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 Why Does the Mueller Report Mention Paul Manafort's 'Biggest Jar of Caviar'?
The former Trump campaign chairman allegedly received a $40,000 jar of caviar, which would have been the size of a small dog The Department of Justice today released a redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 elections. There's a whole slew of issues of national significance to parse through, from President Trump telling Jeff Sessions, "this is the end of my presidency, I'm fucked," to the investigators being "u...
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Watch Two Weird Short Films From Donald Glover: 'Polenta' and 'Avocado'Â
Like many things in the Donald Glover/Childish Gambino universe, they are bizarre but also great Less than a week after delivering a scorching Coachella set and surprising his fans with a mini-thriller called Guava Island, Donald Glover dropped five odd short films on his @childishgambino Instagram feed this morning, including two food-themed clips. These strange little videos — all of which co-star comedian extraordinaire Mo'Nique — were made as part of the actor/writer/...
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A Meatless McDonald's Burger Is a Given, So What's the Holdup?
It's only a matter of time before the chain finally gives Americans plant-based patties It happened slowly, and then all at once.
First came White Castle's Impossible slider, which Eater NY's Ryan Sutton hailed as "one of America's best fast-food burgers" in 2018. That slider just happened to be meatless, containing an Impossible Foods-branded patty made from soy protein, potato protein, coconut oil, sunflower oil, and heme, the ingredient that gives the burger the...
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When a Meal Catches People at Their Most Vulnerable
Chefs are turning to the pop-up dinner series to spotlight personal causes, raise money, and provide space for marginalized communities Just after the 2016 election, as the reality of the impending Trump presidency began to set in, groups of people gathered to ask themselves what happened. They wondered, and worried, about how the new administration would threaten their communities and values. And then, they mobilized. This sequence of events wasn't limited to activists. Acro...
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San Antonio Will Vote Again on Banning Its Airport Chick-fil-A
Plus, pickle chips are coming, and more news to start your day It's starting to feel like 2012 all over again
As pro-Chick-fil-A protesters turned out to support the Christian fried chicken chain in Texas yesterday, the San Antonio city council is set to reconsider its decision to block the company from opening a location in the city's airport. One city councillor, Greg Brockhouse, used a procedural ploy to force another vote on the airport Chick-fil-A location; it's unc...
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Embrace the Subtle Charm of Blue-and-White Enamel Trays
These old-school trays are brightening up restaurant tables The next time you place a counter order for a sandwich, a salad, or a bowl, you'll be rung up, prompted to add a tip — and perhaps delivered your food on a sturdy, familiar, and very photogenic blue and white enamel tray.
Blue and white enamel trays are seemingly everywhere. They're at Gjusta in Los Angeles, at Noosh in San Francisco, at the peak-2019 Gertie in Brooklyn, at Manhattan fast casual spot Mint, at Po...
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 10 Supermarket Chocolate Chips for Better Cookies and Pancakes
It's hard to make your chocolate chip cookies stand out when every baker grabs the same bag of chips. A mix-and-match approach, incorporating several brands of chocolate chips into a custom blend, will make your cookies truly unique. Here are 10 good chip options, all easily found online if not in your supermarket, to get you started.
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Carl's Jr.'s 420 Burger Won't Make You High Enough to Eat Carl's Jr.
Meanwhile, people are still being arrested for cannabis possession across America With 4/20 quickly approaching, brands around the country are unveiling weed inspired-campaigns with the eagerness of a sixth grader who's just discovered his brother's bong and can't wait to show it to his friends. Among them is Carl's Jr. — now officially the first fast-food chain to incorporate CBD into its food, but only in the legal weed capital of Denver, and only at a single locati...
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A Brave Little Toaster, Gluten-Free Matzah, and More Things to Buy This Week
Your weekly dispatch from the 'Add to Cart' newsletter This post originally appeared on April 16, 2019, in "Add to Cart" — the weekly newsletter for people who love shopping (almost) as much as they love eating. Subscribe now.
Late on Saturday night, I accidentally smashed a mason jar on my kitchen floor. It was just one of the many mason jars I've had for years, but I wasn't that upset about it. They were (relatively) cheap. They're not that precious. And t...
