There was a time when a lot of your favorite fast-food restaurants had some truly great deals on many beloved menu items. For the most part, that time is known as the past. Today, fast-food menu prices are up all across the board, and many of the great deals from the past have gotten a lot less great. Many once-popular fast-food deals are now notably more expensive, while others have simply been eliminated…

Comically oversized snack foods. A cocktail infused with processed cheese. And a fine dining establishment for feline lovers…

National Geographic wows again with the gorgeous Food Journeys of A Lifetime: 500 Extraordinary Places to Eat Around the Globe. This fully revised and updated second edition of its culinary travel masterwork, recently published, is an outsize, 320-page hardcover that brims with evocative images and insider info — an entertaining, enlightening read for both armchair and on-the-go travelers alike. Opening this book is like stepping through a wanderlust portal, embarking across six continents. Oh, the places you’ll go!…