I’ve long been fascinated with the term “latchkey kid,” though something about it sounds offensive in an vaguely antiquated way, like describing an unmarried woman as a spinster or referring to siblings born less than a year apart as “Irish twins.” Perhaps that’s because there’s always been some shame for …

In the first episode of Pen15’s second season, there’s an Oreo cookie severed at the seams and rebonded with about 12 additional slabs of cream filling, creating a huge cookie tower. The super-stuffed snack is constructed and implicitly consumed off screen, but anyone who’s eaten a Oreo can picture a …

Every family in the tri-state area — or maybe just families near where I grew up, with easy access to a bakery outlet store — has what I call an “Entenmann’s trifecta.” At my house, it was the Entenmann’s mini chocolate chip cookies, marshmallow-iced devil’s food cake, and the mini …

The United States would like to think it dominates the global snack game, what with its Dunkaroos, Oreos, and Doritos, but that’s just an overly inflated ego or, more kindly, a lack of experience with snacks from around the world talking. Earlier this week, we sang the praises of snacks …

“It’s like stovetop mac and cheese meets a burrito bowl.” That’s how I described this burrito bowl pasta to my partner when I let him have a taste. The verdict? Well, I guess anything with Mexican flavors (which are amazing) combined with pasta (also amazing) is an instant hit!   …