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 Fiery Kickoff Wings
Marinating wings adds an undeniable level of flavor, but it's a hassle sometimes. The solution? Throw in some marinade mix and get it right every time with half the effort. Definitely the move on game day when you've got bigger priorities than slaving over your wings.
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 The Largest Meal Kit Company in America Could Be the First to Unionize
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Workers at two HelloFresh factories in California and Colorado are organizing with UNITE HERE, a labor union representing workers in the hotel, food service, manufacturing, and other industries Workers at two HelloFresh factories in California and Colorado have announced their intention to unionize. Vice reports that 1,300 workers have organized with UNITE HERE, a labor union representing workers in the hotel, food service, manufacturing
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A Vibrant BLT Salad That Makes the Most of Summer Tomatoes
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The combination of bacon, lettuce, and tomato shines bright outside of the confines of a sandwich I love the radical simplicity of a BLT, the way it's never extra, and how each of its parts is integral to the balance of the whole. When those three core ingredients, the B, L, and T — smoky bacon, fresh lettuce, and juicy-sweet tomatoes — are paired together, they create a galaxy of flavor I want to visit every day of the summer.
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The Great Shortage
Pandemic-related materials, food, and labor shortages make running an independent restaurant near-impossible. Here's how three owners are doing it. At its start, the pandemic brought us images of vast trenches of rotting onions, piles of abandoned produce, and lakes of wasted milk, dumped by farmers who no longer had restaurants to buy their products. Then, it seemed like there wasn't enough of anything: Certain Starbucks locations ran out of peach juice, swee...
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Li Shizeng Was Supposed to Spy on French Military Tactics. He Opened Europe's First Tofu Factory Instead.
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Our Gastropod hosts follow the history of the soybean staple, from its origins in northeastern China to its eventual place in the global diet Did you know that tofu was once thought to be food for ghosts? That's one legend attached to its origins, at least. Created during the Han Dynasty some two thousand years ago, the soybean product was considered an ideal meal for the dearly-departed because it's soft and ghosts (obviously)...
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DoorDash's Latest Move Is Another Healthy Reminder That It Is, In Fact, a Giant Parasite
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The delivery app is suing NYC over a law that would give restaurants access to customer data — showing once again that it cares about the wellbeing of restaurants about as much as any bloodsucker cares about its host. DoorDash is yet again showing that it sees restaurants as merely a supplier in its relationship with diners, despite more and more customers seeing companies like DoorDash as an unfortunate middleman between them and...
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How Nashville's Pelican and Pig Makes String-Roasted Chicken Over an Open Fire
Follow chef Nick Guidry as he does research and development on the new dish "I've done string-roasted chickens in the past. I really like the visual of it, the way the chicken comes out, the texture, the flavor," says Nick Guidry, who, as chef and co-owner of Nashville's Pelican and Pig, has plenty of experience roasting meats over his restaurant's indoor open-fire hearth. But this chicken, he says, "will be a fun one."
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Root Beer Slam
Fool your friends and your palate with this cocktail. There's no root beer to be found in it, but thanks to cola and a splash of herbal Galliano liqueur you'd be hard pressed to believe it.
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The 2022 James Beard Awards Will (Hopefully) Be Different
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After an audit, the organization will form an ethics committee, diversify the judges and voters, and make other changes to the famous awards program When the James Beard Awards return in 2022, the voting body, the internal structure of the awards committees, and the winners themselves will not resemble those of past years. At least, that's what the James Beard Foundation — one of the U.S. food world's most highly respec...
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The Taco Lovers Pass Will Give Us This Day Our Daily Taco Bell
Three Taco Bell Doritos Locos Tacos. | Getty Images for Taco Bell
The chain is the latest to launch a loyalty program with a monthly subscription service, but it's only in Arizona for now Eating a Taco Bell taco a day for 30 days sounds like a one-way ticket to gastrointestinal distress, but if you live in Arizona and are willing to take that shot, Taco Bell is here for you. At 20 restaurants across the state, the chain is introducing a subscription servi...