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Netflix's Pastry Disaster Show 'Nailed It!' Is Getting Three New International Spinoffs
Because funny cake fails have global appeal After three American seasons and a Mexican spinoff, Netflix's cake fail-oriented baking show Nailed It! is also getting remakes for Spain, Germany, and France. In a letter to investors that was sent out yesterday, Netflix announced plans to make versions of the funny competition show for these new markets, while also noting that the Mexican iteration of Nailed It! had "three times more first-month watchers in Mexico than the dubb...
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Man Throws Iguana at Ohio Restaurant Employee (Yes, Really)
Plus, there might be poop on your raw meat, and more news to start your day Spare a thought for Copper the iguana
The headline says it all on this story: "Man arrested after throwing iguana at restaurant manager." This, um, unique incident went down Tuesday morning in the Ohio town of Painesville, northeast of Cleveland. A 49-year-old man allegedly pulled an iguana named Copper out from under his shirt, swung it around by the tail (apparently hammer-throw style), flinging ...
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Meet the Eater Young Guns Class of '19
These up-and-comers are the rising stars of the restaurant world l
Since Eater started giving out the awards in 2012, the goal of Young Guns has been to showcase the people who make the food and restaurant world worth obsessing over, whether through their work in the kitchen, the front-of-house, the office, or outside of traditional restaurant frameworks.
And in 2019 — as rents in America's major cities rise, pricing operators out of the market; as culinary school...
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All Out of Luck
New Chinese restaurants that happen to be named Lucky Cricket, Lucky Cat, and Lucky Lee's lead to accusations of cultural appropriation Last week, many felt that a line was crossed when the Instagram account of a new restaurant in New York City's West Village, called Lucky Lee's, purported to serve a "clean" version of American Chinese food, sans MSG and the supposed "oily," "salty," and "icky" feeling with which American Chinese food leaves you. Owner Ari...
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People Are Mad About Gigi Hadid Shilling for McDonald's at Coachella
Plus, a "Game of Thrones" tribute made of pizza boxes, and more news to start your day Hadid's followers would like to remind you that McDonald's is unhealthy
Supermodel Gigi Hadid stoked a very diet-conscious hornets nest, as she posted a sponsored ad for McDonald's for her 47 million Instagram followers. The single post (consisting of two photos) was uploaded in advance of Coachella, with Hadid writing "fed & hydrated, thanks friends" while holding a medium...
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 Easy Chewy Cake Mix Brownies
In despair because you've got cake mix but you're craving brownies? No worries, you can bake some brilliant brownies with a classic box of cake mix. Throwing in some chopped walnuts is a great call to keep them interesting.
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Christina Tosi's Milk Bar Gives Crack Pie a New, Less Offensive Name
National writers and the public had pressured the bakery chain in recent weeks to abandon the word "crack" from its signature offering Crack Pie, one of the core recipes that rocketed Milk Bar to massive popularity, is getting a new name after increasing pressure from customers and the national food community. Going forward, the pie will be known as a Milk Bar Pie.
Founder and pastry chef Christina Tosi confirmed the change to the trademarked name in a message posted to M...
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The Sad Lunch Habit That Actually Brings Me Joy
From the Editor: Everything you missed in food news last week This post originally appeared on April 13, 2019, in Amanda Kludt's newsletter "From the Editor," a roundup of the most vital news and stories in the food world each week. Read the archives and subscribe now.
I happen to work in a neighborhood (the Financial District in Manhattan) where many other people work. My company is made up of hundreds of people, and we only occupy two of the 30 floors in our buildin...
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13 Passover Dessert Recipes for a Sweet Finish
There's certainly nothing wrong with a store-bought Passover dessert, but that's not your only option, even if you're pressed for time amid all your other holiday preparations. We've got 13 recipes for desserts that are both delicious and coconut macaroons, flourless cake, homemade sorbets, and more.
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Stuffed Jalapeno Burgers
If you haven't tried making stuffed burgers yet, just know that they're an entirely new burger. These meaty patties stuffed with cheddar and a jalapeno salsa make that first bite an absolute explosion.
