The Mixed Zone

The Penny Hotel Williamsburg has quietly become one of New York City’s most practical stays for visitors who want space and value without retreating to a cramped Midtown tower. Queen rooms start at around $230 per night, a rate that, by Manhattan standards, would barely secure a shoebox, yet here it buys a kitchenette, a full-sized bathroom and enough floor space to actually spread out.

NFL stadium food in 2026 is reaching new levels of excess, with venues across the country rolling out menus that include a two-foot hot dog priced at $45, crab-stuffed pretzels, double bacon cheeseburgers topped with Buffalo cheese curds, and a quesadilla the length of a small child. Aramark Sports + Entertainment is behind many of the new additions, with rival caterers Levy also contributing across several venues.

Eggs Benedict hash brown bites are the brunch crossover that most menus refuse to attempt: a crispy tater tot base, a precisely poached egg, Canadian bacon, and hollandaise, all assembled into a single, shareable mouthful. The recipe, developed for Delish, serves four and comes together in 35 minutes from a five-minute prep start. Building the Eggs Benedict Hash Brown Bites From the Base Up The foundation is simpler than it looks.

Twelve easy Sunday brunch recipes from Delish cover the full spread of a lazy morning table, from shareable bacon-and-egg sliders to baked feta eggs and a Dutch baby that doubles as a blank canvas for whatever toppings take your fancy. The collection leans into that slower pace of weekend mornings, mixing make-ahead options with quick-cook plates so there is something workable whatever energy level Sunday brings.

Unusual food combinations Reddit users have championed range from the mildly adventurous to the genuinely baffling, and a recent dive through the platform’s threads turned up eleven pairings that people insist are worth trying. Some play straightforward flavour logic; others defy it entirely. Pineapple on pizza and fries dipped in milkshakes have long since crossed into the mainstream. The combinations surfacing on Reddit right now are operating in rather different territory.

The Starbucks Peanuts Great Pumpkin collection is set to land in participating stores on 15 September, a 10-piece merchandise range inspired by It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, which marks its 60th anniversary this year. Prices run from $14.95 to $39.95, and Starbucks is already placing a two-per-customer limit on its most sought-after piece before a single item has left the shelf. What Is in the Starbucks Peanuts Great Pumpkin Collection? The drinkware forms the core of the range.

A pumpkin spice tiramisu that layers espresso-soaked ladyfingers with a mascarpone and pumpkin cream has been developed by Delish, building on the drink that shares the dessert’s defining ingredient. The recipe yields 12 to 16 servings, with a prep time of 15 minutes and a total time of 3 hours 30 minutes including the essential refrigeration.

The extended Labor Day sales are still running across fashion, home, beauty and tech, with discounts stretching well past the long weekend on some of the most in-demand products of the season. Several retailers are holding reductions of up to 50% or more, making this week one of the better windows for considered purchases before prices reset. Extended Labor Day Sales: What the Retailers Are Offering The headline numbers across this week’s extended Labor Day sales are broad in range and category.

Eggo has launched its KPop Demon Hunters waffles, a limited-edition Golden Brown Sugar Cinnamon flavour tied to Netflix’s record-breaking film, retailing at a suggested price of $3.69 at major retailers nationwide. The timing is deliberate: the collaboration centres on ‘Golden’, the film’s lead track, which CNBC reports held the No. 1 position on Billboard’s Hot 100 for eight consecutive weeks from mid-August to mid-October. The waffle’s name is not just marketing shorthand.

Reviving stale bread at home is simpler than most people assume, and the technique comes down to water and a hot oven. Run the entire loaf under a tap until it is thoroughly wet but not falling apart, place it directly on an oven rack, and bake at 400°F for between five and ten minutes. The science behind the staleness is worth understanding.