UPDATE: As our friends at TIME Moneyland have helpfully pointed out, and as economists from Adam Smith on down have long maintained, just because there’s less of something doesn’t mean we won’t be able to get it anymore — it’ll …
Food & Drink
Pre-Peeled Bananas Incur the Wrath of Humanity
“Gee, I would enjoy this banana so much more if I didn’t have to take off the peel,” said no one ever.
Your Kid Won’t Eat His Vegetables? Give Them a Spiffy New Name
Editor’s Note: The study upon which this story is based has been retracted by Preventive Medicine, the journal in which it was published. JAMA, a separate network of journals, has also retracted several other studies by the …
McDonald’s McRib: Why Are They Making Us Wait?
The McRib’s got a way about it. We don’t know what it is (we suspect it’s elusiveness), but we know that people can’t live without it.
WATCH: Ingenious Popcorn Machine Launches Popcorn At Your Mouth
Prepare for a movie-night revolution. What if there were no more jockeying for the popcorn bowl or wrestling for ill-popped kernels? A popcorn company has taken snacking to the next level, inventing a machine that launches a …
Are You Sophisticated Enough to ‘Like’ Grey Poupon on Facebook?
Give credit where it’s due: it takes clever marketing to morph the mundane act of clicking “like” on a Facebook page into a test of one’s sophistication. Grey Poupon, the famously upscale mustard brand, decided that the best way …
McDonalds Adding Calorie Counts To Menus, Drive-Thrus
We’ve come a long way since the days of “supersize me.” McDonald’s has decided that it will be even more transparent about how many calories are in its cheeseburgers–along with everything else.
On Tuesday, the chain announced …
Caesar’s Palace Bets on $17 Million, 500-item Bacchanal Buffet
What $17 million looks like in Vegas, once you get away from the craps table.
Scrambling for Eggs in Mexico
The world’s top consumer of eggs is faced with a national ‘egg crisis’.
Mars Company Distances Itself from the Deep Fried Mars Bar
If you’ve gotten a hankering for a deep-fried Mars bar, be prepared for this disclaimer. The Mars chocolate manufacturing company would like you to know that it wants nothing to do with Scotland’s greatest contribution to world …
Study: How Fast You Drink Your Beer Depends on the Shape of Your Glass
There is now scientific proof that how fast you chug your beer might entirely depend on what kind of glass you’re drinking out of.
McDonald’s Goes Vegetarian in India
The first completely meatless outlets in the fast food chain’s 57-year history are set to open by 2013.