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Pepsi Wants to Ruin the Night Sky by Projecting Ads Into It
Plus, a mashed-potato bandit strikes a Mississippi city, and more news to start your day Are you an Aries, a Libra, or a Pepsi?
In the newest progression towards full-scale late capitalist dystopia, Pepsi is planning to turn the night sky into its very own billboard. The soda company is partnering with Russian company Startrocket that will launch a gaggle of mini-satellites into space that will project advertisements on a temporary basis, resembling some kind of hideous new co
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Olive Garden Salad Dressing
You can't talk about copycat salad dressings without the most famous of them all! The Olive Garden's success can most likely be attributed to its unlimited breadsticks and salad offer.
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Caribbean Spice Mix
Caribbean island flavors at a moment's notice. Keep this spice mix on hand for rubbing chicken and fish, or tossing into coconut curries. It masterfully walks the line between sweet and spicy while being all the way flavorful.
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'SNL' Pokes Fun at Celebrity Wine Brands in 'Chalmers Reserve' Sketch Featuring Emma Stone
This wine is so bad it might make your hair catch on fire SNL viewers who watched till the very end of last night's Emma Stone-hosted episode were treated to this bizarre little sketch about a truly awful celebrity-backed wine brand. The faux commercial for Chalmers Reserve Event Wine features reality TV stars Trett and Leezan Chalmers (played by Kenan Thompson and Cecily Strong), who briefly had a show called The Nastiest Summer Renters of Sag Harbor. Now they make one dolla...
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Hellacious Ham With Brown-Sugar Glaze
This hellacious smoked ham isn't afraid to bring the flavor. It's sweet from an orange juice baste, spiced from cinnamon and cloves, and show-stopping topped with pineapple and maraschino cherries.
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On 'The Last O.G.,' Tracy Morgan Plays an Ex-Convict With Food Truck Dreams
Weekend streaming recommendations and a roundup of the week's food pop culture news This post originally appeared on April 12, 2019, in "Eat, Drink, Watch" — the weekly newsletter for people who want to order takeout and watch TV. Browse the archives and subscribe now.
Happy Friday. Before you blast off into the bright, beautiful weekend, I've got a few recommendations for what to watch on TV between now and Monday morning: a comedy, a drama, and a late night...
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Oprah Bought an Avocado Orchard Because Grocery Store Avocados Were Too Expensive
The billionaire media mogul travels with her own avocados and bread Noted wealthy media mogul Oprah Winfrey was too thrifty to buy avocados at the store, so instead she bought a whole avocado orchard.
The author, ethereal A Wrinkle in Time star, and restaurant investor appeared as a special guest on The Daily Show, where host Trevor Noah questioned whether there was anything in Oprah's life that could still be considered normal to the average person. After explaining that th...
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How Cashless Restaurants Leave Economically Disadvantaged Americans Behind
Eater's Serena Dai reports on the cons of going cashless More and more restaurants are going cashless, but it puts many Americans — especially the seven percent who don't have bank accounts — at a disadvantage. In this episode of Consider It, a Vox Entertainment Facebook Watch show, Eater NY editor Serena Dai discusses the backlash, the problems with cashless restaurants, and the legislation happening in cities around the country to require businesses to accept cash (c...
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Disney's Streaming Service Will Include a Cooking Show Called 'Be Our Chef'
The show will be hosted by Angela Kinsey of The Office As part of its plan to build a Netflix-esque streaming platform, Disney is producing a new cooking competition show that will feature families participating in food challenges at Walt Disney World. The new series, dubbed Be Our Chef, will land on Disney Plus during the first year of the service, which kicks off on November 12.
Hosted by Angela Kinsey, the actor who played Angela on The Office, the series will feature "f...
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15 Passover Dinner Recipes for a Super Seder
Our favorite traditional and not-so-traditional Passover dinner recipes, from charoset and homemade horseradish for your seder plate to crispy fried artichokes and tender braised brisket.
