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Dane Cooks!

by · August 24th, 2007 · No Comments

Not sure why the picture quality is so fuzzy, but this is a pretty amusing video of a cooking show called “Dane Cooks” that stars Dane Cook and Chris Rock. The Dane Cook impersonator is dead on. Enjoy.

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Tags: Comedy · Cooking · Videos · YouTube

So Good Blog/News Round-Up 8/24

by · August 24th, 2007 · No Comments

McDonald’s Big Mac celebrated its 40th birthday. Hot Sauce Blog reviews a new hot sauce called “Better than Bad Sex.” Candy Addict reviews the new limited edition Razzberry M&M’s. In a surprising reversal of its longtime single-helping policy, the Food and Drug Administration announced its approval of seconds Tuesday, claiming that an additional plateful of [...]

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Tags: News

Thank You Again!

by · August 24th, 2007 · No Comments

A giant thank you to all the readers of So Good. Yesterday (Thursday, August 23) the blog set a record for the most traffic of any day in its 14 days of existence! Today marks the two-week anniversary of the blog’s launch, and I continue to be amazed at how many people are eager to [...]

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Tags: Pizza

Extra Pillows With a Side of Mayo Please!

by · August 23rd, 2007 · 3 Comments

Even though this post requires me to link to two blog posts from the same blog within a span of hours, I simply MUST give credit once again to Alec Soth, for digging up a picture of a sandwich BED. The bed is part of the Happy Day’s Cafe room at the FantaSuite Hotels in [...]

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Tags: Bizarre · Sandwiches

Bed Jumping Sandwich Eaters?

by · August 23rd, 2007 · 5 Comments

This falls under the you-wouldn’t-believe-me-if-I-didn’t-link-to-it department. On August 12, a photo blogger named Alec Soth wrote a blog post promoting a photo assignment/contest which he calls “Jump the Sandwich.” He requested that readers: “Photograph a woman eating a sandwich while jumping onto a bed.” Alec notes that one of the…wait, wait, wait…let’s back up for [...]

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Tags: Bizarre · Sandwiches

Top Chef: Tre Heads Home

by · August 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

In what the Top Chef website is calling “one of the biggest upsets of the season,” self-taught Chef Tre Wilcox, from Texas, was eliminated on Wednesday night. Early on, Tre seemed to be one of the most skilled chefs, taking victories in early challenges and seemingly always finishing near the top when he wasn’t winning. [...]

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Tags: Television · Top Chef

Behold the Power of the Simpsons

by · August 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

In a cool intersection of my job (internet marketing/advertising) and my first love (food), Comscore and 901AM report that during the month of July, the website that saw the biggest increase in web traffic was Burger King’s. This increase in traffic was driven by the company’s advertising tie-in with the Simpsons Movie. During the month [...]

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Tags: Advertising · Fast Food · Movies · YouTube

So Good Blog/News Round-Up 8/22

by · August 22nd, 2007 · 2 Comments

Manslations offers his take on a recent NY Times article about women ordering steak on a first date, a story So Good previously discussed HERE. Dunkin’ Donuts unveiled its new breakfast sandwich, the Bacon Lover’s Supreme Omelet. The sandwich is being promoted by ESPN sportscaster Chris Berman. What I’m Thinking looks at the McDonalds sandwich [...]

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Tags: Advertising · Burgers · Cooking · Fast Food · News · Steak · Television

West Coast Burger Wars

by · August 21st, 2007 · 2 Comments

LAist has an awesome post up titled: Burger Wars: Is Fatburger better than In N’ Out? As someone who craves In N’ Out Burger from the moment I set foot in California, my quick answer is no, Fatburger is not better…how could it be? But how could I know? I’m so fixated on In N’ [...]

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Tags: Burgers · Fast Food

DC Chef Wins Hell’s Kitchen

by · August 21st, 2007 · No Comments

In the I-blinked-and-I-missed-it department, DCist reported last week that a DC-based chef has won this season of Hell’s Kitchen. While I give props to my DC folk, I think the reason I missed this news was because this summer I tried to watch Hell’s Kitchen for the first time. When the show first began, I [...]

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Tags: Cooking · Television · Top Chef