With all the exceptions to the hike the article lists, this is affecting a very small percentage of McD’s restaurants. If I read things correctly, this applies whatever percentage of the 5% of restaurants owned by McD’s corporate arm are sold to franchisees and to any newly-built locations. I can’t imagine there are…

I wonder what the overlap between people who ask service folks to do the crazy TikTok trends and Lifehacker readership is? Your former sister site The Takeout did (does?) tons of articles on TikTok trends and “don’t follow X advice from TikTok” articles, and the general reactions from commenters ranged from “why would…

Thanks!

Hopefully not a silly question -- why does seltzer work, but diet soda doesn’t?

I definitely agree that they’re hard to find outside of their home area, but I’ve eaten pepperoni rolls/had the chance to eat them but ordered something else in the San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, northwest Indiana, Milwaukee, and various New England states, so there’s been some spread. Honestly, I’m glad some things…

Luckily, there are a lot of things to do in the area! But yeah, it’s fun, amuses the kids who might get bored with nature and the shops of Stowe a town away, a nice break from leaf-peaking or skiing, but hardly what I’d call a tourist trap. I guess I think of kitsch when I think tourist trap. The nearby-to-Ben and…

I know that domesticated deer are raised for meat in New Zealand (and maybe Australia) and _seem_ to remember that the environmental footprint was similar to raising sheep/lambs (of course, shipping the meat halfway around the world surely changes this). Don’t know about elk. I wonder how much venison and elk are…

Huh. I wonder if the Ben & Jerry’s factory tour has changed? I remember it being low-key and understated, but it’s been at least ten years since I went on it.

This is interesting, and maybe kinda sorta speaks to what draws folks to an article? It actually (to my amateur eyes and cooking experience) seems like a great dish on its own that doesn’t at all sound like risotto, but maybe the term risotto brings more folks to the article? Whatever, I’m happy to try it soon. The…

I think the “male BS” factor increases when it’s a charcoal grill, and increases more when issues of smoking, using a pellet grill, etc. are added. That said, while some of it comes from competition and testosterone, much of it comes from a desire to help by guys who maybe aren’t that skilled in offering help. Others…

Wait, going back to the licorice — is it 2 oz. of licorice daily, or licorice root, or the acid itself? Thanks!

If they average 1M+ a week, they’d still be selling 52M+, though. Maybe they only recently started hitting the million mark as an average, so next year’s figures would be over 50M.

I don’t have access to the WSJ, so can’t read the linked article, so if anyone can answer this, I’d be grateful: if Kroger sells over 1 million items from the sushi menu each week, how is it that they only sell 40 million sushi pieces a year rather than 52 million+? Are there things on the sushi menu that are…

TIL that biscuits are not everybody’s go-to for strawberry shortcake and that sausage isn’t a standard ingredient in many folks’ Thanksgiving stuffing!

I’m quoting the song!

If the two styles they offer are intended to evoke the Colorado landscapes “from the mountains to the prairies,” do they serve beer to evoke “the oceans white with foam”?

Everyone’s mileage may vary on these recommendations, but my two favorite “can bad wine be made drinkable” hacks are:

Let’s not forget “Food is delicious.”

On a completely unrelated note, mazel tov! 

Is Wawa’s located anywhere other than eastern/central Pennsylvania? I did a double-take at “located mainly throughout the East coast” — maybe they’re in states south of Pennsylvania or have entered NY or NJ? Unless they’re expanding, I doubt Casey’s has anything to worry about. Also, the love for gas-station pizza in…