Amy McCarthy

Dallas

food, culture, & music journalist. reporter at @eater. she/her. @vox_union + @wgaeast forever // email: [email protected]

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Articles

Cutting Food Stamps Isn’t Just Cruel, It’s Also Bad Economic Policy

1 month ago | eater.com | Amy McCarthy

Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Amy McCarthy is a reporter at Eater.com, focusing on pop culture, policy and labor, and only the weirdest online trends. Well into the wee hours of Thursday morning, House Republicans were hard at work doing what they do best: making the lives of all but the wealthiest Americans harder.
Congress Is Poised to Pass ‘No Taxes on Tips’ Legislation. But What Does That Actually Mean?

1 month ago | eater.com | Amy McCarthy

Getty Images Amy McCarthy is a reporter at Eater.com, focusing on pop culture, policy and labor, and only the weirdest online trends. During the 2024 presidential campaign, “no taxes on tips” was the rare policy proposal that both Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and Republican candidate Donald Trump supported. Following yesterday’s unanimous vote in the United States Senate in favor of the legislation, this plan is more likely to become a reality than ever.
Oysters Deals Are Vanishing, and Bivalves Are Getting More Expensive

1 month ago | eater.com | Amy McCarthy

Whether served raw on the half-shell, chargrilled, or Rockefeller style, there’s no denying the briny appeal of a perfect fresh oyster. Over the past few decades, more and more diners have heard the gospel of great oysters and, as a result, demand for the bivalves has skyrocketed in recent years. As a result of their rising popularity, the price of these oceanic creatures has also risen.
Review: Netflix’s ‘Nonnas’ Is a Food Movie That’s Full of Charisma

1 month ago | eater.com | Amy McCarthy

Jeong Park/Netflix There are so many movie tropes that center around Italian restaurants. You’re likely conjuring some at this very moment — red checkered tablecloths, heaping plates of spaghetti and meatballs, overflowing red wine glasses. Perhaps you see Stanley Tucci and Tony Shalhoub arguing while making timpano in Big Night, or the pasta-laden plates of Vesuvio, the restaurant operated by Artie Bucco in The Sopranos.
An Honest Review of Ooni’s Halo Pro Spiral Stand Mixer

1 month ago | eater.com | Amy McCarthy

While the KitchenAid is far and away the most popular stand mixer in American home kitchens, most people who bake bread or pizza frequently know it is not always the best at kneading dough. KitchenAid mixers are planetary mixers, which mean that they basically just rotate around a single fixed point, and even with the dough hook, aren’t very good at forming gluten. As such, many home bakers covet standing spiral mixers, which are better at producing strong, beautifully silky doughs.
You Might Not Even Hear About the Next Foodborne Illness Outbreak

2 months ago | eater.com | Amy McCarthy

Tada Images/Shutterstock.com Just in case you weren’t already worried enough about the state of our food supply, the Food and Drug Administration has apparently decided that telling American consumers about deadly food-borne illness outbreaks just isn’t important anymore. An investigation by NBC News uncovered an FDA report from November 2024, when people started coming down with serious illnesses after consuming lettuce that was contaminated with E. coli bacteria.
After a Historically Rough 2024, Louisiana Crawfish Producers Are Bouncing Back

2 months ago | eater.com | Amy McCarthy

During springtime in Louisiana, you don’t have to go far outside your door before the smell of cayenne, garlic, and citrus hits your nostrils. This is peak crawfish boil season, when families across the state haul out their enormous crawfish cooking rigs and invite their friends over for a feast of mudbugs, potatoes, corn, and sausage, all boiled in the state’s distinct blend of Cajun spices.
Why Are So Many American Chips Beef- or Cheeseburger-Flavored?

2 months ago | eater.com | Amy McCarthy

On its face, it’s an absurd premise: a Doritos tortilla chip that could really taste like a cheeseburger. There’s just no way that a sprinkling of flavor powder could actually replicate the savory beefiness of a burger patty. Or at least that’s what I thought, until this latest generation of Doritos made me realize that American chips are getting uncannily beefy. I picked up a bag of the Late Night Cheeseburger Doritos on a total whim.
Review: In the ‘White Lotus’ Finale, That Damn Blender Was a Cop-Out

2 months ago | eater.com | Amy McCarthy

Fabio Lovino/HBO Spoilers for seasons 2 and 3 of The White Lotus within. On Sunday night, the third season of Mike White’s prestige HBO drama The White Lotus came to a conclusion. Now, we know exactly who died, who killed them, and who survived the week at the lush Thai resort, and the show’s sleuthy fans can stop posting their deranged theories about the show’s complicated symbolism. But before we can move on, we simply must discuss that goddamn blender storyline.
For Small Farmers, the Egg Shortage Has a Surprising Silver Lining

2 months ago | eater.com | Amy McCarthy

Last November, Mike Trent, the owner of Trent Family Farms in Cloverdale, Oregon, started to notice that egg prices were going to get crazy. As the avian influenza crisis worsened among major egg producers across the country and prices began to trend upward, Trent knew that 2025 wasn’t going to be a normal year for eggs. But he also wasn’t especially worried.