KFC Japan So KFC is selling deep-fried corn soup nuggets now (in Japan, obviously; all we ever get in this boring ol’ country are lazy-ass ideas like subpar burgers with subpar french fries on top). But we’re all sort of inured…
Vincent Wei Dumplings: Literally every person loves them! So, as a person, I was thrilled to see NPR take on the history of dumplings and how great they are. Click through to read about how dumplings came to be all…
If you’ve been bitten by the canning bug (my own preservation efforts are sporadic at best, but I do love it when I partake), you’ll probably like this: Christine Baumgarthuber put together a quick history of food preservation in the…
“Moms are consuming more energy drinks than you might think,” says Quartz. Which raises the question: how many energy drinks do you imagine moms drinking, when you sit around thinking about moms and how many energy drinks they may or…
The sad truth is that when you read about Haiti anymore, you’re usually reading some dismal statistics or some dismal lionizing of Sean Penn by Sean Penn. So thank Tate Watkins for the change of pace over at Medium today:…
In Philly, we’re lucky: we can pretty much just go to Vedge or Amis whenever we want. Or, at least, as often as our budgets and their reservation books allow. But other people live in sad places like Toledo or…
One of the great things about science is that the warlocks who wield it can answer the really tough questions, and also they can answer questions like “What time should I go grab a cup of coffee?” Science isn’t gonna…
Today I accidentally read an especially depressing couple of items in the food sections of various men’s magazines, so I found myself scrambling for something to wash the taste out of my mouth. So hmm, I still haven’t read that…
So Shane Confectionery got this writeup in June’s issue of Smithsonian magazine, which is pretty nicebut what’s even nicer is that, in linking to it, the NYT Diner’s Journal described the Berley brothers as “a brace of Willy Wonkas.” !!!…
The Kitchn fields a lot of questions from readers, and somehow they always seem to get answered, even if the question is “How can I make my own Totino’s Party Pizza?” What are the odds that many readers of the…