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Covid-shaped cakes and cupcakes are popping up in fine-dining restaurants, bakeries and home kitchens around the world

Last week, a sweet dish offered by the Michelin-starred Chicago restaurant Alinea stirred a bitter controversy. Some on social media were outraged by an image of a canape, apparen...

DATE: Jul 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

After Aunt Jemima was retired, companies are rethinking Uncle Ben, Cream of Wheat and Mrs. Butterworth’s

Last Wednesday, the bell finally tolled for Aunt Jemima, the mascot and name of the 130-year-old pancake brand, as the company announced it would rebrand, minus the racist stereotypes. By la...

DATE: Jun 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

How to start regrowing green onions and other vegetables on your windowsill

The isolation imposed by the coronavirus has awakened a latent homesteading spirit within many of us. The proliferation of sourdough was an early indication that people were seeking, even in...

DATE: Apr 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Facing devastating losses, small farmers pivot to sell directly to consumers

For many farmers, March is the calm before the storm of spring. But this year, in addition to ordering seeds and planning crops, small farmers around the country are finding themselves with ...

DATE: Apr 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Coca-Cola’s new flavored seltzer line is aggressive, colorful and makes us want to brush our teeth

Coca-Cola might be late to the fizzy-water game, but the soft drink giant’s strategy with its debut this week of a line of sparkling water seems clear: Go bold or go home. The new brand, dub...

DATE: Mar 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

We tried Pizza Hut’s mozzarella popper crust pizza and contemplated how we ended up here

This is the state of fast food today: We are putting hats on hats on top of bicycles. We are gilding lilies to the point that they resemble bloated, glitzy hippopotami. We are run...

DATE: Mar 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

The best and worst Girl Scout cookies, ranked by our panel of pastry chefs and Scouts

No need to check the forecast. The only one that matters right now is that Girl Scout Cookie Season is upon us. And with this magical time of year, when colorful boxes adorn co-wo...

DATE: Feb 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Wuhan’s signature noodles become a symbol of solidarity amid the coronavirus outbreak

This is how most Americans have come to know the Chinese city of Wuhan, where health workers are trying to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus outbreak: a panicked metropolis, a has...

DATE: Feb 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Brad Pitt is ‘the Laurence Olivier of eating’ on screen. Here’s why we like to watch.

Nachos, popcorn, sandwiches, dumplings, peanut butter, a possibly poisoned pot roast and rat blood. These are things Brad Pitt has ingested on screen over the course of his three-...

DATE: Jan 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

5 worldly ways to beat a hangover, from pickled herring to Scotland’s famous soda

So much of the human experience is universal: love, loss, joy . . . and hangovers. Mankind all over the globe has grappled with the morning-after effects of booze since our ancest...

DATE: Jan 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Food

Move over, White Claw? Here’s what we’ll be drinking in 2020.

What will be the It drink of 2020? Will boozy kombucha take over your Instagram feed? Perhaps the long – overlooked, humble gin and tonic will shine? Those are possibilities, acco...

DATE: Dec 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food

‘Veganuary’ wants to be your new food resolution for 2020 – and beyond

January has traditionally been a month of promise. With our New Year’s resolutions still fresh, we could imagine this really is the year we’re finally, actually going to take up meditation/l...

DATE: Dec 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food