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Mayonnaise giant Hellmann's new ketchup venture tweaks the classic American condiment formula just a bit (or a lot, you decide).

Mess-free ketchup slices come individually wrapped like American singles, and allows you to add ketchup flavor to burgers or sandwiches without sogginess.

A real-life former NYPD crisis negotiator helped some flustered parents out of a dire dinnertime ketchup addiction situation.

Heinz violated innocent Chicagoans' culinary rights by tricking them into putting ketchup on their hot dogs. That's actually pretty funny.

News for fans of the delightfully packaged, artisanal Sir Kensington's condiments: it's time to switch that artisanal to "artisanal-style."

Ham and Sohla El Waylly are the 30-year-old chef-owners of Hail Mary, a New American–style diner in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. One look at their menu says it all (and yes, of course breakfast is served all day). The two chefs have a wealth of popular restaurants on their résumés and are putting their skills and creativity toward…

You've probably seen the word "fancy" on a bottle or packet of ketchup and had one of two reactions: nothing, or "Ooh, fancy ketchup — I hope it's just the regular stuff." What exactly is fancy ketchup? Is it Heinz's caramelized onion– and bacon-flavored ketchup, whose reviews describe its flavor as "chemical and burned" and "not…

There's a new condiment in town that will have your burger cheering audibly. (Note: If your burger actually cheers, you must call it a cheersburger and tell everyone.) It's called Ketchup Leather, it is trademarked, and while it may look like the fruit-based cellophane rolls of your childhood, it's a decidedly grown-up concept. Chef Ernesto…

Rule-breaking can be fun for all ages (see stinky-cheese ice cream) or it could lead to a hefty fine (see Alaskan liars). New rules are proposed in Italy and New York.

Ketchup, traditional partner in crime for fries, hot dogs, meatloaf, eggs and more, has long been a staple on the counters of diners and burger joints. In Filipino cuisine, however, there’s a popular thick red sauce that also goes by the name ketchup. This much sweeter, less tangy red sauce is banana-based, with food coloring…

Leave it to West Coast guide to the good life Sunset Magazine to throw together a side dish that sounds so delicious, we'll be ditching potatoes for a while.  Polenta is good luck for me — my very first cookbook was all about polenta — so when I saw this dish on the menu at A’Town Bistro…

Everyone loves Heinz ketchup, but unfortunately it can only be one lucky girl in a mustard costume’s boyfriend. Breaking up is hard to do, particularly when faced with the prospect of your ex moving on with a better version of yourself. So, understandably, one scorned yellow bottle is having herself a total guitar-smashing freakout, and…

Let's be upfront: I'm a Heinz devotee, and I'm not shy about it. When I come across menus that advertise some artisanal house-made ketchup instead, I wonder why the chef doesn't do something more worthwhile with his time, like build a better french fry. As far as I'm concerned, ketchup was perfected long ago, and…

I developed an intimate relationship with grilled cheese sandwiches in high school. In an act of unprecedented faith, the dining hall provided an electric griddle where you could burn-it-yourself. Few ventured beyond the provided supplies of butter, white/wheat bread and American, Swiss and cheddar slices (who grills a Swiss cheese?). But with the entire dining…

There's nothing you can do about a ketchup craving except indulge it. Don't be shy: ketchup goes on whatever you say it goes on, judgment-free. Many great food cultures like Indian, Southeast Asian and Filipino have adapted the basic formula to suit their cuisines. But we like the good old-fashioned American stuff. Here are a…

Fan of true dude food? We are, which is why we're cooking our way through GQ Eats, the magazine's new cookbook. Particularly the chapter titled Michelin-Starred Meals At Home. Between the hunks of meat, spectacular sides and cocktails we'd make by the pitcher, our takeout-ordering skills are getting rusty. We just learned not to wrap…

So you have your bunless burger and your double-helping of fries (you know, to make up for the lost carbs). You heap on the ketchup and...oh wait that's gluten-free right? Is ketchup gluten-free? Or are you messing with your whole meal you already messed with? That discarded bun looks pissed off.Excellent news: don't shell out…

We all know what secret sauce is. It goes by a lot of different names, but seemingly every decent burger joint has some form of it. In-n-Out has spread. McDonald's has the oh-so-clever Special Sauce. Shake Shack has Shack Sauce. What's it called? I call it secret sauce, but you can call it whatever you…

That is one enthusiastic ketchup man right there. I've since finished my jar of coriander chutney since writing about its many virtues last week but I'm still on an Indian condiment kick. I remember dipping fries into ketchup in India as a kid and thinking "what the hell is this stuff?" It was definitely ketchup…

Awh, I feel like I gave away who wins. Hidden Valley's recent campaign to win America's favor as the best condiment around reinforces one indisputable fact: there is nothing like watching two dudes in foam costumes beat on each other from New York to California. It doesn't even have to make sense, I'd happily plant…

There are meatloaf recipes, and then there are meatloaf recipes. This one falls under one of those categories. Simply put, like our recipe for mashed potatoes, this is the last one you'll ever need. As with all recipes starring ground beef, we recommend you head to a real-life legitimate butcher for your 80/20 (that's 80%…

You've been dying to break out the Fry Daddy, haven't you? If you're going to fire it up — and you should — make it worth your while by frying a couple of other things in addition to potatoes. Then toss them all together with Old Bay seasoning, the universal seasoning (slogan pending corporate approval),…

There's nothing like opening the fridge and seeing a bottle of ketchup at least half-full. Your fries shall be dipped. Your burger will be okay. Your eggs are safe. That's right, some people like it on eggs. But if you've been to a trendy establishment serving up any posh "housemade" variation on ketchup, you may…

I've done my fair share of sausage coverage in the past week while reporting on German Christkindlmarkts for Lufthansa USA. Like this gem: the Grillwurst Schmanker, home of five meats. Other meaty highlights were Nuremberg's famous Drei im Weggla, three delightful little piggies in a bun, and the magical pairing of sausage and sauerkraut. My…