True story, I went to high school with a guy named Tom Collins. While I chuckled knowingly over his name at age 15, I never really stopped to consider the cocktail itself.
It’s taken me nearly a decade of marriage, but I’ve finally come to terms with the fact that I actually really love Valentine’s Day.
Restaurants are joining hotels, airlines, ride services, and ski areas in the practice of adjusting their prices (paywall) to reflect consumer demand. This type of strategy has been most notable in the form of surge pricing for ride services like Uber and Lyft, but the restaurant version is actually something like the inverse. Instead of prices soaring on New Year’s Eve or during a sudden rainstorm, restaurants set their normal prices for peak times—weekend evenings—and offer a discount for diners who are interested in a Tuesday night out, or a dinner that starts at 5pm.
Everything you need to know about Valentines Day gift-giving is contained within the artfully arranged, carefully shaped and speared fruit of an Edible Arrangement.
Buffalo is really the little sauce that could. At its simplest, it’s just two ingredients: equal parts Frank’s Red Hot and melted butter. A few dashes of Worcestershire sauce deepens the umami flavor. A squirt or two of sriracha or another hot chili paste or sauce adds kick. A tablespoon of honey adds a sweet component. But just Frank’s and butter is thoroughly delicious.
Though you probably didn’t realize it at the time, if you’ve ever eaten a soft, buttery pretzel at the movie theater, snacked on a churro, or slurped down a frozen slushie, then J&J Snack Foods Corp. has found its way across your palate, at least in the US. The New Jersey-based company produces snacks, baked goods, and frozen drinks for restaurants and retail, including Icees, Slush Puppies, Auntie Anne’s pretezels, Super Pretzel, and of course, Tio Pepe’s, the churros Disneyland made famous.
In much of the US, we’re deep in winter weather. The polar vortex created dangerously cold conditions in the Midwest this week, and there are weeks, if not months, of potential snow days ahead. Let’s be clear—it’s bad form to order delivery of any kind in the middle of a snow storm, especially when it comes with exceptionally cold weather.
In 2018, viewers spent 2.4 billion minutes watching Bon Appétit videos on YouTube. They tuned in for Claire Saffitz, a pastry chef with a taste for the absurd, who painstakingly recreates Twizzlers, Twinkies, Oreos, and Pringles in the BA test kitchen. They watched celebrities like Natalie Portman and Elizabeth Olsen try to keep up with professional cooks. They learned how to actually use their Instant Pots with Carla Lalli Music, and looked on as drag queens like Miz Cracker and Shangela navigated the test kitchen in heels, hair, and full regalia.
Carrie Bradshaw and The Dude have more in common than you might think. They’re both fashion icons (The Dude’s signature sweater, The Westerley, was recently released by Pendleton and retails for $239). They both became cultural icons in 1998. And they each have a signature cocktail.
Seltzer is simple. In its purest form, it’s just carbonated water. Some consumers may have an appetite for slightly adventurous flavors, like La Croix’s pamplemousse, while others may even be drawn to Polar Seltzer’s Instagram-ready limited edition options like Yeti Mischief and Unicorn Kisses. But in the end, it’s all just water and flavoring.
January in the frigid US Northeast always makes me crave citrus, which is at peak season right now in sunny Florida.
Consistency is part of the enduring appeal of fast food. No matter where you go in the world, your McDonald’s french fries should taste the same. Sameness isn’t everything, though: Most chains also develop special menu items that play to local tastes and customs, producing wonders like the Durian McFlurry in Malaysia, and the Peri Peri Whopper made with mutton in India.
Three thousand years ago, a vast trading system existed among the people of North America, moving obsidian from present-day Wyoming, shark teeth from the Atlantic Coast, copper from the Great Lakes region, and mica from southern Appalachia. The recent discovery of 3,000-year-old quinoa seeds in Ontario, Canada suggests that food staples may have been traded in that network as well.
There’s a moment in the otherwise fairly forgettable 2006 romantic comedy The Break-Up that has stayed with me. Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn, playing Brooke and Gary, have just thrown a dinner party, and they’re arguing over clean-up. She tells him that she wants him to want to do the dishes. Incredulous, he responds, “Why would I want to do dishes? Why?”
What foods do you crave when you’re feeling under the weather? This question recently inspired a lively conversation in Quartz’s international newsroom.
In case you missed it, this week President Donald Trump welcomed the Clemson Tigers football team to the White House to celebrate its recent college championship win with a fast food feast. Stacks of paper-wrapped burgers and cardboard McNugget boats sat piled on silver platters, nestled next to ornate gold candelabras in the State Dining Room, as Trump beamed for the photo opportunity.
I already know what the trolls are going to say. They’ll call me a snowflake, and the problem with America, for praising a new Gillette razor ad that they find “insulting” and “virtue-signaling.” They’ll tell me to “let men be damn men.” And they’ll say worse. So if you’re hate-reading this story right now, I’d suggest that you write a note to a friend, or hug your kid, or go for a walk instead.
Chocolate, vanilla, pistachio—there are many reasons to eat ice cream. Gut health is not one of them.
Taco night once a week is a blessing for working parents—an easy, kid-friendly feast that always feels a bit celebratory. At our homes, sometimes the tortillas are stuffed with marinated grilled chicken, sometimes carnitas, sometimes fish. Occasionally we buy the Old El Paso box of crunchy hard taco shells and add that delicious bright orange powder to ground pork. Sometimes there’s beans and rice as well, sometimes not.
I was not expecting to like my air fryer. I definitely was not expecting it to become something I use all the time. And the thought that it might make eating vegetables easier to prepare and more appealing to my entire family didn’t even cross my mind.
Just like its host, there’s something magically understated about Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, the decluttering expert’s new home makeover show on Netflix.
Last night I was in bed before 9pm. I brought with me a cup of mint tea, a novel, and a book of essays. Not long after, I was asleep. The bustle of the holidays may be joyous, but the quiet return to routine come January is sheer heaven.
American chickpea farmers had a great year in the field, planting some 330,000 acres of the legume, up from 250,000 in 2017, and enjoying ample rainfall that led to high yields. Except now most of those plump garbanzos are sitting in storage, waiting for buyers.
The holiday season, with its parties, buffets, and multi-course feasts, is coming to an end—which means that the season of abstinence, atonement, and New Year’s resolutions is upon us. At least, that’s the narrative that diet companies and gyms are eager to foist upon us come Jan. 1—and no wonder, when the bulk of their industries’ yearly revenue is made in the first month of the year, as people try (and often fail) to live up to a set of rather arbitrary standards that have little to do with real health or wellness.
