I love where your head is at. Super-sweet food with strong bitter coffee is always a brilliant combo. Read more

My Midway go-to is the Reilly’s Daughter breakfast burrito. Weirdly cheap (under $7 when I had it pre-pandemic), nice flavors, perfectly sized, quick and friendly service. Read more

Until this very moment, I hadn’t thought that there might *not* be hot dogs available at a given airport. Perhaps that’s my Chicago showing? Read more

VERY good to know! Read more

Fred DeLuca died in 2015, but Elisabeth DeLuca is still a co-owner, and she was the one to whom the open letter from the employees was addressed last month. Read more

I’ve never had a problem with it, but maybe we’re headed toward more lawsuits in the vein of the dairy farmers calling out nut-based “milks.” Read more

You have done us all a great service with your egg intel! Read more

That was the funniest story. I love Podcast the Ride! Read more

Good catch. Meant to say “cracked” here; I recall now that I was daydreaming about trying the ring method with a whisked egg to see what it does to the color and texture. Changing now! Read more

Every nutrition listing I’ve seen has indeed listed it at 950 calories! Read more

Yes, Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s are both getting the three new chicken items! Read more

Wow, that’s great to know. So you’ve tried ordering it with the round egg instead? Read more

Good question! That seems like the natural next step, since social distancing is no longer something the CDC is emphasizing. And in Chicago, I know that at bars, restaurants, and indoor/outdoor events, while there is a capacity limit, vaccinated people don’t count against it. Read more

Great point. I was thinking of drive-thru customers, but delivery orders absolutely contributed to this phenomenon as well. Read more

Yes, peanut butter fudge is so good! Our dessert tables include PB fudge, Scotcheroos, and imitation Reese’s Cups. Even as a kid, I realized it was a little redundant, but who could possibly complain about that? Read more

The Krispies definitely don’t sog; they stay nice and crunchy. Depending on how much corn syrup is binding them together, the filling between the Krispies can be quite chewy. So you get both textures! If you’re worried about too much sweetness, you can always remove the butterscotch chips from the base (it won’t… Read more

Good tips! Additionally, this recipe above can be made without butterscotch; you can omit it from the peanut butter mixture and just double the chocolate chips for the topping (though I’d go with milk chocolate chips instead of semi-sweet, in that case). Or, to borrow your idea, you could do half-and-half of chocolate… Read more

I hadn’t heard of Gold Bars before! But looking at a recipe for them online, Gold Bars appear to sit somewhere between Scotcheroos and an imitation Reese’s Cups recipe I use all the time. Am I right in assuming that Gold Bars have a base that is more solid/dense, with Rice Krispies adding crunch and texture… Read more

JACKPOT INDEED! Read more

Big Jon and I will have to compare notes! Read more