The pizza is OK but those sticks are destination worthy.

I have occasional bouts of gout. It happened maybe 3 times over 10 years and then disappeared for a while. It then came back twice in 6 months, so my doctor put me on allopurinol, which reduces uric acid reduction.

I’ve been to that In-N-Out several years ago (my in-laws live in Scottsdale). I figured it was my chance to find out what all the fuss was about...

...this coming spring after it left the state after a brief...

So this is purely a play for Indian-Americans. Very few Indians are going to spend Rs 520 (exchange rate is about Rs 1 = $0.094) for chocolate as that’s just about the average daily wage (in 2018, it was Rs 449 for urban workers, Rs 138 for rural workers).

My youngest and I are making lacto-fermented pickles tonight so he’ll have some ready for National Pickle Day. (I am not a fan of cucumber pickles, so he gets them all to himself.)

If you’re talking animals, sure. If you’re talking people, we’ve got these pesky food labeling laws. And imagine the fallout of people “discovering” you’d been sneaking insect protein in under some generic “textured protein” label.

Please don’t tell me, Dannis, that you are going to jump on the “everyone’s gonna eat insects” bandwagon. It may be the most irritating trend in modern food journalism - the insistence that insect protein in the next big thing.

If you go to XOCO, you need to order several things besides the hot chocolate.

Stevia has long been known to have a bitter aftertaste to many people. There is a genetic component to it but it also comes in two forms - Rebaudioside A and D. The A variant triggers the “oh my God, this is bitter” gene much more strongly than the D variant, so some manufacturers are trying to get rid of as much A as…

Diet Coke with a lime is my go-to drink of choice when dining out (hah!).

OK - Sunset Foods may be the best grocery store in Highland Park or it could be the best grocery store for Jewish/Kosher goods in the North Suburbs (although the Mariano’s in Skokie is trying to give it a run for the money), but it isn’t the best grocery store on Earth. It’s not even in the ballpark - the best grocery…

My absolute favorite hot sauce is Bat’s Brew by Panola. Habanero and Jalapeno, vinegar and lemon oil - it’s absolutely delicious. I simply can’t eat gumbo without a healthy glug of Bat’s Brew.

Obscure author? Jerry Pournelle would have had your head on a plate for that. 😀

Now that would be exceptional Takeout content!

You ended up making something close to a spicy tonkatsu sauce - ketchup, an umami source (usually Worcestershire, but in this case soy), mustard and spice. I’ve made a “ketchup, soy and mustard plus stuff” sauce in the past that sounds very close to Sauce.

There’s another one in a basement, I think, but yeah - not a lot of Arby’s in the city. Or the North Burbs, for that matter (one in Niles, another in Arlington Heights maybe?). To the extent that there is an Arby’s Zone in Chicagoland it’s the Southwest Burbs.

CarPe? Really, Dannis, no joke about CarPe? I mean, I guess that’s one way to “recycle” a reclaimed soda bottle...

How did you get dirt on your chicken? Chicken is washed at the abattoir before being packaged in plastic - it may have salmonella but it’s not gonna have dirt.

Don’t pretend that wine in cheese cups isn’t tempting you, Dannis.