Workers at Chicago’s two El Milagro tortilla plants say low pay and poor working conditions have led to a low employee retention rate which are the culprits behind the city’s tortilla shortage. Now supported by labor organizers, employees went public with their concerns Thursday afternoon with a walkout and a march down 26th Street toward…
Welcome to the Eater round-up of Great British Bake Off 2021, as Paul Hollywood, Prue Leith, Matt Lucas, and Noel Fielding return to Channel 4 with the 12th series of cakes, puddings, breads, and inevitable recourse to terrible baking puns. Filmed again in a bio-secure coronavirus bubble, Paul Hollywood’s terrible handshake is here, sweaty as…
The saga of D.C.’s infamous “Dave Thomas Circle” is coming to a close, but as Wendy’s vacates a location the city has claimed in a case of eminent domain, the burger chain is attempting to demand a payout for its trouble. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced last week that Wendy’s would exit the building at…
On this episode of Dan Does, host Daniel Geneen heads to Loretto, Kentucky to tour the Maker’s Mark distillery and see how the company has kept its product smooth, sippable, and consistent for over 60 years. The amount of manual labor that goes into the bourbon making process — from handling the barrels to the…
Chase? Huddy? Charli??? Help! Photo: Burger King Bushwick’s hottest restaurant is the Myrtle Avenue Burger King. Experts (me) have deemed it a destination so architecturally significant that it ought to be preserved by UNESCO. The Myrtle Avenue Burger King is a time portal into a fantasy 1990s that never was, a living shrine to a…
Keith Rudolf’s first order of business upon becoming the Phillies’ head chef was removing the kegerator from the clubhouse. “I thought I was gonna get my head torn off, but nobody seemed to notice,” he says. The 44-year old then experimented with other changes. Ruffles turned into avocado oil chips. Reese’s became Justin’s. Ultimately, his…
I have begun to dread the times my friends suggest getting ice cream. It’s not just because I need to double check whether I’ve packed Lactaid, it’s that grabbing a cone after dinner has turned into an entire ordeal that sucks the pleasure from what should always be a pleasurable — and simple — activity….
Remember how McDonald’s was pretty much responsible for popularizing the use of single-use plastic in fast-food restaurants? Well don’t worry, little chickens, because Daddy McD, guilty of doing more damage to the environment than the mega-company could possibly reverse before we sink into the ocean or melt — maybe both!— or meet some other climate-induced…
Close your eyes and picture this: You’re reclining in a field in late October, the wind lightly blowing through the trees. It’s crisp but not too cold, the leaves recently changed from verdant green to shades of umber and crimson, and they’re gently falling all around you. This peaceful autumnal scene is making me hungry,…
Fall is here, and so is a new crop of restaurants in cities across the U.S., providing warmth, sustenance, and reassurance that even amid an ongoing pandemic, the restaurant industry is still innovating — bringing new ideas, and new dishes, to the table. In San Francisco, Corey Lee of the three-Michelin-starred restaurant Benu is finally…