Category: Food
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Barilla Turned Spotify Into a Pasta Timer. This Is Peak Civilization.
Barilla’s Spotify playlists are timed to pasta cooking windows. Start the playlist with the pasta; when the music ends, check dinner.
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Sprite vs. STARRY: The Lemon-Lime War Nobody Asked For
Sprite is Coca-Cola’s established lemon-lime soda; STARRY is PepsiCo’s competitor, launched nationwide in January 2023 after Sierra Mist.
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Pepperoni Is Salami’s Italian-American Cousin, Not a Translation Error
Pepperoni is an Italian-American cured sausage in the salami family. It became a defining U.S. pizza topping rather than arriving from Italy under the same meaning.
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Why Is It Called Oysters Rockefeller? Because It Was Rich.
Antoine’s says Jules Alciatore created Oysters Rockefeller in 1899 after a snail shortage. The Rockefeller name referred to the richness of its secret sauce.
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An Edible Arrangements Driver Made the Delivery the Best Part
One Edible Arrangements delivery stood out because the driver placed the boxes carefully, called on arrival and waited until I retrieved them.
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Do Figs Have Bugs in Them? It Depends on the Fig
Some common figs develop without wasp pollination, while other fig types rely on fig wasps. Here’s what is actually inside the fruit.
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Tomatillos Are Not Green Tomatoes. They’re Wearing Husks for a Reason.
Tomatoes and tomatillos are both nightshades, but tomatillos are a different genus with papery husks, firmer flesh and a much tarter flavor.
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Capybaras Are Rodents. Lent Made This Weird.
Capybaras are rodents, not fish. The strange true part is a Venezuelan Lenten tradition that historically allowed capybara meat as an acceptable abstinence food.
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Venetian Hour or Viennese Hour? Congratulations, It’s Dessert Either Way.
Venetian Hour and Viennese Hour are both used for a wedding dessert buffet. The terms overlap, while the exact history behind the two names remains uncertain.
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Stove Top Pork Stuffing Has No Listed Pork. Is It Vegan? Not So Fast.
Stove Top Stuffing Mix for Pork has no explicitly listed pork, meat, dairy or egg ingredients. But “natural flavor” is unspecified and Kraft Heinz does not…