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TV Chef Rocco DiSpirito's Return to the NYC Restaurant Game
On the Eater Upsell this week, the chef discusses his last two decades in and out of the spotlight Rocco DiSpirito, a superstar chef of the late '90s who pretty much left the New York restaurant world at the height of his fame, is back on the line. He's running the kitchen at the newly remodeled Standard Grill in New York, overseeing a mostly gluten and dairy-free menu with some "indulgences" like risotto and Baked Alaska sprinkled in the mix.
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Study Suggests White Americans' Diets Contribute Most to Climate Change
Plus, even more "Game of Thrones" cross-promotion, and other news to start your day Higher dairy consumption is one key reason
A new study suggests that the diets of white Americans create more emissions than those of other racial or ethnic groups in the United States. In an article that Fox News types will likely construe as stoking race wars, Popular Science unpacked the details of the study, which appeared a week ago in the Journal of Industrial Ecology.
The study loo...
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Coffee Hacks and Croissant Secrets With SNL's Heidi GardnerÂ
A chat with the comedian about her favorite foods and funniest characters Over the last two seasons of SNL, Heidi Gardner has brought several hilarious characters to Weekend Update, including teen movie critic Bailey Gismert, and Angel, the girlfriend in every boxing movie. Last month, Gardner also memorably played a nervous Goop employee named Baskin Johns opposite surprise guest star Gwyneth Paltrow, who played another equally bewildered staffer of the lifestyle brand. Since
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Watch the Trailer for Amy Poehler's Netflix Comedy, 'Wine Country'Â
Poehler and her SNL pals take a romp through Napa Valley Wine Country, Amy Poehler's movie inspired by real vacations between the SNL veteran and her famous friends, is slated to premiere on Netflix May 10.
The new trailer for the movie shows pals played by Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Rachel Dratch, Anna Gasteyer, Paula Pell, and Emily Spivey getting into all sorts of humorous scrapes around the wineries of California's Napa Valley. Rudolph falls off a piano at one point, their...
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San Jose Will Sorta-Protest Its Upcoming Chick-fil-A by Making It 'the Gayest in the Country'
The city hopes to "counter-signal" the chain's anti-LGBT donations by surrounding it in pride flags In recent weeks, Chick-fil-A has lost airport deals in San Antonio and Buffalo after a ThinkProgress report revealed that it continued to donate money to charitable groups that discriminated against LGBTQ people. (The news of the donations was a particular blow to those who have preferred to continue eating their chicken sandwiches without having to contend with how that co...
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A Perfect 48 Hours of Eating at Disneyland Resort
From scheduling rides to pacing out meals, here's how to pull off two delicious days at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure Theme park food normally brings to mind wilted hot dogs and sad soft serve cones, but Disney cares far too much about its culinary program to stoop so low at its original park. The perfect 48 hours in the Happiest Place on Earth are filled with much less junk food than you'd anticipate, with generous options for strong cocktails, sit-down dinner...
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'Natural' Means Practically Nothing When It Comes to Food
How processed foods like Cheetos and antibiotic-filled meat can still be labeled "natural" on the supermarket shelf A judge in Washington, D.C. Superior court has dismissed a lawsuit against meat conglomerate Hormel that once again highlights the murky nature of products labeled as "natural" — a term that's become more popular in recent years in grocery aisles. The lawsuit filed by the animal rights group Animal Legal Defense Fund claimed that Hormel "engaged in p...
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Michigan Schools Ban Grubhub After Too Many Pizza Deliveries for Students
Plus, soul queen Patti LaBelle is getting into frozen Chinese food business, and more news to start your day School staff have better things to do than handle pizza deliveries
A number of Michigan schools have had to ban students from using apps like Uber Eats and Grubhub to order delivery direct to school. The Detroit Free Press writes that some schools were seeing up to 15 deliveries per day come through the doors (pizza seems to be the most popular choice), with kids whippi
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How to Clean Candy (and Other Sticky Stuff) From a Pot
Most bakers know that boiling water is the easiest way to clean up candy-coated pots and pans, but ingredients like milk, cream, and coffee work just as well, infusing them with an extra layer of flavor that can take desserts such as ice cream, panna cotta, or chocolate cream pie to the next level.
