On August 24, Joey Chestnut — best known as the winner of 15 of the last 16 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contests but also widely regarded as the greatest professional eater of all-time — broke the record for most popcorn eaten in eight minutes before a Triple-A baseball game at Indianapolis’ Victory Field. As Food & Wine reports, Chestnut […]
The Girl Scout Cookie Program has many stated goals including teaching scouts “leadership, problem-solving, and community building” while also embracing an “understanding of the world of business, money management, and entrepreneurship.” And so while, on its surface, the idea of “selling cookies” may sound quaint, in recent years, the program has gotten incredibly modern, leaning into […]
It’s kind of hard to imagine Snoop Dogg ever having a bad day, let alone a bad week, but his August is definitely off to a good start. The California rapper’s latest single, “Bad Decisions” debuted at number six on the list of Billboard’s Hot Trending Songs, and now he has announced that he’s about to break into the breakfast […]
Oreo prides itself on its parade of neverending new flavors and varieties. According to Food & Wine, already in 2022 alone, we’ve covered limited edition runs of Oreo Pride packs, a new ice cream-inspired Neapolitan flavor, and a truly bizarre Ritz cracker and Oreo cookie mashup. But though Oreo is consistently looking for new buzzworthy […]
Sometimes celebrity isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Just ask Taco Bell’s Mexican Pizza. Back in September 2020, the iconic item seemed washed up, when the chain announced plans to pull their spin on a pizza off the menu by November. But as Food & Wine reported, a groundswell of support emerged, including a grassroots petition […]
An argument could be made that Top Chef was running low on new locations. The competitive cooking show started out in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Miami but more recently found itself in lovely, but less high-profile food destinations like Charleston, Colorado, and Kentucky. And so, for Season 20, Top Chef has decided to break new ground in two respects: basing the show […]
Do you love Applebee’s Chicken Wings? Do you especially love their dipping sauces? Do you love them so much you want to wear them on your lips? Well, now’s your chance! According to Food & Wine, the biggest name in casual dining has teamed up with the makeup brand Winky Lux for a limited-edition collection […]
The green bottle classically associated with Sprite is going to become a thing of the past. The reason? Green isn’t well, green. Although green plastic bottles can be recycled, clear ones are a more useful recyclable material. And so The Coca-Cola Company, the owner of the brand, had already started transitioning from Sprite’s iconic green […]
In June, Krispy Kreme kicked off summer by taking their signature doughnut flavors and turned them into ice creams with their new Original Glazed Soft Serve Ice Cream. Now, as the summer temperatures soar, they’re doing the reverse: bringing classic ice cream flavors to a new line of limited-edition doughnuts. According to Food & Wine, […]
As reported by Food & Wine, a team of Iowa utility workers had a more exciting-than-usual day at work recently, when some underground electrical work revealed a well-preserved “beer cave” from the mid-19th century. According to KCCI, the electrical workers from the city of Winterset were doing some excavation on a project in Madison County […]