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Time Out
a day ago
- General
- Time Out
This U.S. state eats the most fast food—and yes, even we were surprised
It's not a gross generalization to say that Americans love fast food restaurants, from regional favorites like California-born In-N-Out and New York's own Shake Shack to global grub juggernauts like McDonald's and Taco Bell. The United States is, unsurprisingly, the world's largest consumer of fast food—according to a study by the National Center for Health Statistics, 36.6%-percent of American adults consume fast food daily. But which state in the U.S. is most taken with the stuff? Well, the answer just might surprise you. A recent study by the Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts determined that Maryland, home to a little over six million people, is the nation's fast food-loving capital, beating out far bigger locales like California and New York. The school looked at three categories to determine our rankings: fast food restaurants as a percentage of total restaurants in each state; the number of fast-food restaurants per capita in each state; and spending on fast food restaurants as a percentage of total food spending in each state. After ranking states in each category individually and combining their scores, the report then ranked all 50 states on a scale of zero to 100. Maryland's high marks (a perfect 100 score) largely owe to the fact that the Mid-Atlantic state easily has the highest share of fast-food restaurants as a percentage of total restaurants—nearly half (46.76-percent) of all restaurants in Maryland are fast food restaurants, 31-percent higher than the national average of 35.7-percent. Elsewhere, Hawaii had the most fast-food restaurants per capita, while Nevada placed first for fast food spending as a percentage of total food spending. At the other end of the spectrum, Idaho ranked lowest on the list, placing last in two of the three categories examined. You can check out the top ten fast food states in America, as well as their overall scores from the Escoffier study, below:
NDTV
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- NDTV
Ivanka Trump Leaves Sweet Note In Football Player's Locker Room After He Called Her "Beautiful"
Ivanka Trump left a sweet surprise for Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Eli Ricks after he publicly gushed over her appearance. After Mr Ricks went viral for calling her "beautiful" and "exactly my type" following a White House visit, Ivanka visited the Eagles' training facility on Friday with her family. She sought out the football player and left a note in the locker room that read, "Stopped by to say hi! Sorry to miss you! Go Birds!" The post showcasing the note garnered over 8.5 million views. Notably, Ivanka's post was in direct response to Mr Ricks' original tweet that said, "Donald trump daughter is beautiful," from April 29. He posted another tweer saying, "After seeing her in person Ivanka is exactly my type." See the tweet here: Missed you today @eliasricks! 😉😂 — Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) May 16, 2025 Ricks, who was absent from the facility, responded to her post, saying, "My apologies, I owe you a glass of wine now." My apologies🤦♀️, I owe you a glass of wine now xx! 🍷 — Eli (@eliasricks) May 16, 2025 Ivanka Trump also shared a series of videos and photos showcasing her son Theo's visit to the Philadelphia Eagles' training facility. Theo participated in a flag football session with his team on the practice field and even got to explore the Eagles' training grounds. Thank you Howie Roseman, Big Dom and amazing team at the Philadelphia @Eagles for an epic tour of your incredible training facility today ! My son Theo and his flag football team had a day they will never forget !! 🏈🦅 — Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) May 16, 2025 Notably, the California-born athlete visited the White House last month to celebrate his team's February Super Bowl victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. There, he noticed the president's daughter and expressed his admiration for her through several tweets on X. Mr Ricks played college football at LSU and Alabama before signing with the Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2023. He appeared in seven games last season, primarily contributing on special teams, as per the New York Post. Ivanka Trump married Jared Kushner, a real estate developer, in 2009, after converting to Judaism before their wedding. The couple has three children together - Theo, Arabella and Joseph.
