I love beverage packaging innovations, because I am a huge dork. You already knew this. But here’s what you may not have known: Ball Corporation has introduced a gizmo called the Strawster, an aluminum can that releases a three-folded-inside plastic straw when its tab is popped. Neat-o!
Thanks to Food And Drug Administration commissioner Scott Gottlieb, I am now haunted by the image of an almond with tiny, tiny udders. Thanks for nothing, dude.
D-R-A-M-A! The craaazy Papa John’s story gets even juicier today, as sources say Wendy’s and Papa John’s were talking about merging—FOR REAL!—before disgraced founder John Schnatter said all that racist shit. HERE ARE THE DEETS:
It’s usually around this time of year that summer is halfway through and I realize I haven’t checked out near enough bands yet. So then I usually go on a but of a tear. Last night, I was lucky enough to catch Panic! At The Disco at the United Center and was frankly blown away. Brendon Urie puts on a hell of a show,…
Hey, you guys remember malls? Those places with the Spencer Gifts and Fashion Bugs and K-B Toys? Remember how we used to fart around there for a few hours while dad melted into the massage chairs at The Sharper Image?
Do you have a box of tissues nearby? Go get one, I’ll wait.
The mother of 15-year-old Alexi Ryann Stafford, of Weston, Florida, says her daughter died of anaphylactic shock last month after unknowingly consuming a Chips Ahoy! cookie containing peanut butter. Despite administering EpiPens, her family was unable to save Stafford, who died on June 25. Now her mother is calling…
The average temperature in Des Moines, Iowa, on August 11—the date of this year’s Iowa State Fair—is 84 degrees F with 48 percent humidity. These are the perfect conditions for a refreshing deep-fried stick of butter, or perhaps a Polish sausage corn dog. Fairgoers this year will have even more exciting food options…
I don’t know how or why I came across this video today, but like a ’90s chain letter, now I must share it. It’s the music video for David Bowie and Mick Jagger’s 1985 song “Dancing In The Street,” but with the music removed. It’s awkward, hilarious, and worth 3 minutes of your time. [Kate Bernot]
Much as Papa John’s corporate wishes founder and former chairman John Schnatter would just go gently into that good night, he adamantly will not. Yes, this already-batshit story is now even crazier: So last week, the embattled face of the pizza franchise resigned after reports emerged that he used a racial slur in a…
Goddamn American treasure Willie Nelson already has his own branded marijuana products called Willie’s Reserve, but now he’s also launched a line of cannabidiol-infused coffee under the Willie’s Remedy line. My first thought when I heard this news was: wait, Willie Nelson wasn’t already hawking “special” coffee?
Alright, you want the bad news first, right? Come on, no one ever wants the good news first. So sit back in your chair and maybe do a little shoulder stretch, because you’re going to have to get through the sad one one to get to the heart-warming one. Them’s the rules.
A beer-and-burger restaurant in Lynchburg, Virginia, removed a sarcastic Facebook post about a customer who paid in dozens of coins after commenters complained the post was rude. Beer 88’s original post—now deleted, but screengrabbed by ABC affiliate WSET—shows a photo of a receipt, a $20 bill, and dozens of quarters…
It’s Cold Soup Week at The Takeout, where we celebrate the pleasures of chilled soups during the dog days of summer.
Of all the confounding things about having children, the fight over naps may have confused me the most. Why would anyone fight one of life’s ultimate pleasures? Even animals get that naps are awesome, but small children, for whatever reason, do not. Also, I thought I liked napping before I had kids, but now I’m…
The pendulum is constantly swinging when it comes to the health benefits of certain fatty foods: Let’s eat margarine! Nope, butter’s better! Avocados are great, until they’re not. Full-fat dairy—whole milk, etc.—was for a while in the exiled foods category as Americans were told to choose skim milk, reduced-fat…
Dads endure our good-natured ribbing over their jokes, their bods, their cargo shorts from Costco. But you know what dads get right? Poppin’ open an ice-cold brewski after a hard Monday back at work and kickin’ back in the recliner.
This weekend, a small Indiana brewery was generating tons of buzz in my social media feed—and not in a good way. The brewery-in-planning is called Lakeville Brew Crew, and a South Bend Tribune profile of the business mentioned some of the names of its forthcoming beers: Flint Michigan Tap Water, Black Beer Matters,…
