Manhattan’s Astor Place Shake Shack saw a major shift this weekend. The cashiers were replaced with iPads, Shake Shack employees can now help you place your order on an electronic menu, giving you the option of talking to a worker, or placing your ord…
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French fry motivates toddler to takes her first steps
Deep-fried food is the great motivator.
Little Evie had accomplished a milestone recently when she took her first steps on her own. But to help her achieve this goal, she had a little gift of motivation in the form of a french fry.
This kid’s goi…
Edible glitter lattes are the latest travesty to happen to coffee
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There seems to be no end to the things people want to do with their coffee. If we’re not pumpkin-spicing our lattes, we’re making our frothy coffees unicorn or horror themed.
But, now people are adding edible glitter into their coffee because … ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
A coffee shop in the West Midlands, UK, has been making gold glitter-topped lattes and glittery turmeric lattes, and they will go on sale officially this week.
Oh dear!! Looks like a fairy just let off wind at Melbourne again #glitter #coffee #gimmicksrus pic.twitter.com/fOADn1JQuQ
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Thanksgiving turkey tips from the experts at Butterball’s Talk Line
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Coffee, conversation, and community: Inside NYC’s vanished cafeterias
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Image: Marcia Bricker Halperin
One frigid day in February 1975, Marcia Bricker Halperin, a budding street photographer, was shooting storefront windows on Kings Highway in Brooklyn. With her fingers practically frozen to her Pentax, she slipped into a Dubrow’s Cafeteria to defrost.
I took a ticket from the man at the door and found myself looking out at a tableau of amazing faces between the coffee urns and steam tables teeming with choices and the muraled walls under high ceilings with modernist, space-age lighting.
Marcia Bricker Halperin
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View More Coffee, conversation, and community: Inside NYC’s vanished cafeteriasAmazon Fresh is shutting down in some neighborhoods, including ones in San Francisco
Amazon is pulling the plug on Fresh, its grocery delivery service, in parts of nine states throughout the country, Recode reports. So, if you live in certain parts of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and California, you’re out of luck. Read More
This Asian fruit is the smelliest thing you’re ever going to encounter
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If you’ve ever smelt this fruit, you probably recall its lingering, pungent, meaty scent, whether you want to or not.
Maybe it evokes vomit-inducing memories you tried hard to suppress, or a sensory dream-come-true you never wanted to end.
But the truth is, there’s no fruit more fascinating or polarizing than the durian.
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Pizza gets political: The Papa John’s vs. Pizza Hut war heats up
Even shitty fast food pizza isn’t immune from getting political in 2017.
Papa John’s CEO John Schnatter blamed the NFL and recent protests surrounding the national anthem for its slumping sales. The company said that it’s the NFL’s largest sponsor, b…
Silicon Valley is obsessed with fasting. Experts call it ‘highly irresponsible.’
Silicon Valley has long been obsessed with optimizing people’s lives.
From voice-activated assistants to devices that micromanage physical activity down to the last step to remote-controlled home temperature systems, Silicon Valley just won’t r…
Silicon Valley is obsessed with fasting. Experts call it ‘highly irresponsible.’
Silicon Valley has long been obsessed with optimizing people’s lives.
From voice-activated assistants to devices that micromanage physical activity down to the last step to remote-controlled home temperature systems, Silicon Valley just won’t r…
Make your own Egg McMuffin at home with this kitchen device
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Ever gotten stuck in line at the Mickey D’s drive thru on your way to work because you just had to have your morning Egg McMuffin? Why not have you…
This is the most fascinating fruit
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If you’ve ever smelt this fruit, you probably recall its lingering, pungent, meaty scent, whether you want to or not.
Maybe it evokes vomit-inducing memories you tried hard to suppress, or a sensory dream-come-true you never wanted to end.
There’s no fruit more fascinating or polarizing than the durian. Read more…
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