Feature What Makes Cold Brew Different From Regular Iced Coffee? And why is it the darling of the specialty coffee world? Ten years ago, iced coffee carried no ambiguity. It was coffee. … Story: Max Falkowitz
Feature Who Invented Flaming Hot Cheetos? How a high school dropout janitor created a junk food icon. It’s hard to imagine Frito-Lay’s cheesy snack line without the brand’s … Story: Max Falkowitz
Feature Where Does Cashew Chicken Come From? Think less Sichuan Province and more…Springfield, Missouri? Though Chinese-American takeout classics like General Tso’s are a world apart from actual regional Chinese … Story: Max Falkowitz
Feature What Is Frito Pie? How a corn chip casserole became an essential piece of Americana. Depending on what you grew up with, Frito pie means one … Story: Max Falkowitz
Feature Does Hawaiian Pizza Come From Hawaii? The love-it-or-hate-it pie has more to do with Canada than Polynesia. Australians, it turns out, can’t get enough of Hawaiian pizza; according … Story: Max Falkowitz
Feature What’s the Best Way to Dry Lettuce? How to prevent watery salads and sad pools of dressing at the bottom of your bowl. Drying salad greens well is important. … Story: Max Falkowitz
Feature What is Root Beer Exactly? How an indigenous medicine became a soda fountain classic. Root beer is a drink so American it predates the formation of the … Story: Max Falkowitz
Feature What Is Yuba? Tofu skin is the best edible skin. If you’ve ever made pudding at home, you’ve likely heeded a recipe’s warnings and pressed … Story: Max Falkowitz
Feature What’s the Difference Between Jelly and Jam? Do you have a conserve conundrum? When fruit and sugar come together, the naming conventions get…weird. Buckles, slumps, grunts, and pandowdies are … Story: Max Falkowitz
Feature What is Miso Exactly? And how is the foundational Japanese paste actually made? Miso is spreadable umami, a sweet and salty paste that adds savory depth … Story: Max Falkowitz
Feature What are McRibs Made Of? Ribs? No. That story you heard about inverted pig behinds? Also no. The McRib sandwich is our fast food nation’s finest exercise … Story: Max Falkowitz
Feature What Causes a Brain Freeze? The science of ice cream headaches. The technical term is sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia: the sharp pain you get after eating or drinking something … Story: Max Falkowitz
Feature Who Invented the Buffalo Wing? The inside scoop behind a piece of edible Americana. So the story goes, one night at her family’s Buffalo restaurant, The Anchor … Story: Max Falkowitz
Feature Why Is Foie Gras So Expensive? Liver is a notoriously cheap cut, so why do geese get all the golden eggs? Liver is cheap. Historically, it’s the cut … Story: Max Falkowitz
Feature Why Do Fresh Eggs Sink and Expired Ones Float? The science behind the old kitchen legend. Need to tell if your eggs are still good to eat? Here’s a quick kitchen … Story: Max Falkowitz
Feature Do You Really Need to Salt Pasta Water? It comes down to another simple question: Do you want your pasta to taste good? “Salty as the sea” is one of … Story: Max Falkowitz
Feature What Is Breadfruit? This spiky tropical fruit is a staple across Polynesia and the Caribbean, and it might just wipe out world hunger. Breadfruit has … Story: Max Falkowitz
Feature Who Invented King Ranch Chicken? On the unofficial state casserole of Texas. While the Midwest is responsible for more casseroles per capita than other regions of the … Story: Max Falkowitz
Feature Why Do Beans Make You Gassy? And how to stop the toots. Beans, beans, they’re good for your heart, the more you eat, the more you ingest large … Story: Max Falkowitz
Feature Are Oysters Really an Aphrodisiac? There are more effective ways to get in the mood. No matter how far we progress as a civilization, one pursuit that … Story: Max Falkowitz
Feature What Is a Bain Marie? All about your cheesecake’s best friend. Anyone who’s hard-boiled an egg knows that they can go from firm and creamy to rubbery … Story: Max Falkowitz
