My hometown paper, The Burlington Free Press, is running a contest for a new, unique-to-Vermont name for sandwiches. They claim most Vermonters now call it a grinder (which I dispute, it was always a sub for me growing up). The suggestions, such as “champ, “groundhog” and “sammy” are uninspiring to say the least. The reason, [...]

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Emeril Lagasse chose the “Best Ever Burger” on Good Morning America. The Stuffed Bacon Cheddar BBQ Burger created by Alison Copeland of Tampa won the competition’s trophy. Spanish butcher Manuel Maldonado is currently curing a ham (slated for release in 2008) that will be the world’s most expensive ham, at $160 a pound. Looking to [...]

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Today marks the 1-week anniversary of the launch of So Good. I would like to thank all of you for your continued readership. I’ve been delighted with the response so far. Yesterday, the blog received even more traffic than the day it launched, and it has recorded nearly 16,000 hits in it’s first week of [...]

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Today’s Would You Rather? question covers a subject that is perhaps closer to my heart than any aspect of food in the world: sandwiches. The mere fact that I went a week before I wrote a blog post about sandwiches is, as anyone who knows me would tell you, stunning. I would also like to [...]

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Soon it will be time to write my review of Bacon Salt and share with you my tales of food during my trip to Vermont, but I just couldn’t resist one more post about the BK King. Check out this BK King sketch posted on YouTube by the NYC based sketch group Better Than The [...]

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In what will continue to be a staple of So Good (see the first question posed, Circus Peanuts vs. the McRib), today’s Would You Rather? question should prove to be a difficult one for many (unless you are a vegetarian, in which case, you are a narc). Would You Rather? Option #1: You can never [...]

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According to a recent NY Times article titled “Be Yourself Girls, Order the Rib-Eye“, when it comes to first dates, that may be the case. (Hat tip to Open Left and Eating Liberally where I first saw this posted). The article quotes a woman who outlines what she thinks ordering red meat says to her [...]

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In the course of yesterday’s BK King research, I stumbled across this video of a guy imitating the BK King football game commercials by running across the field at an FSU-Maryland game. Genius. I hope you find it as amusing as I did. I know if I had been there I would have been laughing [...]

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I”m home in Burlington, Vermont for a few days to see the family and attend a wedding. But if you know me, you know I can’t go two hours, let alone two days without my mind constantly dissecting some aspect of the food industry. For this post I want to discuss fast food commercials. While [...]

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I stumbled across the website for a new product recently, and I would like to declare that Bacon Salt appears to simultaneously be both the greatest, and the worst, condiment idea in the history of mankind. First, let’s meet the founders, “Justin and Dave” (note:I have no evidence those are their real names). As you [...]

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