American Culture Quiz: Test yourself on festive flavors, seasonal sales and historic heroes
App user: Click here to take the quiz! The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test about America's unique national character, trends, history, and people, including current events and American sights and sounds. This week's quiz covers festive flavors, seasonal sales, and more. Can you answer all 8 questions correctly? For more lifestyle articles, visit […]
Totally Cool, popular ice cream maker recalling nearly 70 flavors over listeria concerns
The popular ice cream maker is recalling about 70 flavors and cold treats after it found they may be contaminated with Listeria. Totally Cool, the Maryland-based maker of popular sweet treats such as Chipwich cookie sandwiches and Friendly’s ice cream cakes, recalled more than 60 products across multiple brands, according to a notice posted June […]
‘Shock flavors’: Why one company makes mac & cheese and pizza ice cream
Van Leeuwen Ice Cream typically draws customers with gourmet takes on classic ice creams like vanilla and pistachio. But every once in a while, the New York-based parlor chain and manufacturer sneaks in a so-called “shock flavor,” like Hidden Valley Ranch or Pizza. A few years ago, Kraft Heinz approached Van Leeuwen, a New York-based […]
San Francisco sourdough bread arrived with 49ers gold rush, still flavors city today
Taste San Francisco’s history with every bite of bread from a local bakery. A signature flavor of Golden Gate gastronomy, sourdough bread swept through town with a craze in 1849. It’s still going strong and delicious. As Smithsonian Magazine reported in 2017, one legend says that “Christopher Columbus was the first person to bring European […]