In my last piece, which was about how I can use up a gallon of ranch dressing (I am never going to live that one down), one of the suggestions offered after the fact was... a ranch popsicle. Because I am a culinary degenerate and all-purpose clown-around-town, it did get me thinking. I prefer savory foods over sweet…

The headline explains it: I recently procured an entire gallon of ranch dressing. Half of you reading that sentence either gagged or lit up with pure, unadulterated delight. I’m not going to tell you who I mugged to get the gallon of ranch, but it’s been sitting in my refrigerator’s crisper drawer, which was the only…

Not too long ago, Takeout editor Kevin Pang sang a loving ode to lollipopped chicken wings. My favorite variation of lollipopped chicken wings, however, is the Korean variety, kanpoongi (though I am highly biased as a Korean-American). And if you’ve ever had them, you’ll find that the sauce is just as big a part of…

Back when I wrote How To Conquer Red Lobster’s Endless Shrimp, I tackled strategies for handling vulgar amounts of food. But there was one particular comment that caught my eye:

Endless Shrimp at Red Lobster should be considered a national holiday. If you’ve never been to this glorious celebration of crustacean gluttony, you better run over to one right now. It’s $15.99 for all you can eat. No strings attached. One or 100. It’ll be over on November 18, so you don’t have too much time left.…

As some of you know, I am capable of eating pretty much anything in front of me. I once tried juicing an entire surf ‘n’ turf dinner into one smoothie (do not do this), and I tasted a bunch of glue sticks to see if I liked any. It’s a wonder I’m still alive. And as a cook, I love the challenge of messing around with…

I’m not an avid soda or juice drinker, but I’ll be damned if I don’t love browsing the soft drink aisle of the Korean supermarket. There’s so much to examine and try, plus I find something about soft drinks that feels directly connected to the colorful pop culture of a place (pun intended).

One of the best things about pizza is how easy it is to throw together if you’ve got the basics in your pantry. Don’t get me wrong—I love frozen pizza (shoutout to Home Run Inn!), but making fresh pizza with ingredients you already have in your cupboard tastes a lot better. Plus, it takes about the same amount of…

I was 11 when Flamin’ Hot Cheetos were introduced to the world (they came out in 1992), and since then my fingers have permanently been stained red. Twenty-six years later, I still buy a bag now and then. The only reason I don’t buy them more often is because they disappear into my mouth hole so quickly.

I’d never heard of Raising Cane’s until I visited my girlfriend out in Las Vegas, where she lived at the time. She seemed baffled that I’d never even heard of the place, since I’m such an insufferable food nerd. But back in 2016, there weren’t any remotely near Chicago where I live. So we went, gloriously hungover,…

These days, Korean food is pretty much everywhere. But it still surprises me how many of my acquaintances have admitted they don’t visit Korean restaurants because they’re afraid they’ll look like they don’t know what they’re doing.