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Side Dish, the Piña Colada edition

Side Dish, the Piña Colada edition

Welcome to Side Dish, our weekly round-up of industry news, hot goss and things you might have missed. Now, let’s get to it...

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Apr 12, 2025
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  • Coffee Mate's Pina Colada creamer was the Easter egg we didn't see coming.

  • Tomato pie at The Masters? Not a prank—Augusta’s newest $3 snack.

  • Ever wonder what a $6 million banana tastes like?

  • Saved by the bell—Clif just dropped a caffeinated protein bar. We’re so excited.

  • Turns out the roachies like $20 dollar smoothies too.

  • File under things we didn't know we needed: Bon Iver has a smoked salmon.

  • Bless their heart, the Michelin Guide is finally heading South.

  • It's happening. The viral Dubai Chocolate Bar is now in milkshake form.

  • Is it an app? Is it dessert? Still not sure, but the 'Sm'oyster' is a thing.

  • Are restaurants more focused on their image than the food?

  • RIP Rick and Chelsea, but the ‘White Lotus’ travel boom continues in Thailand.

  • Lufthansa now has seven seat categories and 14 seat types, including a "throne."

  • Time to get Real (ID)s y'all.

  • Gwyneth Paltrow wants you to sleep like a Goop girlie in her new collab with Westin Hotels.

  • Shake Shack burgers on Delta have taken off, comprising 15% of hot stuff from the flight kitchen.

  • Why go to the Netherlands when you can go to New Jersey?

  • Sundance is moving from Park City to Boulder, CO. What will Lisa Barlow do?

  • Vitamix won the White Lotus finale.

  • Even our hair is looking stressed.

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