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Watch the Exhilarating Trailer for Netflix's 'Street Food'
The new series from the makers of "Chef's Table" will look at cuisine from nine Asian countries The makers of Chef's Table have a new series headed to Netflix later this month that will focus on renowned chefs who cook inexpensive food in modest, family-run restaurants and hawker stalls throughout Asia. In the just-released trailer for Street Food, chefs are shown preparing a dizzying array of noodles, seafood dishes, roasted meats, soups, and snacks. It's clear from ...
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When You Can't Hear a Thing in the Dining Room
Decibel levels in dining rooms shouldn't be an afterthought It's Friday night. You walk into one of the city's hottest restaurants and, like a wave, it hits you: There's a 45-minute wait for a table, a mob at the bar, servers zigzagging across the dining room, and plates rolling out of the open kitchen. Everything appears to be normal — the restaurant is operating in a routine fashion — but you can't hear yourself think because the sounds are deafening.
Over the...
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KFC's Newest Colonel Is a Creepy CGI Parody of an Instagram Influencer
He's got a serious hashtag, a sick tattoo, and a girlfriend who's also completely fake KFC, the fast food chain that loves an oddball stunt, announces a casting change for its spokesperson, the Colonel, today. But instead of tapping a famous actor to fill out the white suit, KFC is using a computer-generated bro that the company is calling "Virtual Influencer Colonel." As his name implies, this dude loves living the good life and posing for photos on Instagram with his...
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Michelin Announces 2019 Stars for Taipei
Raw, Taïrroir, and Sushi Amamoto have two stars in the latest Michelin guide Today in Michelin news, it's the 2019 stars for Taipei. The second-ever edition of the guide from the French purveyor of tires and guidebooks features three new two-starred restaurants and four new one-starred restaurants.
Two of the new two-star restaurants both appeared in the guide last year with one star. There's Taïrroir, a modern Taiwanese restaurant from chef Kai Ho, and Raw, the essenti...
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7 Seriously Delicious Hams for Your Easter Table
An Easter feast just doesn't feel complete without a glossy, golden-brown ham at the center of the table. Here are seven recipes to ensure that you'll get the star player in your Easter dinner just right.
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Trump Wants to Make European Wine, Cheese, and Olive Oil More Expensive
Plus, an ancient Roman fast-food counter, and more news to start your day Would you like extra cheese with your trade war?
Prices could be going up on a long list of European foods from blue cheese to yogurt, as the Trump administration proposes new trade tariffs on a wide range of imports from the European Union. The rationale? The EU subsidizes aircraft manufacturers like Boeing and Airbus, so the U.S. is going to pick a petty fight by making it harder for them to export foo
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Eye Of The Round Steaks With Mushrooms
Mushrooms are a top-notch choice of steak topping, and this recipe delivers with two different choices of shroomy goodness. Whether you feel like having savory garlic-teriyaki or vermouth-reduced mushrooms on top of your beef, you're covered.
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A Meat Lover's Textbook, a Feminist Fruit Tote, and More Things to Buy This Week
Your weekly dispatch from the 'Add to Cart' newsletter Confession: I have failed to keep my KeepCup.
I planned to, obviously. That's the whole point of KeepCups, the glass-and-plastic coffee mugs designed for reuse. After Eater covered the growing popularity of KeepCups and other attractive reusable to-go cups, I bought myself one, excited to buy my way into a lifestyle change and become the environmentally conscious, self-possessed human I aspired to be.
I should hav...
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There's Too Much Yogurt
Recent data indicate that yogurt sales are declining because of the innumerable options on grocery store shelves The feverish yogurt boom is over. Or, then again, maybe yogurt makers are just getting started. Data on the yogurt market show that U.S. yogurt sales are declining after years of explosive growth that begat a veritable smorgasbord of interpretations of the creamy, fermented goo (See: Greek! Icelandic! French! Probiotic!) on grocery store shelves. Has America reached
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The Eight Biggest Food Stories of March
This week on The Upsell, we discuss vertically sliced bagels, Mitt Romney's birthday cake, the Impossible Whopper, and more On the latest episode of The Eater Upsell podcast, we tackle the biggest food stories of March.
