Pocket’s Greatest Hits 2024: Food

The Best Way to Fry an Egg. We Need to Talk About Trader Joe's.

December 26, 2024 Pocket's Greatest Hits: Food The Newsletter's Best Food Stories of 2024, Including 'Healthy' Cooking Myths, McHaters, and the Best French Toast 1   Potatoes Are the Perfect Vegetable—but You're Eating Them Wrong Is it time to rebrand the spud? WIRED Matt Reynolds Save 2   We Need to Talk About Trader Joe's Behind the bubbly cashiers in Hawaiian shirts, craveable snacks, and bargain-basement prices are questionable business practices that have many food brands crying foul at the company's blatant and aggressive copycat culture. Taste Adam Reiner Save 3   The Best Way to Fry an Egg Once you try Spanish fried eggs, you'll never cook them any other way. The Kitchn Sheela Prakash Save 4   The Plastic Chemicals Hiding in Your Food CR tested popular fast foods and supermarket staples for some of the chemicals used to make plastic, which can be harmful to your health. Here's what we found—and how to stay safer. Consumer Reports Lauren F. Friedman Save 5   The Counterintuitive Method of "Cooking" in Your Freezer A freezer can be used to transform the texture and flavor of food. This guide explains some of the best ways to use the power of ice to give food a cooked texture. Serious Eats Lucas Sin Save 6   How Much Should a Big Mac Cost? McDonald's is getting criticism for an $18 combo meal, but what does affordability mean when it comes to fast food? Eater Jaya Saxena Save 7   9 'Healthy' Cooking Myths It's Time to Let Go Of If you hate the taste of brown rice, we've got great news for you. SELF Audrey Bruno Save 8   How To Make French Toast Even Better than the Diner Pay close attention and you'll always have the French toast you deserve. The Kitchn Tami Weiser Save 9   Fast Food Forever: How McHaters Lost the Culture War "Super Size Me" helped lead a backlash against McDonald's. Twenty years on, the industry is bigger than ever. The New York Times Brian Gallagher Save 10   Does Double-Dipping Really Spread Germs? Or is it just, um, rude? Bon Appétit Ali Francis Save Thanks for reading! If you enjoyed this newsletter, please share it with a friend. Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe now to get Pocket in your inbox every day. Take Pocket everywhere You're receiving this email because you subscribed to Pocket. Unsubscribe • Manage Preferences • Privacy Policy • Help Center • Advertise © 2024 Mozilla Corporation, 149 New Montgomery St, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105