party delivery? It’s going to cost you.There are plenty of arguments not to use third-party delivery apps. Most of these center on workers’ rights: the…ByAimee LevittPublishedFebruary 28, 2020
Last Call: What does your zodiac sign say about your taste in coffee creamer?Once upon a time, you needed an actual astrologer to read your horoscope. But now we live in a golden age of…ByAimee LevittPublishedFebruary 27, 2020
BOn its second try, Chipotle manages a perfectly acceptable queso blancoThis review will not be a comparison of Chipotle’s new Queso Blanco with its now defunct original queso, because I…ByAimee LevittPublishedFebruary 27, 2020
During the Cold War, the government made food to last. And it did.Back in the olden days of the 1950s and ’60s, Americans naively thought that they would be able to survive nuclear…ByAimee LevittPublishedFebruary 27, 2020
An unfortunate running list of food companies that have declared bankruptcy in 2020 [Updated]Update, February 27, 2020: For the second time since 2016, Boston-based soup and sandwich chain Cosi has declared…ByAimee Levitt and Allison RobicelliPublishedFebruary 27, 2020
Mainer officially recognized as best grocery bagger in America [Updated]Update, February 27: Aaaaand we have a winner! Iowa’s winning streak has been broken by a Mainer: Nicole Cote, who…ByAimee LevittPublishedFebruary 27, 2020
A-Darra Goldstein’s new book goes Beyond The North Wind and Russian stereotypesThe subtitle of Darra Goldstein’s new book Beyond The North Wind is Russia In Recipes And Lore. This makes it clear…ByAimee LevittPublishedFebruary 27, 2020
President of the United States continues to find broccoli ickyOne of the more pleasant-sounding duties of the President of the United States is to travel—via Air Force One, not…ByAimee LevittPublishedFebruary 26, 2020
Chipotle giveth queso blanco, taketh away carne asadaChipotle has given us tacos and burritos made with four kinds of meat, plus vegetables, and guacamole and sour…ByAimee LevittPublishedFebruary 26, 2020
Will grain-free food hurt my dog?Being a pet owner means you ought to have “sucker” tattooed on your forehead. Unlike people with actual human…ByAimee LevittPublishedFebruary 26, 2020
Last Call: How much have you spent on your favorite snack food?In a shocking expose, the New York Post revealed on Sunday that New York Senator Chuck Schumer had, between 2012 and…ByAimee LevittPublishedFebruary 25, 2020