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The 38 Essential Pittsburgh Restaurants
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Where to find Polish egg noodles, "In-N-Aht" burgers, and Obama's go-to breakfast in the Burgh Pittsburgh has come a long way from its industrial roots. In the past five years or so, the City of Bridges has traded steel for soulful cuisine and creative libations, with industry leaders like Richard DeShantz and Wei Zhu earning national recognition and the city as a whole regularly topping lists of the best American food cities. Communit...
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The Chicest Wine Rack Is on Etsy and It's Only $60
I had been considering pricey wine coolers until I saw this bamboo rack in a friend's apartment I rely on what I affectionately refer to as my "wine friends" for all sorts of wine guidance. Do they know a wine bar or shop in Tampa I should visit when I'm there seeing family? Is there a winery in Bordeaux my sister can check out when she's in town? What birth-year wine might I consider buying for my newborn niece to drink in 21 years? I met most of them s...
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A Decadent Cinnamon Roll Cake That Captures the Essence of a Classic Mall Treat
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This cake may not channel the swirled Cinnabon look, but it shares the same soul Warm, pillowy dough rolled up with a sticky-sweet spiced filling and slathered generously with thick cream cheese frosting is enough to entice just about anyone, but cinnamon rolls hold a special place in my pastry-loving heart. As someone who didn't eat a lot of sweets growing up, it felt like a field day when my mom would buy me a cinnamon roll (always ...
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How Master Brewer James Jin Brought Premium Sake Back to California
Using local rice and traditional methods, Jin makes the alcoholic beverage at LA's first sake brewery It's safe to say that sake brewer James Jin is obsessed not with sake or beer, but with water. "The water is very important in anything, really — beer, sake, wine. More than 80 percent of what you're drinking is water," he says as he double-filters California water to make sake at Nova Brewing Co. in Los Angeles.
Noticing an absence in LA's sake sc...
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A Flaky, Buttery Saikyo Miso Black Cod Recipe That's Rich in Umami
Louiie Victa/Eater
All you need is a few pantry staples, a bit of patience, and, of course, good saikyo miso. It was always a test of patience at my grandmother's house on New Year's Day. There was so much waiting: waiting for all the guests to arrive, waiting for the appetizers to be properly set on the table, waiting for my favorite dish to appear. And then finally, at last, there it was: grilled black cod, seared golden and crispy after marinating fo...
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The 33 Essential Restaurants in Des Moines
Goldie's Ice Cream Shoppe
Where to find an unfussy BYOB French bistro, Ecuadorian comfort food in a strip mall, and the largest craft beer selection west of the Mississippi. Iowa isn't just about fried food on a stick, loose meat Maid-Rite sandwiches, and presidential hopeful photo ops at the Iowa State Fair. One visit will tell you there's more to the Hawkeye State than corn fields and corn dogs.
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The Korean Instant Rice Brand I Always Keep On Hand
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My pantry is full of Hetbahn, and yours should be, too This post originally appeared in the September 7, 2021 edition of The Move, a place for Eater's editors to reveal their recommendations and pro dining tips — sometimes thoughtful, sometimes weird, but always someone's go-to move. Subscribe now.
I know my mom won't be reading this (because she's only ever on the internet to play Farmville knockoffs), which is the reason why I...
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The 17 Best Cookbooks of Fall 2021
New titles from Pati Jinich, Dorie Greenspan, Zoe Adjonyoh, and more to shake up your fall cooking Even in more typical years, fall can represent a turning inward: a recommitment to schedules, and an end to languid summer weekends. This year, as Hot Vax Summer became something decidedly less celebratory, it feels like we've already spent weeks considering the change in routine the next few months will bring. But, the things that make fall a time to look forward ...
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Vanilla Rum Soaked French Toast
French toast, with a not-so-French addition. Adding rum and vanilla to the whisked egg mixture gives the toast a delicious extra layer of flavor, and makes a wonderful complement to some sliced bananas and maple syrup.
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This Simple Dishwasher Magnet Is an Argument Ender
A $7 tool that means not having to ask "Are the dishes clean or dirty?" a million times a day I always think of dishwashers as argument enders. There's really no point in fighting over dishes if you have a machine that cleans them for you. And while I believe everyone in a household should put dirty dishes into the machine as soon as they're done eating, having a dishwasher means that even if I do have to do someone else's dishes (or if they have to do min...
