I have two family members with severe (epi-pen level) food allergies, and honestly, it isn’t really hard to accommodate them - it’s a pretty minimal amount of effort, especially once you’ve gotten the hang of things. My young nephew has a severe dairy allergy, and other than learning how to read labeling on…

Zapp’s is best known for their other flavors, but I’ve always maintained that their BBQ is a sneaky contender for best Zapp’s variety.

The article notes he didn’t die from trauma... so... was he trapped back there alive for days on end, slowly dying of thirst/hunger? That’s awful.

Bruce Springsteen, New Orleans Jazz Fest, 2006. This was the first JazzFest after Katrina, and there had been a LOT of questions about whether the Fest would even be able to go on at all that year - getting basic infrastructure up and running was proving to be challenging enough; the idea of hosting a festival over…

“Death threats are sometimes said in a moment of anger especially when there’s an emotional situation of divorce and you’re seeing your family go down the drain,” Morena told reporters.

I went to college in New Orleans quite a few years ago, and back then, it was pretty common for bars to have one night each week where they’d put out some food - say, a bit crock pot of red beans, or jambalaya, or sloppy joe fixings, or some kind of pasta... nothing fancy, just a little sustenance. I quickly figured…

I agree that Marisnick’s suspension was earned.

Yes, it happened 100 years ago - but in contrast, there has never been a fatality resulting from a collision at the plate. (I’m simply going by the Major Leagues for this... there have been plenty of other fatalities resulting from beanings in lower levels).

“Second, the entire reason beaning is bad is because the batter could break a bone in his face, or maybe get a concussion.”

I had a big DNA test shock at the start of this year, though it was a happy one, and one that has (so far) been a happy one for all involved.

When you buy songs (a cd, record, spotify subscription, etc), you have a license for the personal use of it (in your car, at a backyard barbecue, on a boombox as you walk down the street, etc). The problem is when you’re using it for public purposes (e.g., creating an atmosphere at your restaurant, using it in a…

Actually, bars, restaurants, and other public places have LONG had to pay annual licenses for the rights to play music in them, going back to the 1940s and ‘50s. Essentially, it’s seen that the music is being played as a means to increase the attractiveness of your business to customers - in other words, the music…

Serious question... do you think he gets to 500 career home runs? At the end of the 2016 season, he had 446, and was only 33.  Now, he’s 36, and has only added another 23 in the 2.5 seasons since then (for a total of 469... nice!). If he hits another 4 this year, for a total of 8, he’d need to hit 27 in his final four…

Heck, you don’t even need to spend a dime - just use the snake method. Basically, you set up a small trail of charcoal briquettes running along the side of your grill, with some wood chunks on top of it.  It’ll get you to 225-250, and go for hours, burning like a very slow fuse.

In my early 20s, I had a nightmare roommate (and two great roommates). Two food stories stand out (I’ll leave aside the stories of his weapons collecting and threats to use them, and “dating” underaged girls).

Oh, man - and those oqaque red cups, and the pebble ice!

This isn’t going to get me back to eating Pizza Hut. But if they actually resurrected the sit-down restaurants they used to have, with the red vinyl booths with parmesan and red pepper shakers on the table, the salad bar, the full pitcher of soda delivered when you order a drink, the hot pan being delivered to your…

this is a crazy violation of privacy

I was coming here to type that exact same thing - Foremost Liquors in Logan Square always had it in stock in the early 2000s. If I recall correctly, Coke II was more popular than Classic in many parts of Central America, where there wasn’t as much nostalgia wrapped up in the original formula.

Okay, maybe Ringo’s warm, runny shit. But that’s it.