Gwynedd Stuart

Los Angeles

Managing Editor at Sporked

Managing editor at @sporked. Frmrly @lamag, LA Weekly, @Chicago_Reader etc.

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Articles

Trader Joe's Just Dropped What May Be It's Best Pasta Sauce Yet

1 week ago | sporked.com | Gwynedd Stuart

Credit: Liv Averett / Trader Joe's I have a confession. I think most jarred pasta sauce is pretty mid. I usually just grab whatever is on sale at the store because, in general, it just can’t compete with homemade tomato sauce. There are exceptions, of course. The Sporked team is pretty stoked on Rao’s marinara, and we love the Rao’s dupe Aldi sells, too.
New Waterloo Flavors from Guy Fieri Just Dropped, We Tried Them

2 weeks ago | sporked.com | Gwynedd Stuart

Credit: Liv Averett / Waterloo A little known fact about me is that I used to have a Tumblr called “The Gwynedd & Guy Project,” which I used to document my journey of cooking my way through Guy Fieri’s cookbook, Guy Fieri Food: Cookin’ It, Livin’ It, Lovin’ It. And I gotta say, when I was cookin’ it, I was definitely lovin’ it. The guy has some crazy ideas about food (and facial hair), but sometimes they work.
We Laid a Finger on the New Salted Caramel Butterfinger

3 weeks ago | sporked.com | Gwynedd Stuart

Credit: Liv Averett / Walmart Last October, when we first heard about the impending release of Salted Caramel Butterfinger, we were cautiously optimistic. In its 100-year history, the candy bar had never deviated from its original format—and why would it? That combo of crispety, crunchety, peanut-buttery filling with a milk chocolate coating is as iconic as their commercials with Bart Simpson.
Best Grape Soda We Found in a Taste Test

4 weeks ago | sporked.com | Gwynedd Stuart

Credit: Merc / Instacart We came, we saw, we concord—get it? Armed with a sleeve of little paper cups, we sipped our way through eight grape sodas, most of them canned, to find the best grape soda of them all. It’s about time right?
Tell Us What to Taste in Sporked’s First Ever Live Taste-Test-A-Thon

1 month ago | sporked.com | Justine Sterling |Gwynedd Stuart |Jordan Myrick |Ariana Losch

What are you doing May 15th? Cancel your plans. Because Sporked is going live with our first ever Taste-Test-A-Thon on YouTube! Starting at 5 p.m. pacific (8 p.m. eastern), the whole Sporked team (plus special guests!) will nosh and sip our way through back-to-back taste tests. What will we be tasting? That’s where you come in. Let us know what we should taste and rank—it could be a brand or a type of food or drink (check out some recent rankings for inspo).
We Tasted a Bunch of Vegan Steak, But This Is the Best

1 month ago | sporked.com | Gwynedd Stuart |Danny Palumbo |Justine Sterling

Vegan steak has come a long way over the past few years. In fact, at this point, the best vegan steak might be too convincing for some vegetarians. Some of the mushroom-based steaks we tasted look and feel so much like raw meat when you’re cooking them that when I sent a photo to a vegetarian friend, she wondered aloud, “Who is that for??” So, yeah—super realistic-looking plant based steak isn’t for some people.
7 Exclusive Mountain Dew Flavors Every Dew Fan Must Try Once

1 month ago | sporked.com | Griffin Parker |Gwynedd Stuart |Matt Crowley |Cincinnati-style chili

The last time I covered rare Mountain Dew flavors here on Sporked, I focused mostly on out-of-production flavors you can still find online. Rest assured, I got your comments and letters: “Griffin, tell us about rare Mountain Dew flavors we can just buy.” Today, I’m bringing you seven Mountain Dew flavors that are still currently in production that you might not know about. I’ve got a good thing going with the “7 Sodas” series here on Sporked, but this list deserves an honorable number eight.
Aldi Haul! The Best Aldi Finds for April 2025

1 month ago | sporked.com | Jessica Block |Gwynedd Stuart |Jordan Myrick |to Sporked

Credit: Liv Averett / Aldi Everyone knows that April showers bring May flowers (and Mayflowers bring pilgrims), but here’s what they don’t teach you in learnin’ school: April also brings brand new Aldi finds, from returning faves to hot-off-the-press Aldi products we cannot wait to try.
Best Balsamic Glaze to Buy, According to Our Taste Test

1 month ago | sporked.com | Hebba Gouda |Gwynedd Stuart |Jordan Myrick |Jessica Block

Credit: Liv Averett / Amazon / Delallo / Instacart / Walmart I fall asleep to the Food Network. I live in a Northern New Jersey town featured prominently in The Sopranos. I work in an Italian restaurant. So I don’t go two seconds without someone asking if I want balsamic glaze or discovering that it’s already made its way into my food.
Jeni's Has 7 New Flavors for Spring—and They Sound Amazing

1 month ago | sporked.com | Jessica Block |Gwynedd Stuart |Danny Palumbo |to Sporked

Credit: Liv Averett / Jeni's You may have had an uneventful winter. You may have stayed all cozy inside and rewatched Parks and Rec for the ninth time while eating homemade cookies. Or maybe you wrote the next great American novel and invented microwave popcorn (again). But regardless of what the rest of us did, it seems like Jeni was busy.