We discuss what's new in baseball stadium dining, the fracas around the launch of food writer Mark Bittman's new Medium site, twitter's reaction to a vertically-sliced bagel, the bizarre way Mitt Romney blows out birthday candles, Samsung's fridge-foc...
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No Dairy, No Problem: Chocolate Olive Oil Cake
Olive oil and whole wheat flour may give this dairy-free chocolate cake a wholesome vibe, but its flavor is as rich and satisfying as your favorite devil's food. It comes together in just a few moments, no mixer required, making it an easy weeknight dessert.
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Detroit-Style Pizza Is Having a Moment. But Are Its Originators Getting Left Behind?
Buddy's invented the Detroit-style square, and now it's looking to capitalize on the trend — in a sea of new competitors It all started in the kitchen at Buddy's Rendezvous way back in 1946. At the bunker-like restaurant and bar, situated in a neighborhood about a 15-minute drive from Detroit's city center, Buddy's owner Gus Guerra took a Sicilian-style pizza recipe with thick, focaccia-like crust and adapted it by gently pressing dough into rectangular blue steel p...
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We All Scream
How ultra-premium, super-artisanal, impossibly indie ice cream took over the supermarket freezer case Ice cream is not the American Dream, not exactly. It's more like the American Way. It has countless stories to tell, and anyone can tell them. Walk up to the freezers at Whole Foods and stare at the rows and rows of primo pints. Which will you choose? Will it be a Van Leeuwen, wrapped in clean, modern, Easter egg monochrome? A whimsically hand-doodled Ample Hills? Or a McConn...
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Will the Fab Five Give Gritty a Makeover on Queer Eye's Rumored Philly Season?
Casting fliers for Netflix's hit makeover show have started popping up around the city Netflix-branded Queer Eye casting fliers have been spotted around Philadelphia recently, suggesting that the members of the Fab Five are headed to the City of Brotherly Love to film a new season of the hit lifestyle makeover show in the near future. A photo of one of these fliers was posted to Reddit yesterday, and a few other pics of the casting call announcements are floating around Twitt...
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How to Make Sous Vide Chicken Wings
Good chicken wings are hard to improve upon, making the case for cooking them sous vide less obvious. But it's still one that's worth considering—as long as you have the time to do it, sous vide wings can turn out better than any other method we've tried.
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Who Ever Heard of a Hotel Mini Bar With $2 Drinks?
From the Editor: Everything you missed in food news last week This post originally appeared on April 6, 2019, in Amanda Kludt's newsletter "From the Editor," a roundup of the most vital news and stories in the food world each week. Read the archives and subscribe now.
Last month, while I was in Austin, I stayed at the Carpenter Hotel, a new boutique hotel run by the former co-owner of the Ace Hotel group. I chose it because I knew Christina Knowlton and her husband An...
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Saving Money by Tipping Servers Less Is a Life Hack, According to CNBC
Plus, dollar cans of wine, and more news to start your day Apparently, being stingy is a "life hack"
Your daily cringe comes courtesy of CNBC, with a video that promises a "tipping trick" that could save you money, but only delivers a smug man in a plaid shirt telling you to stiff your server. The "clever" advice from reporter Zack Guzman is to tip on the pre-tax amount on a restaurant bill. This way, you can snottily tell your server that you scraped together an a...
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Embrace the Early-Morning Breakfast Road Trip
Why you should plan to eat breakfast somewhere far from home This post originally appeared in the April 8, 2019 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.
On a recent Sunday, I got up around 8 o'clock, made some coffee, and got into the car to drive 25 miles for bread. The bread was sold out, so I got tacos nearby instead,...
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9 Easter Brunch Recipes for Easy Entertaining
Eggs Benedict, simple and delicious French toast, and more recipes to please everyone in your Easter brunch crowd—plus, how to make enough bacon to feed an army, without sweating over the stovetop.
