All Stories
A British chef said she “spiked” a vegan’s meal. Then she lost her job.
The vegan entree is usually just boring grilled vegetables. Then there's the fear that, inadvertently or purposefully, a chef will slip some animal products into their meal: That the cheese...
“I want to see you naked”: When alcohol flowed, Mario Batali turned abusive, workers say
After four anonymous allegations of sexual misconduct were published by the website Eater on Monday morning, Mario Batali's brand was thrown into turmoil.
Starbucks’ Christmas Tree Frappuccino tastes like broken promises and Thin Mints
You thought Starbucks was waging a war on Christmas when, in 2011, the company's holiday cups featured nutcrackers that bore a coincidental resemblance to the Guy Fawkes mask, at the...
Rape in the storage room. Groping at the bar. Why is the restaurant industry so terrible for women?
If you're a woman, what makes a restaurant dangerous isn't the sharp knives or the hot griddle: It's an isolated area of the kitchen, like the dry storage pantry.
Why a small, oily, strong-tasting fish is showing up on restaurant menus
You probably didn't expect to see sardines on the list of 2017 food trends.
Martha Stewart’s transformation from home guru to Snoop’s weed-joke homie
The cultivation of New Martha Stewart, of Hip-Hop Martha, of Martha the Queen of Dank Memes, has culminated in 'Martha and Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party,' with Season 2 set to...
The 7-day gummy bear cleanse is real because drinking green juice is so last year
The gummy bear cleanse sounds like a joke, and for one day, that's all it was. On April 1, 2016, Rosie O'Neill, co-founder of the boutique candy brand Sugarfina, decided...
Get ready for pea milk. It doesn’t taste like peas and it’s not even green.
Enter pea milk, the newest nondairy beverage on the block. It's vegan, nut free, soy free, lactose free and gluten free.
I used every pumpkin spice product I could find for a week. Now my armpits smell like nutmeg.
Pumpkin spice is not a flavor, it's a lifestyle. Its mantra is the crackle of fallen leaves and bonfires.
Bodega, an “unmanned pantry box,” has already become America’s most hated start-up
Here's the pitch for Silicon Valley's newest start-up: It's called Bodega, and it's a case of nonperishable goods - the kind you'd usually get at a neighborhood corner store or...