No hot sauce for him

As a business owner, coming up with a solid name for your establishment is pretty damn important. You don't want to be serving burgers as a restaurant called “MacDonalds,” and you probably want to avoid something as basic as “Burger.” You can choose to reference what you're selling, or go by the name of a family member. Some hip spots will take the name of the business that failed at the same location (probably due to gentrification) or some twee combination of animal and tool, like “Stag and S…

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Not that kind

That's some aggressive cooking

Happy National Garlic Day, meme lovers - and hopefully, lovers of the potent alliums we absolutely need to put into every dish. To celebrate this joyous day we've written a bit of an ode to garlic bread. Why? Well, because garlic bread might just be the best garlicky dish out there, and also because we're losing brain cells and have to mix things up a bit. Oh garlic bread, how you fill me with delight, Your aroma wafts through the air, a heavenly sight, A perfect combination of bread and garlic…

Ripe and ready

It's true that everyone needs to eat to survive. But, as many have noted before us, there are people who eat to live, and then there are the people who live to eat. People like me. In recent years it seems as though a third kind of person has popped up: someone who eats - or cooks - to watch the world burn. You see, these sorts of people are the ones making cringey food , well, a thing. Before the age of TikTok or Reddit, crimes against food were largely private. Now they're everywhere, being m…

One of the first things I learned about in film studies, after Eadweard Muybridge's The Horse in Motion, and the works of the Lumiere brothers, was the Hollywood Studio System. While it was technically the creation of Jewish immigrants, which sounds progressive, it was, in fact, a very toxic empire and way of conducting business. The demands placed on actors were brutal, especially concerning body image. Despite the toxicity, my fascination with the era remains, and I was delighted this week to…

They're big

Food is a powerful thing. It nourishes us, brings us together as family and friends, and sometimes even inspires us. Food is often treated as art, and chefs are treated like artists. Food also has the power to make us happy , whether it's a bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich while hungover, or a big spoonful of ice cream when you've had an especially oppressive day. Lately, however, we've been marveling at the way food can also make us angry. In fact, it can make us straight-up furious. It's true…

As a food lover, I'm well aware that taste is usually more important than the “look” of a dish. There are plenty of foods that look a lot less appetizing they actually are. The split pea soup I made a couple of days ago, for example, looks like a trough of chunky, yet pasty vomit. Hot dogs don't really look all that hot, and lord knows I've seen more than a few chilis that resemble loose stools rather than a flavorful, pepper-filled dish. The thing is, some people seem to go out of their way to…

It's eating time

WWYD?

Some incredible Taco Tuesday recipes that are trending right now! You don't want to miss these decadent bites!

There's no denying it. Social media has changed the way people view (and consume) food. Gone are the days when food was just a necessary part of life, something we ate to survive. These days, food has become a trendy affair, with people constantly seeking out the latest and greatest food trends to share on their Instagram pages. This obsession with food has come spawned some truly cringey and unnecessary food creations , posts, and videos. From bizarre and offensive food combinations to questio…