Happy Half-century to The Big Mac

by | Jul 30, 2018 | Culture Music Art

from AP 50 years on, McDonald’s and fast-food evolve around Big Mac By CANDICE CHOI As with many of its popular and long-lasting menu items, the idea for the Big Mac came from a franchisee. In 1967, Michael James “Jim” Delligatti lobbied the company to let him test...

Art of the Car

by | Jul 29, 2018 | Culture Music Art

from artnet Putting Art in the Back Seat, Kenny Schachter Goes to Venerate the Old Masters of the Racetrack at the Festival of Speed With a lull in the art calendar, our columnist went off to pursue his second all-consuming passion—classic cars—at a tony British...

Save The Clark Bar!

by | Jul 26, 2018 | Culture Music Art

from CNN NECCO, the oldest American candy company, suddenly shuts its factory by Talib Visram The future of Sky Bars and Sweethearts is in limbo after the NECCO factory closed this week. The NECCO plant in Revere, Massachusetts, was shut suddenly Tuesday by its owner,...

Everything We Think We Know Is Wrong

by | Jul 24, 2018 | Culture Music Art

from NPR 14,000-Year-Old Piece Of Bread Rewrites The History Of Baking And Farming by LINA ZELDOVICH When an archaeologist working on an excavation site in Jordan first swept up the tiny black particles scattered around an ancient fireplace, she had no idea they were...