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Salad CEO Bravely Proposes Salad as Solution to Relentless Global Pandemic
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Sir, this is literally a Sweetgreen Shutting up is literally free, but then again, so is posting on LinkedIn, where Jonathan Neman, co-founder and CEO of Sweetgreen, recently published a post — which he then took down after Vice pointed it out — essentially blaming fat people for the ravages of the pandemic and calling on the government to create a "health mandate." (It's possible Neman is using a paid version of LinkedIn, but ...
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A Hearty Lasagna Recipe That Swaps Ground Beef for Ground Tuna
The tuna lasagna from Take One Fish. | Rob Palmer
In his follow-up to "The Whole Fish Cookbook," Josh Niland treats tuna like beef or pork Josh Niland's first cookbook, The Whole Fish Cookbook, won two James Beard Awards in 2019, for best restaurant and professional book, and cookbook of the year — a title that introduced it to a broader audience than was perhaps anticipated. "It's one of those books where you pick it up and are like, 'Oh my g...
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Where There's Pie, There's Hope
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Stacey Mei Yan Fong's 50 Pies/50 States baking project is a love letter to the country she now calls home Stacey Mei Yan Fong is stuck on pie number 44. The funeral potato pie, rich as a block of butter and built with all the flavors of a classic post-funeral hot dish, was not actually headed for a funeral when Fong made it on March 10. This particular funeral dish was more of a celebration, of the near completion of a years-long...
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When Did Vinegar Get So Cool?
These are the fancy-ish vinegar brands taking our pantries on an acid trip Our pantries are in the middle of an acid trip. Shelves are crammed with vinegars from around the world, from gently sweet Filipino sugarcane vinegar to aromatic black Chinkiang vinegar made from fermenting sticky rice. It's an ever-expanding condiment kaleidoscope — and thanks to increased interest in fermentation from chefs and home cooks bolstered by pandemic-era cooking, North America...
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Chip And Dip Mini-Burgers
How do you make the ultimate party burger? Easy, just put another party food inside the burgers. French onion dip and crushed chips turn ordinary ground beef into some scrumptious sliders that are just oh so snackable.
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Baker Stacey Mei Yan Fong Makes 50 Pies for All 50 States
Using local ingredients and inspiration from regional dishes, Fong has made a pie to represent every state in the U.S. What does a Missouri-themed pie taste like? Or a pie representing New Jersey? Stacey Mei That's what Yang Fong started 50 Pies for 50 States, her project to bake a pie representing each U.S. state, to find out.
Fong started the project in 2016 when she was in the process of obtaining her permanent residency in the U.S. "I was kind of at a w...
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The Great British Pudding Mystery: What, Exactly, Is a Spotted Dick?
Revisiting the "Great British Bake-Off" reunion you didn't know you needed, thanks to the team at Gastropod It's a near-annual tradition every time The Great British Bake-Off returns: We all celebrate the balm it slathers over everyday life, get inordinately interested in dishes we'd previously never heard of (dampfnudel? sure!), and then Desserts Week and/or Pudding Week hit the calendar and confusion ensues. I thought every dessert in the U.K. was called...
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Lemongrass Shrimp And Rice Vermicelli
With cool cucumber in the rice noodles, lemongrass in the shrimp marinade, and fresh mint to tie it all together, this scratch-made recipe totally nails the Thai flavor palate.
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The Ultimate Guide to Tequila
Are you a silver, reposado, or an añejo kind of drinker? Tequila is unique in its versatility. Open-air fermented blancos can have the wild essences of mezcal, while extra añejos are smooth and as pleasing as sweet, woody XO cognacs. But tequila is an often-misunderstood spirit in the United States, despite the fact that a staggering 80 percent of the tequila from Mexico's five tequila-producing regions is sold and consumed in the U.S. In fact, stateside bars...
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The Best Meatball Recipes, According to Eater Editors
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From Ottolenghi's turkey and zucchini meatballs to Chinese lion's head pork versions, the meatball recipes we keep returning to The meatball is a vehicle for easy comfort. It's a truly simple weeknight dinner staple, where with the right recipe, that perfect meatball juiciness is an easily achieved part of the early equation and not something that needs to be belabored, whether or not your meatball is slathered or simme...