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Bok Choy Isn't 'Exotic'
A young generation of Asian-American farmers is reclaiming Asian vegetables — and in the process, their own culinary heritage Scott Chang-Fleeman was in his second year of apprenticing at the farm and garden program at the University of California Santa Cruz when he began a project growing Chinese vegetables. Having grown up in West Los Angeles as a biracial, third-generation Chinese American, he didn't know a lot about farming, nor did he have a strong connection to his Ch...
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Acclaimed Pastry Chef Deletes Racist Easter Egg Instagram Following Backlash
Frank Haasnoot faced criticism from followers after sharing a photo of a new pastry creation, a chocolate Easter egg smoking a blunt On Saturday, acclaimed Dutch pastry chef Frank Haasnoot — a previous winner of the World Chocolate Masters competition — shared a photo of a new Easter creation: a black chocolate egg with dopey eyes, a crown, a gold chain, and a gigantic blunt. The post quickly generated hundreds of comments and likes — including a "fave" by acclaimed b...
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Burger King Accused of Racism Over Tacky Chopsticks Ad in New Zealand
Plus, Heston Blumenthal is losing money, and more news to start your day Are we done with embarrassing chopsticks jokes yet?
Burger King in New Zealand is drawing negative attention for a tasteless advertisement showing people awkwardly attempting to eat entire burgers with chopsticks. The ad was a promotion for the chain's "Vietnamese Sweet Chilli Tendercrisp" burger, and appeared as a sponsored Instagram post. It has since been removed from the company's social medi...
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The New 'Twilight Zone' Is a Feast for the EyesÂ
Weekend streaming recommendations and a roundup of the week's food pop culture news This post originally appeared on April 5, 2019, in "Eat, Drink, Watch" — the weekly newsletter for people who want to order takeout and watch TV. Browse the archives and subscribe now.
Happy Friday. Did you get fooled by an internet prank this week? I thought that, on the whole, the April Fools' jokes were pretty lame except for Lucas Peterson's masterful LA Times satire about...
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How to Dispose of Cooking Oil and Fat
Only dummies throw cooking grease out the window or pour it down the drain. Here's how to get rid of cooking oils and fats the right way.
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From Johnnie Walker to Oreos, Brands Are Going Ham on 'Game of Thrones' Merch
Plus, McDonald's takes a knife to its late-night menu, and more news to start your day Also: GoT burgers, Mountain Dew, and sneakers
The eighth (and final) season of Game of Thrones premieres April 14, and all of the brands from distilleries to athletic wear companies are angling to squeeze some relevance and profits out of it.
With nine days to go, fans can invest in a range of GoT-branded products that have absolutely no relevance within the world of Westeros whatsoever....
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How to Make a Paper Piping Bag
With a step-by-step video, photos of the process, and detailed written instructions, we've demystified the process of making a paper piping bag, once and for all!
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Are Fast-Food Corporations Ever Worthy of Forgiveness?
Chick-fil-A said it would no longer get involved with social issues, but recent donations to anti-LGBTQ groups suggest it totally duped the libs For many latte-chugging, Rachel Maddow-watching urban elites, over the last couple of years, Chick-fil-A had become a reasonably safe space to patronize again. Back in 2012, progressive types positively fumed at the Atlanta-based chicken chain after CEO Dan Cathy revealed that Chick-fil-A-affiliated foundation WinShape donated large su
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Will the Real Burger King Please Stand Up?
The original opened in Illinois in 1954 — and has nothing to do with the makers of the Whopper, a $28 billion company The Burger King in Mattoon, Illinois, is not your typical Burger King. You won't find Whoppers or chicken fries on the menu, and while there is a drive-up window, it won't resemble almost any other modern drive-thru with a two-way speaker. Instead, you'll find fresh burgers with beef straight from the meat market, a single window, and employees who run o...
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Whole Foods Price Drops Are an Ad for Amazon Prime Memberships in Disguise
Plus, Heinz creates another sauce for very lazy people, and more news to start your day Be prepared to pay up for Prime if you want to get discounts
Amazon started this week by attempting to lure more customers into Whole Foods by announcing that it would be "slashing" prices (again) — but really, the company just wants to lure you to join Amazon Prime. While Whole Foods described the price cuts on "hundreds" of items as its "biggest investment in lowering pricesâ€...
