Category: Food
Your place to find food reviews on popular restaurants, cafes and bakeries, as well as easy recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert, including pop culture-inspired menu ideas you won’t find anywhere else.
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5 Pastina Substitutes for Anyone Heartbroken Over the Ronzoni News
If the news that Ronzoni has discontinued pastina—its delightfully microscopic, star-shaped pasta—has made you seriously consider shelling out $180 on eBay for a final taste, resist. The. Urge. Other brands, like Barilla, make pastina, and given the public outcry over the discontinuation, they’ll probably start popping up more in grocery stores and online. (IDK about…
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Gideon’s Bakehouse in Disney Springs: What to Know Before You Go
My obsession with finding the ultimate chocolate chip cookie is well-known, and if you love molten, gooey cookies with an overwhelming chocolate-to-dough ratio (hi, it’s me), you’ve got to plan a vacation to Orlando, Florida, just to visit Gideon’s Bakehouse. If you’re short on time, visit the East End Market location; it’s not nearly as…
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Baked Cinnamon Sugar Pumpkin Donuts
Apple cider donuts get all the glory each fall, but pumpkin treats deserve more fanfare. Pumpkin donuts, specifically. The pureed gourd makes this dessert extra moist, which is complemented by a hearty jolt of cinnamon sugar to add some sweetness and spice. It’s well balanced, which is not what I can say about my diet…
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Taylor Chip Cookies Review: Should You Try ‘Em?
We taste-tested a dozen Taylor Chip cookies; here are our top five (and everything else to know about the brand).
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How to Keep Cookies from Burning on the Bottom: The Double-Pan Trick
Here’s how to layer sheet pans to keep your cookies from burning on the bottom
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Shortcut, Copycat Starbucks Pumpkin Scones (No Kneading!)
Hold up—did Starbucks discontinue the pumpkin scone?! I know I’m not the only one wondering this when, yet again, the coffee chain unveiled its fall lineup…sans vanilla-glazed treat. Heartbreakingly, it’s at least off the shelf for a second year, a fact Starbucks confirmed via tweet, while recommending grabbing a pumpkin cream cheese muffin instead. Sure,…
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How to Take Box-Mix Brownies to the Next Level
Editor’s Note: I originally published this post on August 10, 2015. Five years, a couple cookbooks and hundreds of recipe tests later, I can say the same tricks hold true. I’ve tried all kinds of from-scratch brownie recipes and box mix baking hacks (instant coffee, pudding mix, all…meh). If you prefer fudgy over cakey sweets—without…
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Starbucks Summer Remix Menu, Reviewed: Which Drinks Are Worth It?
We taste-tested two of the 2023 Starbucks Summer Remix Menu drinks—here’s which one is worth buying.
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Barbie-Inspired Movie Snack Mix
Before seeing the Barbie movie, get in the spirit with this snack inspired by the film. (It’s salty and sweet, a combo of worlds, just like the two Barbie visits.)
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Review: Culture Espresso’s Chocolate Chip Cookie Has Been Voted Best in NYC, But Is It?
In the quest for the best chocolate chip cookie, tons of attention is paid to Crumbl, Levain, Gideon’s Bakehouse and the like, but I was recently reminded of a story I wrote back in 2017, where 33 top bakeries across the U.S. and Canada went head-to-head, submitting their top chocolate chip cookie to a New…
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Broccoli Cheddar Bacon Quiche: The Easy Breakfast to Serve a Crowd
When it comes to easy brunch ideas, it doesn’t get simpler than this quiche recipe.
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Review: What’s So Special About Levain Cookies?
Ah, the softball-sized cookie that started it all. (At least my obsession with barely baked, massive treats.) Levain Bakery has been around since 1995, and it’s widely regarded as the birthplace of “NYC-style cookies,” AKA gooey-centered cookies as big as your fist. But with so many competitors on the market these days, are they still…
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