Food
44/60 pts
The Week 1 grocery spread
Food/Sep 13, 2026
The Sunday spread is a format. Stop styling it like a commercial.
Wings, a tray, a dip that came from a tub. Score the logistics. The recipe is not the point.
Worth the look44/60 pts
On the plate
Food
On-line reviews of food — products, pantries, and the meals that claim to save a week — plus news on how we eat now.
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12 reviews · 1 briefing
On-line reviews
Food
43/60 pts
The Labor Day cookout
Food/Sep 7, 2026
The cookout is a format. Stop asking it to be a restaurant.
Char, paper plates, a table that is also a holding area. Score the form, not a secret sauce.
Worth the look43/60 pts
Food
54/60 pts
Late-summer corn
Food/Aug 30, 2026
Corn, while it still means August
The last honest week of the year to eat this. After Labor Day it is a frozen vegetable in a costume.
Worth the look54/60 pts
Food
58/60 pts
Peak-season tomatoes
Food/Aug 15, 2026
August, sliced
The only summer food review that matters, and the one grocery marketing keeps trying to complicate.
Worth the look58/60 pts
Food
44/60 pts
Cold pizza, morning
Food/Aug 9, 2026
The honest morning-after
I am not going to dress this up. This is a food review of a slice from the fridge.
Worth the look44/60 pts
Food
31/60 pts
Grocery-store olive oil
Food/Aug 3, 2026
A bottle that used to be boring
The cheap stuff got worse. The good stuff got expensive. I stood in the aisle longer than I wanted to admit.
Mixed31/60 pts
Food
39/60 pts
Supermarket rotisserie chicken
Food/Jul 14, 2026
The bird that saves a Tuesday
Golden, a little sad, and still the best $8 decision in the store.
Mixed39/60 pts
Food
40/60 pts
Trader Joe's
Food/Jul 3, 2026
A grocery store that thinks it is a personality
I went for half-and-half and came out with three frozen things and a candle I did not need.
Worth the look40/60 pts
Food
47/60 pts
A half-smoke, eaten standing up
Food/Jun 30, 2026
The District on a bun
Chili, mustard, a bun that is losing, and a city that still argues about whose is best.
Worth the look47/60 pts
Food
36/60 pts
Chick-fil-A, a weeknight
Food/Jun 4, 2026
The line is the seasoning
I sat in the drive-thru and asked myself why. Then I ate the sandwich and remembered why.
Mixed36/60 pts
Food
25/60 pts
A meal-kit week
Food/May 27, 2026
Dinner, mailed, with a recipe card
I cooked someone else's shopping list for five nights. Some of it was good. All of it was a box.
Mixed25/60 pts
Food
28/60 pts
Weeknight pasta kits
Food/May 6, 2026
The $14 lie we keep buying
A refrigerated pouch promises Rome on a Tuesday. It delivers a decent Tuesday.
Mixed28/60 pts
News and commentary
Commentary/Food/Aug 3, 2026
Grocery inflation is a taste story now
Food current events are happening in the aisle, not only on the tasting menu.
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