So Apparently, We’ve Been Cooking Corn Wrong Our Entire Lives

May 14, 2013 // 8:56 am

I love corn. Corn on the cob, corn in a bowl, popcorn, corn bread, corn chili, corn on pizza, you name it. The only problem is, cooking a fresh ear of corn on the cob can be cumbersome. Corn.

In the past 6 months, the Internet has learned a…

New Sustainability Ranking System Shows You How to Save the World by Eating

May 14, 2013 // 8:00 am

We remember the days before big chains like McDonald’s and Starbucks pledged to make sustainability a top priority, back when “organic” was the only health-food buzzword people cared about and using “sustainability” in a sentence usually meant we’d have to define it at least once*. But things…

Why Yankee’s ‘Man-Scented’ Bacon and Popcorn Candles Are Kind of Useless

May 14, 2013 // 7:00 am

Ostensibly, candles are meant to change or improve an area’s natural scent, but if we assume all guys are the lawn-mowing, bacon-frying, movie-binging blockheads candle company Yankee wants us to think they are, shouldn’t their homes already smell like this stuff?

Targeting the segment of the population who prefers…

Panera Offers New ‘Sweet & Tart’ Frozen Cherry Limeade

May 14, 2013 // 6:00 am

I’m currently writing this from Fresno, California, aka the middle of nowhere. It’s more than a 100 degrees Fahrenheit outside, and every time I step out the sun attempts to burn my face off. I’m suddenly grateful that every food chain on Earth is rolling out with their own…

Wendy’s Frosty Waffle Cones Now Available Nationwide

May 13, 2013 // 4:17 pm

There’s something comforting about a marketing team that totally gets its customer base and makes us feel like putting tons of french fries in our ice cream is a-okay.

Wendy’s just gets us.

“There is nothing better than a Frosty, and nothing worse than an empty Frosty cup,” said…

New Oreo Campaign Proves Owl City Can Actually Write Something Sappier than ‘Fireflies’

May 13, 2013 // 2:50 pm

Singer-songwriter Adam Young is too precious for this world. While the rest of us seethe through rush hour and knock back coffee beans brewed blacker than our souls, Young (better known for his stage name “Owl City”) is just sitting here, singing about the three little pigs and just…

Here’s How to Make Maple Bacon Monkey Bread

May 13, 2013 // 1:50 pm

This recipe for Maple Bacon Monkey Bread is the evidence you need to prove all the naysayers wrong: Bacon was made for sweet desserts. (Now I understand why I drown my bacon strips in syrup at breakfast.)

This six-ingredient recipe uses a tiny dash of cayenne pepper to kick up…

How Star Wars Characters Eat Their Food

May 13, 2013 // 12:04 pm

Heroes just can’t catch a break these days. Save the girl, lose the suit. Find your long lost biological family, accidentally fall for your sister and get your hand chopped off by your dad.

After thoughtfully giving us the room to remember why the first video was funny in…