The Thor branch of the Avengers franchise was rejuvenated by Thunder God movie number three, Thor: Ragnarok. Director and Flight Of The Conchords alum Taika Waititi brought some sorely needed dry humor that would have certainly benefited the previous films in the series, Thor and Thor: The Dark World. But for all of …

Lutz bakery in my Chicago neighborhood is known for its extravagant seasonal displays: The Christmas window is off-the-hook, but so is the Halloween one. The summer months feature a selection of artistic wedding cakes. And this time of year, Lutz’s lamb cake is on full display.

What draws two people together over the course of decades? And when you first meet that person, how long does it take you to know that they’re going to impact your life forever? The high point of this second Fosse/Verdon episode is Bob and Gwen’s first meeting, a kind of relationship duel as the two slowly realize how…

Ant-Man kicks off with a ton of place-setting, explaining the complicated past of Scott Lang (Paul Rudd), as well as the troubled relationship between Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) and his daughter, Hope (Evangeline Lilly). It’s not really until about the 20-minute mark that the movie quits revving in neutral and finally…

Continuing my quest to make things I doubted I could—pie crust, pizza dough, pickles—my thoughts recently turned to jam. I’ve always been a bit freaked out by the boiling and the sealing process. But unless you’re planning on keeping that jam for months at a time, sterilization is unnecessary. If, like me, you eat…

You can yack all you like about your In-N-Outs and Whataburgers, but to my mind, there’s only one burger that can’t be replaced: The White Castle slider. Where else can you down four or five of those tiny, succulent onion-topped burgers besides a White Castle? Restaurant versions of “appetizer sliders” fare poorly…

A disturbing study from the journal Pediatrics reveals a surge in the number of toddlers and young children visiting emergency rooms due to swallowing things like toys, coins, and batteries, reports the Associated Press. “In 2015, there were nearly 43,000 such visits among kids under six, compared with 22,000 in…

Tom’s Drive-In in Fox Cities, Wisconsin, currently has a sign in the window, saying that middle-school students are no longer permitted inside without their parents.

What you’re about to read is a very adult discussion about what The Takeout staff considers the ideal hamburger bun. Unlike other food debates, where we may have questioned each other’s patriotism or flung accusations of being a commie bastard because they dared to like smooth peanut butter over crunchy, this…

We all have our necessities in life. Water, certainly. Chocolate, probably. In your own food survival pack, if you have one, you may have stashed favorites like chocolate-chip granola bars or possibly 27 pounds of mac-and-cheese.

It’s notable that in today’s society this kind of altruistic act makes headlines. When an employee alerted a 7-Eleven owner in Toledo, Ohio, that a teenager was shoplifting in his store, the owner opted to give the young man food instead of calling the police.

We’re on the fence about this deal from Arby’s we first read about in Hawaii News Now. Is it a sweet deal or a marketing trap? Like Rory Gilmore herself, let’s take it to the pro/con lists.

Previously, my closest association with sweet tea was that time my kids added a bunch of sugar to berry tea when I wasn’t looking and wound up with a beverage that tastes like a liquid Jolly Rancher. But summer is approaching, and as a lifelong Northerner, I envy the South’s easy hospitality—always having a glass of…

It’s rumored that Uber is about to go public, which accounts for some recent sprucing efforts by the company. (I mean, you vacuum the house before an open house, right?) Reuters reports that Uber plans to sell about $10 billion worth of stock. That’s a lot of company.

The clichéd pot fan taking a joint, inhaling, holding it in, and then exhaling while exclaiming, “This is some good shit, man,” may be more correct than first suspected. The New York Post reports that a new study in Spain reveals “street marijuana is likely to have an alarming amount of poop on the plastic packaging…

It seems like yogurt now has its own entire aisle at the grocery store. If you’re just looking for plain vanilla, non-Greek, without mix-ins: lots of luck. The Wall Street Journal confirms these findings today in a story titled, “Yogurt Sales Sour As Options Proliferate,” reporting that yogurt fans now have literally…

Welcome, dear readers, to The Takeout Draft, our recurring feature that combines our love of food, fantasy sports, and arguing on Slack.

In the very best Broadway musicals and Hollywood blockbusters, there’s an absolute wow number to hook your audience from the start. Lin-Manuel Miranda, one of the Fosse/Verdon executive producers gets this, as does Hamilton director Thomas Kail, who helms this episode, and Dear Evan Hansen scribe Steven Levenson, who…

Recently, we had neighbors over for a potluck and one friend brought chips and salsa. That’s not too surprising. But it was the kind of salsa my friend brought. It had this strange, faintly familiar taste I couldn’t place at first, yet it was so delicious I couldn’t move far from the salsa bowl. Neither could anyone…