Ray Kroc cut the ribbon on the first McDonald’s franchise, opened in Des Plaines, Ill., back in 1955 — and the rest is fast food history. But the McDonald’s story begins years before that — and halfway across the continent in Southern California, to boot. And did you know that the Big Mac wasn’t invented until 1967, … Read more
Potato chips are technically made of vegetables — and soon they could be considered healthy-ish, too. Everything we know about spuds and the scrumptious snacks they yield could change after breakthrough food science findings published in the journal The Plant Cell, revealing the healthiest, most cost-effective and low-waste methods for storing and consuming starchy produce. … Read more
One mom’s hack for picky eaters is another’s laughing stalk. Cooking pro Kathleen Ashmore’s tried and true trick for sneaking vegetables into her children’s diet is “lettuce chips,” or cut-up pieces of romaine lettuce dipped in her homemade red pepper salad dressing. The private chef turned food blogger, who boasts millions of followers across social … Read more
It’s crunch time. A Missouri registered dietitian has examined the differences between baked and fried chips — and her findings are likely to shock you. Gaby McPherson analyzed the nutrition content of a “typical single-serving bag” of both offerings to determine whether the lower-fat alternatives are actually healthier. She published her results Monday on the … Read more
Can’t put down that bag of potato chips? Science says it’s not you, it’s the junk food. Ultra-processed foods, or UPFs, are just as addictive as nicotine, cocaine or heroin, experts say — and more than 1 in 10 people are hooked. A new analysis of 281 studies across 36 different countries has uncovered that … Read more
What a fancy feast. Toronto realtor Sophie Bokelmann found herself in a fishy culinary predicament last week. Known for sharing snippets of her day-to-day life on TikTok, Bokelmann couldn’t resist detailing her dining ordeal at a local restaurant — though she opted to keep the eatery’s identity under wraps. In an Aug. 27 TikTok video … Read more
Nestlé USA is recalling some of its Toll House chocolate chip cookie dough due to the potential presence of wood fragments. The recall includes two batches of the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough “break and bake” Bar, according to Nestlé’s notice. The affected batches were produced on April 24 and April 25 and were distributed to retailers nationwide. … Read more
She downed cookies, chips and ice cream — and now she’s down 70 pounds. A Maryland mother of one — who tipped the scales at 200 pounds in late 2022 — has shrunk to a svelte 125 pounds by modifying her diet to include tasty, yet calorie- and carb-smart treats from a nationwide grocer. And … Read more
Here’s a bikini that looks so good, you could eat it. One woman got a skimpy surprise when her long-awaited Skims bikini arrived — and discovered that the surface area it covered was barely larger than a Trader Joe’s tortilla chip. TikTok user Sarita shared a clip of her viral micro-kini, saying she’d purchased the … Read more
Pass the tartar sauce! The dark-horse breakout hit of Midtown’s Singaporean-themed Urban Hawker food hall, filled with such East Asian specialties as stingray fried rice and murtabak, turns out to be a plate of fish and chips. The buzzy new hall is home to seventeen vendors, eleven of them hailing directly from Singapore, which is … Read more