Iowa’s love affair with gas station pizza, explainedIt’s just after noon on Friday as Christina Gigante pulls up to the Casey’s General Store on North Pine Street in…ByJon YatesPublishedOctober 15, 2019
One ring to rule them all: The definitive Cheerios flavor rankingI ordered 14 boxes of Cheerios online because I couldn’t bring myself to buy them at my local grocery store. I…ByJon YatesPublishedSeptember 27, 2019
Gold Digger: Revisiting Long John Silver's after a crispy-fried childhoodIt was the sign that first drew my attention. In all capital letters, against a glorious, glowing-yellow background,…ByJon YatesPublishedAugust 26, 2019
Now playing An Iowan childhood overflows with loose meat sandwichesMy first job was working at a baseball card shop in Ames, Iowa. Every day after middle school, I’d walk three blocks…ByJon YatesPublishedJanuary 3, 2019
10 items or death: The cutthroat world of competitive grocery baggingMy first foray into competitive bagging came at the age of 19, when the grocery store where I worked held a contest.…ByJon YatesPublishedJuly 17, 2018
Tacopaj is the culinary love child of Sweden and MexicoAs I read the ingredients to my Norwegian mother-in-law, Inger, I sensed apprehension. I prefaced the call with a…ByJon YatesPublishedJuly 4, 2018
Now playing How athletes wind up on cereal boxesIf you’ve watched more than five minutes of children’s programming in the last, say, 40 years, you know by heart the…ByJon YatesPublishedJanuary 29, 2018