Delicious Food, Terrible Branding. Some foods have names that do absolutely nothing to help their case. You can know perfectly well that a dish is delicious and still hesitate when someone offers you something called…
The Menu Isn't Lying, But It's Not Telling You Everything. Diners run on a strange kind of trust. You sit down, scan a laminated menu the size of a small newspaper, and assume every dish…
An Open Mind and an Empty Stomach. Traveling lets you try foods that just aren’t available back home, and while that’s fun for most people, some find it to be a nightmare. With so many…
Not Every Menu Can Do Both. Breakfast and dinner ask completely different things of a kitchen, and not every chain can deliver both. Some restaurants built their whole identity around the morning rush, perfecting eggs…
What Really Happens Behind The Counter. Every fast food counter looks about the same once you've seen a few of them, same menu boards, same rehearsed greeting at the window. But the people working the…
All About That Crust. A frozen pizza can have excellent cheese and toppings, but a disappointing crust can still ruin the whole experience. The best options manage to deliver a crust with some combination of…
Sugar Isn't the Only Thing Your Teeth Dislike. It's no surprise that candy has a pretty bad rep: it's sugary, it's sometimes sticky, and it'll feed the bacteria that cause tooth decay. And yet, sweets…
Geography Isn’t Always on the Menu. Food names can sound surprisingly authoritative about where something came from, even when the history tells a completely different story. Sometimes a place name was chosen for marketing, sometimes…
Less Really Does Taste Better. American food has never been shy about piling on cheese, sauces, and anything else that can squeeze onto a plate, but just because you can add more doesn’t mean you…
