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Tuesday's Best Deals: Zappos, Nike, Nintendo Switch Accessories, and More
Zappos’ winter sale, 25% off Nike clearance, and a one-day Amazon networking sale lead off Tuesday’s best deals from around the web.
Pass the Combos: 18 foods you only eat while traveling
Welcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a prompt to compare notes on your interface with pop culture, to reveal your embarrassing tastes and experiences, and to ponder how our diverse lives all led us to convene here together. Got a question you’d…
The intense, complex, bitter joys of fernet
Welcome to Gateways To Drinkery, where The Takeout offers an entry-level course on our favorite libations, and some suggestions on where to start drinking them.
Searching for a real cup of chai, far beyond the Starbucks
Every time I order chai somewhere new, I text my dad. “Is it real?” is how he responds. Real chai, to my family, means something that closely resembles masala chai, a daily staple in my father’s motherland of India, where chaiwalas line the streets, spooning out steaming, aromatic tea turned light brown by a generous…
This month in overturned trucks: corn, ice cream, poultry
This Month In Overturned Trucks is The Takeout’s monthly roundup of overturned trucks spilling shit over public roadways.
Recapture that old Great British Bake Off feeling with this teaser for Mary, Mel, and Sue's new Christmas special
There’s a particular vibe that powered previous seasons of former BBC mega-hit The Great British Bake Off, a chummy silliness—largely provided by presenters Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc—that blended in a very satisfying way with judge Mary Berry’s warmly encouraging approach to evaluating the show’s crop of reality…
Chip dip tips worthy of a double dip
In How Do You Take Yours?, The Takeout solicits staff and outside expertise for secret tips on improving one dish.
The missing ingredient in film’s treatment of fast food workers
I was 14 when my dad drove me to McDonald’s and told me to get a job. I was 17 when I quit, a day that was surprisingly bittersweet. I hated the job, but I’d made memories there—friends, enemies, jokes. I’d met my first love in the break room. She broke up with me from behind a register. McDonald’s was the last place…
Last Call: Tell us what we're doing right (or wrong!)
Howdy, The Takeout readers, it’s your boy editor Kevin Pang here. Our staff is going to take a few days off for the holidays—though you’ll still be seeing new stories!
3-Ingredient Happy Hour: A Bourbon-y Eggnog "Latte"
Happy weekend, everyone, and welcome back to 3-Ingredient Happy Hour, the weekly drink column featuring super simple yet delicious libations. This week we’re making a faux eggnog latte with plenty of bourbon for sipping on Christmas morning.
What’s the deal with airline food? An in-flight dining critic explains
Airline food: butt of jokes, favorite subject of ’90s stand-up comedy routines, butt of jokes about ’90s stand-up comedy routines. It’s also the passion of Nikos Loukas, the primary voice behind the 4-year-old website Inflightfeed.com and its associated Instagram account, a hypnotic scroll of seat-back trays and tiny…
The enduring appeal of nightcaps Ovaltine and Horlicks
In Acquired Tastes, The Takeout explores the food and drinks we can’t live without.
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What’s the best way to keep your gingerbread house from falling?
In How Do You Take Yours?, The Takeout solicits outside expertise for secret tips on improving one dish.
O crumb, all ye faithful: 7 global Christmas food traditions Americans should adopt
Certain dishes are obligatory on the American Christmas dinner table—ham, mashed potatoes, pie, gingerbread. But why not baby back ribs? Battered shrimp? Why isn’t there Christmas chili mac?
Papa John is Papa gone
The Associated Press is reporting that John Schnatter—known to fans of greasy, pepperoni-laden cheesebread and shitty TV spots everywhere by his self-applied nom de pizza, Papa John—is stepping down as the CEO for his blandly ubiquitous restaurant chain. Schnatter’s departure comes just a few weeks after he plunged…
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The 10 Best Deals of December 21, 2017
Procrastinators, you have maybe one day of gift shopping left. We see a lot of great deals every day, but these were our 10 favorites from Thursday.
Last Call: It's A Wonderful Life, Kosher wine, and Julia Child sucks at making a yule log
Last Call is The Takeout’s online watering hole where you can chat, share recipes, and bullshit the night away. Here’s what we’ve been reading/watching/listening around the office today.
