Why the Greek Diner Menu Runs Ten Pages Long
Open a diner menu and the pages keep coming: breakfast, burgers, Greek salad, seafood, pasta, pies. Here is why a kitchen would take on so much, and how it all stays workable.
The Real Diner Milkshake: Why Portillo’s Oreo Cake Shake Has Everyone Talking, and How to Build One at Home
Portillo’s blended Oreo cake into a shake this week. The diner original is simpler, colder and thicker, and it is easy to build at home.
Forty-Eight Days to Pie: A Diner Countdown to Thanksgiving
A dated countdown from October 9 to Thanksgiving: the diner pie case, a viral Deer Park turkey pizza, and what the sources say Long Island eats this fall.
The Thick White Diner Mug Was Built for the Navy. The Regulars Kept It.
The thick white diner mug started as a Navy order filled by an insulator factory. How it got to the counter, what free refills cost, and who earned a regular’s stool.
Taco Bell’s Butter Chicken Taco Is Coming. Who Invented Butter Chicken Is Still in Court.
A fan-voted Taco Bell taco is headed to U.S. menus, while two Delhi restaurants fight in court over who invented butter chicken. Here is what the reporting shows.
Cottage Cheese Was the Diner Diet Plate Nobody Wanted. TikTok Turned It Into a Shortage.
From the 1970s diner diet plate to cottage cheese tacos on TikTok: the sales data, the dairy science, and why producers say they cannot keep up.
