9/2/22Resurrect the Forgotten Flatbread Pizzas of the Mid-2000sGastropub flatbread pizza, relic of 2005 cuisine, deserves another look.
8/9/22The Way-Too-Detailed Guide to Recreating Pizza Lunchables at HomeDon't you dare elevate this recipe. It is reserved for those who seek beautiful garbage.
7/19/22How to Make Italian Beef From Scratch, Even Though Almost No One DoesInspired by The Bear? Learn why most Chicago beef shops don't go to all that trouble.
6/30/22You’re Actually Missing Out on the Best Pineapple PizzasLet out all your hot takes, take a deep breath, then come on a magical pineapple pizza journey with us.
5/30/22The One Beer Myth That Will Never DieLet's throw this myth about cold beer into the wood chipper where it belongs.
5/16/226 Lessons Everyone Needs to Learn About Homemade PizzaThe collected wisdom gained from baking an inadvisable amount of homemade pies.
4/4/22Deep Fry Your Pizza, Because None of Us Are ImmortalYes, it's worth it to fry up battered slices of pizza in hot oil. You'll see why.
1/20/22Discovering the tartan magic of haggis pizzaYes, haggis on pizza. A delicious way to celebrate Burns night 2022.
11/10/21This Hot Pepper Smoked Pork Sandwich is so easy it feels like cheatingFor the love of all that is holy, let's do something different with barbecue.
4/8/21Personal Trainer: Cooking offers two screens, one kitchen, and a whole world to exploreWelcome to Gamer Week, in which The Takeout will be celebrating the edible side of video games all week long.
2/9/21Ditch pizza fundamentalism and embrace the glorious abomination that is Taco PizzaIs there a food snob worse than the pizza fundamentalist haughtily turning up their nose at anything cooked under…
1/11/21The best uses for leftover giardiniera oil, ranked on the Farina ScaleAdaptability is the mark of a great home cook. When I’ve got too much of something, one of my favorite things to do…
1/5/21“I am wooooounded”: A jaunty stroll through the official Frasier cookbookAs a low-attention-span indoor kid, I had two great loves growing up. The first was American football—the Bears…
8/7/20The Pizzadad Chronicles, or my obsessive quest to make the best Chicago tavern-style pie at homeYou first feel like a father when you hold your tiny, precious child. But you first feel like a dad when you find…
7/2/20Al pastor from the corner store: How to make Spam tacosOne of my favorite food experiences—or, honestly, one of my favorite experiences, period—is that first bite of a…
5/3/20Make Italian Beef at home and become an honorary Chicago meatball like meYou know those hyper-regional dishes so pervasive in their area of origin that locals all assume they’re universal?…
4/23/20I made White Castle Pâté and I’d do it againEven before the current stay-at-home reality, I spent a lot of time on Twitter, both for my job and because I’m the…
4/1/20Let’s make some hoosh, the survival stew of famed Antarctic explorersIf you’re like me, you’ve spent at least parts of the last couple of weeks animorphing into a nauseated ball of…
2/7/20It’s high time we electrocute some hot dogs and see what happensThere’s not a ton of debate as to the best way to cook a hot dog: steamed/simmered is a dog stand tradition, grilled…
1/29/20The hot dogs of Molokai: On living in paradise with a stolen grillIt’s the dead of winter, and most of the fun holidays are behind us—but there’s still months of cold and slush to…