Joe Rumrill
Expertise
Snack Foods, Grocery Essentials, Dessert
- Joe co-created and wrote the Audible Original series "Lem Can Help", an absurdist advice podcast starring Fred Armisen.
- His pilot script "One Small Step" received an official selection from the New York Television Festival.
- Other work by Joe has been covered in Slate, Vulture, and TimeOut.
Experience
Joe is a standup comedian and writer who has written for many online publications. His food writing can be found on Sporked, where he contributes weekly humorous "explainer" articles on various grocery-related topics. He also writes extensively for the music satire site The Hard Times, for which he's contributed over one hundred stories. Most recently he was added to the Hard Times' pop-culture offshoot, "Hard Drive." He has appeared on "The Chris Gethard Show" and has performed stand up in the Brooklyn Comedy Festival and Comedy Central's Clusterfest.
Education
Joe received a Bachelor of Music in Composition from the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford.
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Stories By Joe Rumrill
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Roasted pumpkin seeds are a delicious autumn snack and you can easily prepare your seeds for roasting by cleaning off the pumpkin flesh in a bowl of water.
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Candy canes are a traditional holiday treat and decoration that were first created in 17th century Europe as a plain white pulled sugar candy.
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While Froot Loops comes in a variety of colors, there isn't any flavor difference between the colors, with all pieces being a blend of seven fruit flavors.
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Have you ever gone to grab a handful of delicious trail mix, only to end up with essentially a small pile of peanuts? There's a reason for that.
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Most hotel rooms are designed to approximate the comforts of our own homes, but one glaring downgrades is the hotel room mini-fridge.
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Supermarkets switch up their layouts to create customer interest, which hopefully leads to impulse purchases. In short, you'll buy more if you see more!
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Cellato, a luxury Japanese dessert brand, offers a flavor called Byakuya or "White Night" that more than lives up to its high-end reputation.
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Unfortunately, there is an ingredient in a margarita that, when combined with the bright beach sunlight, can lead to potentially harsh skin irritation.
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Refrigerating your cake before cutting and serving it can help you smoothly slice your knife through the layers, achieving a clean cut on every piece.
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Most grocery stores tend to abide by the rule that slower, more relaxing music lulls shoppers into a serene state more open to impulse purchases and meandering.
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The perfect cup of coffee must begin with a high-quality mill, and if your tools aren't up to snuff, then neither will your resulting brew.
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Restaurants
By Joe Rumrill
Restaurants are simply better equipped to make tastier pancakes since they have professional-grade appliances and higher-quality ingredients
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The subtle combination of a bittersweet hot chocolate with rich, melted cheese must be tasted to be believed. It makes for an iconic sweet-and-savory beverage.