Newmark's Door

"Why coffee is called 'joe'"

With a quote from my department chair, Lee Craig.

"10 Regrettable Retro Food Recipes"

It's amazing that America survived the canned-vegetable-and-Jello years. 

The hot new food in New York City

Cronuts.

The dessert is made from sheeted pastry dough, like a croissant, and fried like a doughnut. The pastry is then stuffed with vanilla cream, rolled in sugar, and topped with icing.

"Feeling Thirsty??"

Possible help for beer drinkers: "Tell us your preferred beer style, and find similar beers to try out."

"The Worst Lies That Mainstream Nutrition Has Told You"

And some people have the nerve to make fun of economists! These are worse than our worst. 

"A Guide to 41 Hyper-Regional Sandwiches"

Some of these need to spread nationwide. 

A small but interesting window on capitalism at work

Do you think it was easy to develop and to manufacture Doritos Locos Tacos? Guess again. 

Either a sign of the apocalypse or another (small) reason why capitalism is wonderful

You choose.

Poutine-flavored soda.

"Burger wars!"

The New York Post reviews nine burger chains coming to the Big Apple. 

"New Orleans Has a Soup That Supposedly Cures Hangovers"

Yakamein.