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
The lasting legacy of architect and planner Addison Mizner on the city of Boca Raton
Editor's Note: As the city of Boca Raton celebrates its 100th anniversary of incorporation in May 1925, we look back at how it all started. This story originally ran in the Palm Beach Daily News in December 2024. By the mid-1920s, California-born architect Addison Mizner had established what would turn out to be his lasting legacy in the town of Palm Beach, having sparked a mania for houses, mansions and other buildings influenced by the architecture of Spain, Italy and Central America, yet bearing his own distinctive and sometimes flamboyant stamp. With his reputation established, Mizner looked south about 30 miles — to the coastal farming settlement of Boca Raton — with a vision that could only be described as grand. He would design and build a resort city from the ground up, taking his architectural cues from Venice and Moorish Spain. As he envisioned it, homes and a luxury hotel would be connected by a grand canal — complete with gondolas and gondoliers — as well as El Camino Real, described in promotional materials as 'The Royal Highway of Boca Raton.' It was 1925, at the height of Florida's soon-to-bust land boom, when Mizner and a group of financial backers founded Mizner Development Corp. to create that dream of a town on 1,600 acres along the Intracoastal Waterway. The city would also have 2 miles of oceanfront. The investors in Mizner Development Corp. included Paris Singer, the Singer Sewing Machine heir, who had given Mizner his first Palm Beach commission in 1918 to design the building that became The Everglades Club. Mizner's dream for Boca Raton would ultimately implode, smashed in 1926 by Florida's land bust driven by a frenzy of speculation as well as a devastating hurricane. By 1927, Mizner was bankrupt. By 1933, he was dead, at age 60. But in May 1925, when Boca Raton was incorporated, the newly formed Town Council was heartily embracing Mizner's vision, which was nothing short of captivating — an Old World-style oasis that would somehow capture the excitement of the Roaring Twenties. Mizner threw himself into the Boca Raton project with gusto. 'It is my soul, my heart, my pride to which I shall give my all," he told the Miami News at the time. "If it is not made the most beautiful place in all the world, it will not be for want of trying.' To celebrate the city's centennial, the Boca Raton Historical Society's exhibit 'Boca Raton 1925-2025: Addison Mizner's Legacy' is running through May 30 at The Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum on Federal Highway. The multimedia exhibit highlights Boca Raton's past century of development, beginning with Mizner's early contributions and tracing his lasting influence. On view are photographs, drawings, maps and videos, along with historic artifacts and furnishings associated with Mizner. There are still architectural remnants of Mizner's dream standing in Boca Raton, including parts of the design for the historic City Hall building, which houses the museum, and homes in the Old Floresta and Spanish Village residential neighborhoods. Just as important was Mizner's original hotel building, which debuted as The Ritz-Carlton Cloister but today is part of the much larger luxury resort known simply as The Boca Raton. The 1,000-room resort and private club is the main sponsor of the exhibit. Historian Augustus Mayhew, who served as guest curator for the exhibit, told the Palm Beach Daily News the opening of the Ritz-Carlton Cloister, often referred to as The Cloister Inn, was a milestone for Mizner and his investors. Yet by the summer of 1926, after less than a year, Mizner's experiment in urban planning came to a shocking end when high-profile board members withdrew their support, leaving Mizner in horrific financial distress. As he researched the exhibit, Mayhew said, he was struck by the lasting effects of the project's failure on Mizner's reputation as a businessman. 'Although in later years Mizner and his brother Wilson were often caricatured as con men, fraudsters and thieves, I was surprised to discover that Mizner, Boca Raton's official city planner and major architect — the man who conceived and operated Palm Beach County's largest business during the 1920s — had very little if anything to do with money or any of the financial aspects of the Mizner Development Corporation,' said Mayhew. 'He was too focused on his T-square to ever look at the bottom line.' The exhibit is on view 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday at the museum, 71 N. Federal Highway, through May 30. Admission is $12 for adults; and $8 for seniors 65 and older and students 5 and older. For more information, call 561-395-6766 or visit Darrell Hofheinz is a USA TODAY Network of Florida journalist who writes about Palm Beach real estate. This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Boca Raton history: Addison Mizner's influence on 1925 incorporation
Forbes
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Horn Barbecue Opens In Elk Grove With Full Bar And New Menu Additions