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Margaritaville and the Myth of American Leisure
The 5 o'Clock Somewhere Bar at Margaritaville Resort Times Square.
Margaritaville, as Parrotheads will tell you, is a state of mind. But it's also — delightfully, sometimes inexplicably — a real place now open in Times Square. The 5 o'Clock Somewhere Bar does not open until 5 o' Clock, which puts a crimp in trying to live out the metaphor of its name. The whole point of the phrase is a justification to start drinking early, before the workday...
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How Ice Cream Became the Ultimate American Comfort Food
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From Prohibition comfort to wartime morale booster, ice cream has played a surprisingly significant role in the country's history The premise of The Secret History of Food is straightforward: There's an interesting story behind almost everything we eat. And in the book, out August 31, Matt Siegel fills chapters with the kinds of strange, real-life anecdotes you'll find yourself reeling off at your next dinner party ...
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A Gummy for Whatever Ails You
From adult vitamins to CBD and THC versions, gummies have come a long way from the candy aisle. But how did we get to this place? For every generation, for every affliction, there's a gummy. Supplement brands like Grummies promise they can reduce inflammation (with 260-milligram doses of turmeric rhizome extract) or "detox and cleanse" (with 500 milligrams of apple cider vinegar) in a gummy product made without fillers, glucose, corn syrup, or gelatin. Wana Br...
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I Don't Think This Is What People Meant by 'Three Square Meals a Day'
Madame, would you like an asparagus square to go with your salmon square? | Facebook/SquarEat
The startup SquarEat makes eating more efficient by turning your favorite foods into unrecognizably pallid squares Anyone else looking to make life less enjoyable right now? Good, good, I'm glad I'm not the only one. Thankfully for those of us devoted to denying ourselves simple pleasures like, say, meals with texture, a new kind of "food" is hitting the ma...
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What's It Like Working in a Ghost Kitchen? We Couldn't Get Close Enough to Ask.
Carlos Basabe
Your burger or tacos or pizza could be cooked anywhere by anyone — which is what makes the ghost kitchen concept so lucrative and appealing to owners and investors Ordering takeout or delivery is a lot like watching Netflix. You can do both things on your phone, the options are seemingly endless, and nothing looks particularly good. You scroll and scroll and scroll until you can't scroll anymore, and begrudgingly decide on some gauzy tee...
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The Centers for Disease Control Hopes You Can Enjoy a Boiled Charcuterie Board
Pretty, right? Trick question, don't eat that! | Netrun78/Shutterstock
The organization warns that Italian-style meats currently carry a risk of Salmonella infection, which can be avoided by microwaving or boiling away the flavor and texture I have some bad news for Charcuterie Board TikTok: The CDC is currently recommending all "Italian-Style" meats be heated "to an internal temperature of 165°F or until steaming hot before eating," if you are a...
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My Side-Loading Toaster Is Better Than a Toaster Oven
The BergHOFF Seren toaster with removable black serving tray.
The BergHOFF can handle bread slices and pop tarts, but it's particularly useful when dealing with really plump baked goods Years ago, while visiting a friend at his sublet apartment in Paris, I encountered the most superbly French appliance: a toaster with openings so long you could brown a third of a baguette, sliced down the middle, for a perfect Parisian breakfast. Naturally we did this ...
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This Feels Like a Threat
Look upon this menace. | PepsiCo.
Why is PepsiCo. choosing such violence? Hey, c'mere. You like hot stuff, don't you? I bet you do, tough guy. I bet you were the first one of your friends to crow about sriracha. You ever eat a ghost pepper whole and raw? You like Hot Ones? You think Sean Evans is a "badass"? Yeah, you freak, I bet you'd grind up the blue Takis and snort them if you could, just to feel again, because by this point the regular shit ...
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How Pitmaster Johneric Concordia Makes Some of the Best Filipino Barbecue in LA
At The Park's Finest, meats used in traditional American barbecue meet Filipino spices and sauces "The Park's Finest is a representation of American cuts of barbecue with a Filipino flavor," says Johneric Concordia, the pitmaster of the Park's Finest barbecue restaurant in LA. "What that allows us to do is provide American cuts of barbecue with seasonings and sauces that are reminiscent of the Filipino experience present here in the United States."...
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