How-To's, Restorative Milkshakes, And A Ranked List Of Meats: The Year In Foodspin

Deadspin had a bountiful year in the consideration of, eating, cooking, asking about, and taking solace in food. We also received it in the mail, once. Relive our gastronomic experiments as if they were all just one big burp, below.

And how to make and eat everything else, from Albert Burneko's award-winning (in 2013, wait for it) Foodspin series:

An accurate list of the best luncheon meats, in order. Read »

Big time food writer Sam Sifton gave Thanksgiving advice to the peons and started an answer with, "Bro." Bookmark it for next year or relive the magic now. Read »

Our own Drew Magary applied to be on Chopped. This was his application. Read »

Drew drank a milkshake. It was really good. Read »

A young Tom Ley showed us how to spice up our previously crappy ramen. (Spoiler: Baby. Bok. Choy.) Read »

Madden thought for a second. "Well, you take a sirloin and you salt and pepper it, maybe some garlic salt too. Then you cook it for . . ." He raised his voice as he questioned his wife: "Hey, Virginia, that whole sirloin-what do you cook it for? Two or three hours?" Then, turning back to the phone: "You cook it two or three hours." Read »

Drew crossed another one of life's eternal questions off of the list when he explained how to fold a fajita without looking like some sort of dumbass. Read »

The MLS mailed us some cheesesteaks. Read »

What alternate fucking universe do these people live in where bacon is not crucial to the well-being of a hamburger? Read »

A shot across the bow in the Great Pasta Shape Debate led to much consternation. Read »

Drew got shitfaced with some Dukebags and went to magical place called Cook Out. Read »

The Carnegie Deli picked an illogical and apparently bad specialty sandwich in honor of Tim Tebow. We helped them out with a few alternates. Read »

Sick children—is there anything they can't fuck up? Read »

We booked fake reservations at fancy restaurants and canceled them later, in the name of science. It turns out Eli Manning likes Nobu. Read »