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- Unlike older generations, millennials (yes, them again) are not comfortable with the idea of sending food back at restaurants, according to new polling data. This is either because they are spineless babies, or boomers and gen-Xers are too cruel to care about the problems their persnickety actions might cause for kitchen staff, depending on your point of view.
- After the death of her brother, Brooklyn-based food writer Alicia Kennedy shed her vegan diet and found comfort in oysters. She tells her story to The Splendid Table.
- The custodians of The Joy of Cooking, the quintessential American cookbook, are having it out with a Cornell researcher over an obesity study that lays blame on the book’s recipes.
- Former Chicago Tribune critic Michael Nagrant, who recently left the paper and launched his own website, offers a review of Red Lobster. Is this the greatest lead ever written? “Sometimes it’s hard to tell if Beyoncé is being literal or figurative. For example it’s abundantly clear that she is not really riding an actual surfboard in ‘Drunk in Love.’ Skittle candies are also not being eaten in ‘Blow.’ However, in ‘Formation’ when she says, ‘When he fuck me good, I take his ass to Red Lobster, ’cause I slay,’ I think she really means she’s taking Jay Z to Red Lobster after sex.”
- Hero chef José Andrés’s World Central Kitchen had been cooking in Ventura, California, to provide relief to wildfire victims. A bad storm forced evacuations in the area this week, so Andrés has turned the burners back on and WCK is cooking for locals once again.
Mandatory evacuations in Ventura due to big storms hitting #ThomasFire burn area! @WCKitchen #ChefsForCalifornia are back in action to feed evacuees & support @RedCrossVentura @RedCrossCoast Breakfast: pic.twitter.com/s17ZVhCXQU
— José Andrés (@chefjoseandres) March 21, 2018
- The New York Times has published a long-overdue obit for Ruth Wakefield, the woman who invented the chocolate chip cookie.
- Headline of the day: “Men use spaghetti sauce to try to start fire after burglary, deputies say.” The burglars were attempting to cover their tracks and make the fire look like an accident.
- Arby’s is now serving “gyro loaded curly fries” for a limited time, perfect for people who just love dealing with gastrointestinal issues five minutes after eating a meal.
- Mean-tweeting fast-food chain Wendy’s is taking heat from actress Alyssa Milano, over the allegedly poor treatment of female farmworkers in the company’s supply chain.
- American McDonald’s locations are rolling out fresh beef for the first time. In Australia, the chain is stepping up to an even higher level. A new wagyu burger is available for $10.75 Australian dollars (about $8.30 USD). That higher price is leading to some negative reaction from locals.
- Congratulations to the folks at Berlin restaurant pizza.de, who have set the Guinness world record for “greatest variety of cheese on a pizza.” The pie was topped with 111 different cheeses.
- Canada has won the title for “best Camembert” at the World Championship Cheese Contest, a stunning upset over France, the country where the town of Camembert is actually located.
- Parts Unknown host Anthony Bourdain shares his Instagram philosophy. It’s pretty aggressive. “I don’t want people to feel good when I take a picture of this amazing meal I’m having,” he says. “I want them to feel bad. I’m very much guilty of the, ‘Look what I’m eating and you’re not. I hope you’re eating Cheetos right now.’” Calm down, Tony.
- Finally, the question as to whether hot dogs are sandwiches has gone all the way to the Supreme Court. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says, if one defines a sandwich as meat between two pieces of bread, a hot dog is a sandwich.
