You know, I’d like to gently differ — there’s a surprising range of flavor in Irish whiskey, and much like I can still tell different brands of bourbon apart in my coffee or toddies, I can tell different brands of Irish whiskey apart in my Irish coffee (god, I sound like a heavy drinker...) — Powers is too strong a…

A few years back, there was consternation that the stemmed glasses Buena Vista used for years were no longer going to be produced, and horror! because that glass was essential to the whole experience. I think Libby (the manufacturer) was able to recreate the molds for the glasses, and a possible crisis was averted. Or…

My understanding is that the two are generally geographically separate, so competition doesn’t come into play. My hunch would be that if Hardee’s had a presence in the few states that have Carl’s Jrs., they would rename them as Carl’s Jr.

I’m surprised that coffee is as high as it is -- I like coffee ice cream and yet have a hard time finding it in grocery stores. If you’re a gelato fan, chocolate chip gelato is one of the flavors found everywhere, so if chocolate chip ice cream truly vanishes, you might still have an acceptable option!

awesome pull!

There’s a winery in Sonoma called Gundlach Bundschu that produces a gewurztraminer. It used to sell posters that pictured a motorcycle cop pulling over someone in an older car that said “Sonoma Valley Sobriety Test: if you can’t say Gundlach Bundschu Gewurztraminer, you shouldn’t be driving.”

I somehow missed that, but OMG...

Ah-hah, and weird: assuming the deal was closed, Kroger sold the Mariano’s name to C&S, but only 14 of the forty-odd stores. So Kroger still operates the majority of Mariano’s stores, which presumably would get rebranded as Jewel if the merger with Albertson’s goes through. Or some would be closed — there would be…

Did the sale of Mariano’s to C&S go through? Everything at my Mariano’s is still branded as Kroger, including the trucks bringing food to the store and the home delivery service. Mariano’s is still listed as a member of the “Kroger Family of Companies.”

A great article. It leads to supermarkets as well as fast food, if I read this correctly? A friend and former colleague has done lots of research on the use of inmates as labor in certain southern states, and it’s horrifying both for the working conditions and contempt of the labor and for how much money the states…

Yeah, I am sure that if I were more social media savvy and had seen the Stewart bit repeatedly, I could understand the reaction!

I like deep-dish pizza and its many variants, have been eating deep-dish for decades, will defend it (or at least shrug off the criticisms), etc. I (finally) saw the Jon Stewart bit recently (somebody linked to it in an article about his return to the Daily Show) and I laughed my rear off. It’s hysterical. I’ve lived…

I found that the ability to knead and shape needed a lot of practice, and I could get good at it so long as I had the time to make bread regularly... and if that went away, my ability to knead and shape went away. Sigh. I rely on a dough hook for much of my kneading these days, and I generally stick to loaves that…

If you think the staff are “typical petite bourgeoisie,” what would you call the owners? I’m glad you live in an area where $55K is a lot of money — that’s not the case in Chicago, NYC, and LA, where the company offices are. Further, owners wanted to cut vacation time, have been letting employees go and replacing them…

I don’t work here -- I’m just a reader like the other commenters. There were lots of stories in the press about the stand-off in negotiations if you’d like to find out how little folks are paid here; there are many many more stories about the owners if you want to find out about working conditions here.

Can the winner take a cash equivalent?

And for decades now — it’s been a default salad option at restaurants since the early 90s, and maybe earlier.

Congratulations on the contract (assuming you all have ratified it)!

Well, I mean, you’re still here reading! I wish the site were more like it used to be, but have a strong hunch that the crazy amount of ads, the insistence of slide shows, the shaky commenting system, likely the editorial direction, etc., have been out of the hands of the writers and managing editors for quite a…

A reminder to readers of The Takeout that its staff has been holding so-far-fruitless negotiations for better pay and working conditions and have authorized a strike if nothing is settled by today — check the Onion Union’s social media sites to see if a strike happens so you don’t accidentally check the Takeout,…