A restaurant worker is sharing her “#1” piece of advice for fellow servers — and it might not be what you expect. On Jan. 10, TikToker Alivia (@alivia.with.an.a) posted a video offering a warning to servers with early morning shifts: “Don’t ask why they got together or if they’re celebrating!” Why? “It’s always a funeral,” …
Whether you prefer yours savory or sweet, plain or everything, with cream cheese or butter, we can all agree that bagels are a beloved breakfast staple. On Thursday, Jan. 15, aka National Bagel Day, many brands will help bagel lovers save some dough with a range of discounts and freebies. Below, we’re rounding up some …
Connor Storrie is enjoying the fruits — specifically, carbs — of his breakout role. On Jan. 14, Storrie, who plays the stony-yet-sentimental Ilya Rozonov in streaming phenomenon “Heated Rivalry,” stopped by TODAY. During his visit, he stopped in to the TODAY kitchen for a tuna melt and a can of ginger ale — both key …
Megan Thee Stallion raps in “Savage” that she’s “classy, bougie, ratchet,” but at home, she’s also gourmet. “You would not think that people are walking around my house asking me to make them food, but that is definitely happening to me,” she says. Speaking with TODAY.com in partnership with Dunkin’, the three-time Grammy winner has …
Nikki Glaser attained the impastable while hosting the Golden Globes: valuable information about a famously private actor. On Jan. 11, the awards show brought Hollywood’s glitterati together to celebrate movies, television and, for the first time, podcasts. Glaser used her monologue to playfully rib celebrities from The Rock to Nicole Kidman to Timothée Chalamet, before …
One restaurant owner does not mince words when it comes to her business — or chili oil. On Jan. 4, X user @whizwang posted about a heated interaction between an online reviewer and the owner of Wang Tulum, a Chinese restaurant in Tulum, Mexico that specializes in dishes like hand-pulled noodles and chili dumplings. A …
New year, new Crumbl cookie schedule. The popular cookie chain has been known for its rotating seven weekly desserts. Now, Crumbl has a new cookie rotation for 2026 that cuts the weekly rotating flavors in half. “The Classic Menu is about consistent availability,” Jason McGowan, CEO and cofounder of Crumbl, said in a press release. …
Newlywed Zoe Dippel was enjoying a girls night at her sister-in-law’s house when they decided to peruse a baby book that her mother-in-law recently passed down. Among the milestones and sonogram photos was a carefully folded, seemingly mile-long receipt from grocery store H-E-B. It was dated June 20, 1997, a little time capsule of daily …
Dunkin’ has resolved to hop onto the protein bandwagon this year. On Jan. 7, the coffee and doughnut chain introduced “Protein Milk” to its menus, along with five new beverages that feature the ingredient. This is all part of a bigger winter menu update that also includes seasonal food and beverages and a new meal …
McDonald’s is responding to claims that its popular McRib sandwich isn’t actually made with real pork rib meat. The blink-and-you-miss-it menu item recently returned to select restaurants across the country in November 2025. On Dec. 23, a federal class action lawsuit was filed in Illinois alleging that the McRib “does not contain any actual pork …