Interior of Horn Barbecue Elk Grove Horn Barbecue Elk Grove is officially open, bringing Matt Horn's nationally acclaimed barbecue to the Central Valley with more smoke, more space, and a few new tricks. The James Beard-nominated pitmaster—known for redefining West Coast barbecue—opened the new location on Saturday, April 26, taking over the former Slow & Low space on Railroad Street with an expanded menu, full bar, tableside service, and a 100-seat patio made for live music and long afternoons. The Elk Grove restaurant marks the first expansion oforn's flagship and signals a new phase of growth for his AH2 Hospitality Group. Interior of Horn Barbecue Elk Grove 'Elk Grove presents an ideal opportunity to grow our brand and contribute to the community,' Horn says. 'This is part of our long-term vision—to expand into key markets where we can deliver an authentic and elevated barbecue experience, and open up new opportunities for collaboration and innovation.' Horn Barbecue Spread On the menu: all the hits. Fans can expect 19-hour smoked brisket, ribs by the pound, beef links with that perfect snap, and sides like mac and cheese, candied yams, and cornbread that channel generations of Southern cooking. But Elk Grove isn't a carbon copy. New additions like smoked gouda sausages, the stacked Horn Burger, whole chicken and scratch-made milkshakes—boozy or not—add playful, unexpected twists to the lineup. Matt Horn 'Elk Grove gives us the space to innovate without sacrificing the tradition that defines our barbecue,' Horn explains. 'We're working with local farmers, experimenting with new techniques, and introducing menu elements that expand what barbecue can be—while keeping the soul of it intact.' The format, too, reflects that shift. With full table service, a serious bar program and live music on the patio, this is more than a line-up-and-wait kind of spot. Horn plans to make use of that expanded format with collaborative events and guest pitmaster appearances. Horn Barbecue Brisket 'We've created a place that reflects the local community,' says Horn. 'It's welcoming, it's contemporary, and it brings people together the way barbecue always has.' Horn Barbecue in Oakland earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand and nods from Food & Wine, Esquire, and the James Beard Foundation. This new location in Elk Grove carries that legacy forward—while offering Horn a chance to keep evolving his style of California-born, Black South-rooted, Central Texas-inspired barbecue. Matt Horn
Miami Herald
29-04-2025
- Lifestyle
- Miami Herald
This brand is coming for Lululemon's crown
When I was in high school, there was only one brand that mattered if you wanted to look effortlessly athletic: Lululemon (LULU) . It was the gold standard for yoga pants, zip-ups, and that casual "I just came from the gym" look - even if you were really just headed to Starbucks. Full disclosure: I may or may not still own a few pairs of black Lululemon leggings from back then. (If they could talk, they'd have some stories.) For years, Lululemon had almost no real competition. It was the go-to for anyone who wanted activewear that looked just as good whether you were running errands or running on a treadmill. Related: Lululemon faces rising challenge from copycat/dupe brands You weren't just buying leggings - you were buying a lifestyle. Polished, put-together, and effortlessly athletic, Lulelemon was perfect whether you were an actual athlete or just wanted to look like one. And for a while, that was enough. Lululemon kept growing. The brand stayed aspirational. But slowly, things started to shift. That's when a new player quietly slipped in - one that wanted to move differently. Image source: Bloomberg/Getty Images Meet Vuori - the California-born brand that's rewriting the activewear playbook. Founded in 2015 in Encinitas, Vuori didn't burst onto the scene with splashy celebrity collabs or massive ad campaigns. Instead, it focused on simple, ridiculously comfortable basics: buttery-soft joggers, classic pullovers, and versatile shorts designed for real life - not just workouts. The brand's vibe? Less hustle, more flow. It taps into that relaxed coastal lifestyle a lot of people want now - a blend of health, mindfulness, and low-key luxury. And it's working. Vuori quietly became a $4 billion brand without shouting about it. Investors like SoftBank bet big early on, and now the brand is popping up everywhere, from boutique fitness studios to Nordstrom shelves. Related: Customer loyalty tested: the call to boycott Alo Yoga But what makes Vuori different isn't just the size of its funding. It's the brand's refusal to play the loud, hype-driven game that so many others get trapped in. While competitors chase surface-level celebrity endorsements, flashy influencer collaborations, and viral marketing tricks, Vuori stays focused on the product - and the people wearing it. It's building loyalty the old-fashioned way: with comfort, consistency, and pieces made for real life. Part of Vuori's magic is how seamlessly it fits into your daily routine. It's not just something you wear for a workout - it's something you live in. Trust me, I would know - I'm currently writing this in a pair of their performance joggers (and no, they didn't pay me or send me free clothes to say that). In a world where athleisure feels caught between high-performance hype and high-fashion drama, Vuori hits a rare sweet spot. It's technical enough to move with you, but cozy enough to live in. It's not trying to replace your Lululemon staples - but it sure is making a strong case for taking up more space in your closet. And based on how fast it's winning over shoppers, it might not be long before Vuori claims an even bigger share. Related: Veteran fund manager unveils eye-popping S&P 500 forecast The Arena Media Brands, LLC THESTREET is a registered trademark of TheStreet, Inc.
