How we're eating now: Quick shortcuts, slow cookers and other 2020 food trends
These days, the pandemic is determining how and what we eat, from quick shortcuts to slow cookers. There's lots more home cooking, and many more family meals.
Food
Watch Now: Cracker Barrel adds alcohol to its menu
The next time you go to order a Momma's Pancake Breakfast, you can add a mimosa to your order. The "old country store" chain has added alcohol to the menu.
A website is hiring a 'professional cheeseburger tester.' Here's how you can apply
For burger lovers out there, a dream job has opened up: getting paid to eat cheeseburgers (also, Friday is National Cheeseburger Day).
UWL responds to student's viral TikTok video showing quarantine meal
LA CROSSE, Wis (WKBT)-- The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse is responding to a TikTok video made by a student in the quarantine dorm who questioned why they were served food nearly two weeks old. The video has been viewed more…
Starbucks officially nixes straws for iced drinks, debuts sippy cup lids
Starbucks is finally ditching straws and ushering in its long-awaited "sippy cup" lids for iced beverages.
Reese's made a breakfast cake so you can have dessert in the morning
Reese's wants to encourage you to satisfy your sweet tooth not long after you wake up. The candy company is launching a peanut butter and chocolate Snack Cake, which it's billing as a "mid-morning snack." The product will come in…
Noodles and Company announces tentative opening date for Onalaska location
ONALASKA, Wis. (WKBT) - Noodles and Company has confirmed its tentative opening date for their Onalaska location. The Onalaska restaurant, located at 9417 WI-16 Suite 100,…
Kane Street Community Garden is raising its standards
LA CROSSE, Wis (WKBT) - A community organization that is known for giving is getting help to become more accessible to many more people. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of…
KFC suspends ‘Its Finger Lickin’ Good’ slogan amid pandemic
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — In light of the coronavirus pandemic, Kentucky Fried Chicken has suspended the use of the “It’s Finger Lickin’ Good” slogan after 64 years. The company said in a statement Monday the tagline is “the most inappropriate…
McDonald's unveils Spicy Chicken McNuggets, 1st new flavor in nearly 40 years
Spicy Chicken McNuggets will hit U.S. restaurants Sept. 16 — the first new McNuggets flavor in the U.S. since the item was introduced in 1983.