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Where Chefs Get Restaurant-Level Ceramics on Etsy
This Seattle-based artist creates stunning dishes for restaurants, cookbooks, and more Monika Dalkin started making ceramics as a hobby. As a physical therapist based in Seattle, Dalkin says, "working in clay and using my hands was an extension of my profession." It wasn't until over a decade later, when her daughter Gaby Dalkin was ramping up her cooking blog, What's Gaby Cooking, that her hobby turned pro. Gaby had hired professional to do the photography and food sty...
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Samgyetang: Korean Ginseng Chicken Soup for the Soul
This fragrant Korean chicken soup features whole small chickens stuffed with sticky rice and assorted goodies in an herbal broth. It's traditionally considered a summer dish, but it's equally delicious year-round.
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Ruth Reichl Says Netflix Is Turning One of Her Memoirs Into a Series
The streaming titan bought her book "Comfort Me With Apples" with plans for an adaptation Former Gourmet editor and New York Times critic Ruth Reichl says that a memoir about her early days as a food writer is going to be the subject of a new eight-part series on Netflix.
The food world legend revealed plans for the TV adaptation of her second memoir Comfort Me With Apples this week while promoting her newest autobiographical work Save Me the Plums. "Netflix just bough...
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Japanese Hotel Launches Unnecessary $900 Burger to Celebrate New Emperor
Plus, the inventor of instant cocoa dies, and more news to start your day It's ten inches wide, and weighs over six pounds
Japan is getting a new emperor on May 1, and one restaurant at the Grand Hyatt Tokyo is "celebrating" by creating a $900 burger laden with rich people accoutrements. Named the Golden Giant Burger, it's nearly 10 inches in diameter, and the patty alone is 2.2 pounds. It then has even more beef thrown on top in the form of kuroge wagyu steak, as well...
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French 75
The French 75 was created at the New York Bar in Paris. It's very similar to the Tom Collins which has club soda instead of the champagne. This cocktail is also known as the "75 Cocktail" or "Soixante Quinze". Some versions of the French 75 use cognac instead of gin which gives it a warmer flavor but we prefer the gin version. Next time you watch the movie Casablanca keep an eye out for this drink's cameo!
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Three-Ingredient BBQ Meatballs
Dinner doesn't get much easier than this recipe! Just three ingredients: meatballs, barbecue sauce, and ketchup. That's it! You can also use homemade meatballs in this recipe, or any variety of frozen will work well. No need to thaw them either since they are precooked. Just cook in the crock pot until heated through. You can also make this into an easy appetizer, just use small meatballs and serve with toothpicks.
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A Very Good Chef's Knife, a Salty Umbrella, and More Things to Buy This Week
Your weekly dispatch from the 'Add to Cart' newsletter It started with a dish rack. I don't remember where I saw it first — maybe on Food52's website. But I definitely know I saw it later — with its clean, straight edges, in muted gray, framed by elegant wood handles — at my friend's house. It was sitting on her polished-wood countertops, beneath artfully arranged shelves and near a window through which sun poured onto it.
When your kitchen could look that lov...
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Kourtney Kardashian's Organic Wine Recommendations Are Surprisingly Good
The suggested drops on the reality star's new lifestyle blog Poosh are thoughtful — and actually affordable There's a new Kardashian product in the world, and its name is Poosh — a lifestyle blog from one of the reality sisters that's not only a "curated experience," but also a "destination for modern living." The Kardashian in question here is Kourtney, who says she started the brand because she was inundated with Instagram direct messages from fans seeking a...
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Canceling a Bad Man Is Just the Beginning
What the curious case of Paul Qui tells us about how the restaurant industry should handle accused chefs At the beginning of 2016, chef Paul Qui was on top of the world. He was building a culinary empire, with multiple establishments in Austin and a chic hotel restaurant in Miami, and had earned effusive praise from restaurant critics and diners alike. He was a James Beard Award winner and, four years prior, he even won Bravo's Top Chef Texas.
But by the end of March, Qui h...
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