Sad desk lunch is sad. Why? Not just because most of us can only dream of those artfully arranged bento boxes…
Whether out of heat-induced torpidity or general laziness, I primarily eat cold foods during the summer. (Grilling…
Not since The Takeout declared as a unified staff that loaded fries suck have we have felt compelled to alert our…
I’m sorry for the worlds I’m about to rock: Beer is not a health food. Neither are natural wines or low-proof…
It’s a wonder Kevin and Kate even work together. Can they agree on nothing? Cottage cheese is a non-starter, and…
During a recent Takeout Draft focused on breakfast foods, there arose a debate-within-a-debate: Which is better,…
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Update, May 31, 2019: I could tell from the response on Twitter that I wasn’t alone in my reaction to this…
Yesterday, The New York Times ran an absolutely incendiary piece of writing, one that’s tearing the internet apart,…
The free food beat is a tough one sometimes. How does one balance one’s appreciation for a nice complimentary…
My husband Brian tells this story about the time he and a few friends tried to throw a party in their dorm room…
Ride-share drivers have seen some shit. Whether it’s people leaving 20 lbs. of pulled meat in their car, or my…
Memorial Day kicks off at the end of this month—then the vacationing and road-tripping begins in earnest. As we all…
I’ve lived in Missoula, Montana, for three years. My father back in New Jersey explains this to acquaintances as…
Burger King’s latest publicity gimmick is, like many a fast food stunt before it, a bit of a swipe at McDonald’s.…
There are some foods so polarizing as to leave no middle ground. Raw oysters are one such food. You’ll rarely meet a…
For all the food photos on Instagram, there are drastically fewer photos of people actually eating. In one sense,…
There’s a storyline in the third season of Parks And Recreation, in which two men square off over an issue that sits…
Maybe’s it’s the meal you were eating when your high-school sweetheart dumped you. Or the snack you overindulged on…
This happened at our family dinner table just last night: My husband had made stuffed Turkish chicken, black rice,…
“Burger-and-fries” is right up there with peanut butter and jelly as a classic combination. But French fries, it…