Our favorite award-eligible stories from <i>The Takeout</i> this week<em></em>-September 2024-www.zdask.com

　　The internet operates on hyperspeed—as fast as it takes for your thumb to flick up your phone screen. It means you may have missed some of The Takeout’s award-eligible food and beverage writing. Fear not! We’ve rounded up some of our proudest pieces of reportage from this past week.

　　Hey Susan Orlean, is a hot dog a sandwich?Susan Orlean’s classic work of reportage, “The American Man At Age Ten,” is on the curriculum of…

　　One of the greatest writers of our generation meets one of the dumbest questions ever posed.

　　Some restaurants will send you a gift card if you no-show for a reservationOn its face, this policy sounds positively counter-intuitive: If you no-show for a reservation…

　　A pretty great idea, actually.

　　The road to love is paved with goulashIf you eat meat, you’ll love my Oma’s goulash recipe. A bold claim, I know, but I have evidence to…

　　It’s frigid in much of the country and this recipe from Kate Bernot’s Oma is reliable, warming, and delicious.

　　Ask The Salty Waitress: Help me nicely get rid of these camped-out customersDear Salty: Fellow server here. I need your advice on an annoying problem that comes up every few…

　　A few tricks from our restaurant veteran to help turn that table over.

　　Namaste, shitheads: “Rage Yoga” combines beer, cursing, catharsisMaybe you find traditional yoga a bit too gentle, too serene. Maybe all the quiet exhaling, soft…

　　Hey, the headline made us chuckle.

　　How to make Chinese takeout-style honey garlic crispy beefWelcome to The Takeout’s Garlic Week, our Valentine to the world’s loveliest stink.

　　This was Garlic Week at The Takeout, and this garlic-intense recipe replicates one of my favorite Chinese restaurant dishes.

　　Let’s revise the “what not to buy at Costco” listIf you peruse the online pages of The Takeout regularly, you know that we’re big Costco fans around

　　Who goes through 20 oz. of pesto before it goes bad?

　　Recapping the saga of a misogynistic beer article that enraged the brewing world this week [UPDATED]Updated Feb. 15: Forbes reports Brewing News publisher and co-founder Bill Metzger has resigned…

　　This was the talk of the craft beer world this week, and we recap its craziness in one handy post.

　　Sex & Candy: The time my mother-in-law accidentally bought me edible body frostingLast Christmas was mercifully routine for my family. Weeks earlier, it looked as though we’d face a

　　There’s three lines in the story that made us laugh out loud.

　　Cupid is a sorry confectioner: The heartbreaking state of Valentine's Day candyTo those of us fluent in high fructose corn syrup, the Valentine’s Day season never feels like much

　　Valentine’s Day Candy game is not strong, says our Candy Bureau Chief Marnie Shure.

　　How is hardneck garlic different?Welcome to The Takeout’s Garlic Week, our Valentine to the world’s loveliest stink.

　　You’ll learn something new about garlic.