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Left, Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue, New York City; Right, a view of Trump Grill and its patrons. Both images from Alamy. Halfway through a recent late lunch at the Trump Grill—the clubby steakhouse in the lobby of Trump Tower that has recently become famous through the incessant media coverage of its namesake landlord, and…
(Deb Lindsey for The Washington Post) If you were planning to serve whipped cream with your holiday desserts this year, you might want to acquaint yourself with the homemade kind. Thanks to a nationwide shortage of nitrous oxide, a critical ingredient in aerosol whipped creams, some major manufacturers have announced that they won’t be able…
Harry Winston, eat your heart out. Getting your loved one a diamond ring for the holidays used to be the baller move. Now, it’s looking like chic Taco Bell jewelry is the way to go. Cheetos’ $20,000 diamond and orange sapphire jewelryhttp://mashable.com/2016/11/21/cheetos-holiday-jewelry/#XAaThSMfxmqo set has already sold out, but if your pockets didn’t go quite that…
Content Header “This is the face of Dunkin’ Donuts right here.” /content-header Content Byline /content-byline Content Text Casey Affleck might be resistant to playing local stereotypes, but it certainly didn’t show last night as the host of Saturday Night Live. In what must be one of the most New England sketches in recent SNL history,…
Michelle Obama has a strikingly successful record of fighting the obesity epidemic and improving nutrition — both symbolically and through legislation. Back in October, I talked to a bunch of food and nutrition policy wonks about the first lady’s influence on food issues. They offered near-unanimous praise: She planted a garden, waged snappy social media…
Google Microdata Mobile only ad Article “Cover” Breakfast Cereal’s Last Gasp Better-informed consumers are ditching the bowls of sugar that were once a triumph of 20th-century marketing. Google Metadata Wikimedia Commons Last year, General Mills launched a new product aimed at health-conscious customers: Cheerios Protein, a version of its popular cereal made with whole-grain oats…
“Slap the bag” — the ancient coming-of-age game involving slapping a bag of wine (usually Franzia) while drinking directly out of its plastic spigot — is a college staple. As is drinking Fireball. So, it was only a matter of time before the two converged in alcoholic matrimony to create the perfect party vessel: boxed…
Image: Getty Aspartame—the artificial sweetener found in drinks like Diet Coke—is probably not good for you. If you believe otherwise, I admire your commitment to self-delusion. A new study published by a team of investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital in Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism found a possible reason aspartame doesn’t help you lose weight—oh…
Taco Bell’s latest location and flagship store for their ‘Cantina’ is right in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip, perfect for highlighting its 24-hour service, a ‘Freeze Wall’ featuring Freeze drinks with alcoholic add-ons, a DJ booth, communal tables, a second floor lounge, and unique digital artwork. Opening its doors today, this Taco Bell ‘Cantina’…
Blue Apron got approval to operate a food processing facility from the California Department of Public Health for the first time last month, despite having been packing and shipping boxes of fresh produce and raw fish, poultry, and meat in the state for over three years. The company’s Oct. 5 registration with the state health…