Emily Heil

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Emily Heil

The best (and worst) dyed Easter egg alternatives (washingtonpost.com) The best (and worst) dyed Easter egg alternatives By Emily Heil 2025041714000000 I am not a particularly good crafter, and I'm generally okay with that.

1 week ago | adn.com | Emily Heil

Beef tallow, which once might have been more at home in a Dickens novel than a TikTok video, is having an official Moment. Influencers are singing its bovine praises. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Health and Human Services secretary and unofficial head of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement, is a key hype man, using a vat of the stuff to fry his Thanksgiving turkey and choosing a location of tallow-touting Steak ‘n Shake for the backdrop of a Fox News interview last month.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Emily Heil

Beef tallow, which once might have been more at home in a Dickens novel than a TikTok video, is having an official Moment. Influencers are singing its bovine praises. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Health and Human Services secretary and unofficial head of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement, is a key hype man, using a vat of the stuff to fry his Thanksgiving turkey and choosing a location of tallow-touting Steak ’n Shake for the backdrop of a Fox News interview last month.

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Warren Rojas |Emily Heil

‘It’s just not sustainable’: D.C. restaurants pushed to the brink (washingtonpost.com) ‘It’s just not sustainable’: D.C. restaurants pushed to the brink By Warren Rojas; Tim Carman; Emily Heil 2025041416003300 "What you created here was really special," a father stops to tell Brookland's Finest co-owner Tony Tomelden while herding his two school-age kids out the restaurant's door on a bustling Friday night.

2 weeks ago | post-gazette.com | Emily Heil

Recently, we tested a slew of popular frozen french fries to identify the superior brands available in national supermarkets. There were plenty out there that we’d rather leave in the deep-freeze, but a few brands reminded us just how easy and satisfying simple spuds can be. And while the best frozen fries are perfectly fine when made according to their labels, they can be made even better with a little care — and some creative zhuzhing up.