Welcome to Deep Dish, your weekly roundup of the latest in food and entertainment news. Previously, we discussed the continuing Noma meltdown. Hilary Duff, known from Lizzie McGuire, has appeared in my feeds twice over the past month. First, for her involvement in mom group drama, now entered into the public record via The Cut by fellow early 2000s phenom Ashley Tisdale. More recently, she’s been on a press junket for her upcoming album, revealing in a recent interview that she thinks McDonald’s gets a tastier version of Diet Coke than other fast food chains. My fellow writer Sam Stone provides context… This week, Blank Street is launching larger stores, Chipotle features a remarkably smart chatbot on its site, and more… Hilary Duff Admits She’s a Diet Coke Truther. The ex-Disney Channel star is on her first press tour in years to promote her new album *Luck…or Something*, and she’s grabbing headlines. Or, at the very least, stan accounts are posting about her. One tasty nugget to emerge from her numerous appearances: Duff is something of a Diet Coke conspiracy theorist. “Do you know why a Diet Coke from McDonald’s hits different than a different Diet Coke?” she asked Mythical Kitchen’s Last Meals host Josh Scherer, posing her question—for some reason—like a sphinx guarding a tomb.
