Published November 18, 2009, 8:31 AM EST

by CLAUDIA W. ESBENSHADE

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Move over ketchup, mustard has taken over as one of the more popular condiments and has the varieties to prove it.Ranging from sweet to hot, from coarse to creamy, mustards are dressing up everything from appetizers to main courses today.Mustards with a flavor and robust texture (an......

Published November 18, 2009, 12:01 AM EST

by KEN HOFFMAN

LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - This week I reached out for a new Black Jack Taco, the latest delicacy on the cheapo "79-89-99 Why Pay More!" menu at America's top Mexican-style drive-thru joint, Taco Bell, with 5,600 restaurants coast to coast, top and bottom.Usually I understand what the brainiacs in rese......

Published November 11, 2009, 12:01 AM EST

by KEN HOFFMAN

LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - This week I reached out for a new Double Cheese Cheesesteak from Quiznos, which will satisfy the cheese junkie in us, but rile 'em up pretty good in Philadelphia — where this ain't no cheesesteak and, yes, they got a problem wit' dat.Just because a sandwich has cheese and steak, that......

Published November 4, 2009, 12:01 AM EST

by KEN HOFFMAN

LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - This week I reached out for a new Western Burger, one of five new "Better Burgers" from Denny's that are "too good to eat on the run" … meaning too hoity-toity to pass through a drive-thru window to the downtrodden masses.Denny's has totally upgraded its ......

Published October 28, 2009, 12:01 AM EST

by KEN HOFFMAN

LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - This week I reached out for a new Mega XL Pizza, delivered in a really cool, specially designed pizza box celebrating the DVD release of the mega-extra-large movie hit "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen." Duck! The Autobots are under attack!Here's the blueprint: a 16-inch-d......

Published October 21, 2009, 7:21 AM EST

by SUSAN JURGELSKI

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - Where, oh where have the humble sardines gone?To the deep end of the ocean?Shoved to the side by tuna, that chicken of the sea?Since the last part of the 20th century, many Americans have turned up their noses at tins of sardines, the seafood version of Spam.And face i......

Published October 21, 2009, 12:01 AM EST

by KEN HOFFMAN

LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - This week I reached out for a new Buffalo chicken sandwich at America's largest lightning-fast food chain, Subway, with 22,762 restaurants — practically on every corner — coast to coast. Silly rabbit, you thought McDonald's was No. 1?It's a little odd that it took S......

Published October 14, 2009, 12:01 AM EST

by KEN HOFFMAN

LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - This week I reached out for a dish of NFL Stuffed French Toast, part of the new "IHOP's Gone Totally NFL" menu of football-inspired breakfasts at America's No. 1 flapjack flipper, IHOP, with 1,421 restaurants coast to coast.This is the first time that the NFL has been in ......

Published October 7, 2009, 12:01 AM EST

by KEN HOFFMAN

LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - This week I reached out for a new Italian Sausage and Peppers sandwich from America's No. 2 pizza twirler, Domino's, with 8,773 restaurants across the U.S. and around the world.The Italian Sausage and Peppers sandwich is one of four new Oven Baked Sandwiches. The others are Buffalo......

Published September 30, 2009, 12:01 AM EST

by KEN HOFFMAN

LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - This week I reached out for a slice (OK, four slices) of Pizza Hut's new (whether it's "and improved" is up to you) Stuffed Crust Pizza — the first fiddling the Hut's done with Pan Pizza since its debut in 1980.And what did Pizza Hut do? What it always does. It ......