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Entries from October 2007

Would You Rather: Toppings, Pizza vs. Burger

by · October 30th, 2007 · 4 Comments

When I first started this blog, my Would You Rather? questions were a hot attraction and reader favorite. Sadly, somewhere along the line I got too focused on keeping up with the “food news” and forgot that those questions are essential for what this blog is all about: facilitating off-beat and unique thoughts and discussions [...]

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Tags: Would You Rather?

Krystal Hamburgers & Ramen Noodles

by · October 30th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Two competitive eating competitions took place over the weekend, the Krystal Burger Square Off, and the very first Ramen noodle eating contest, which was part of a launch party for the new video game Naruto. After losing the the chicken wing and waffle eating contests to rising star Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti, hot dog eating [...]

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Tags: Competitive Eating

Free Taco’s Today

by · October 30th, 2007 · No Comments

For those of you who actually enjoy Taco Bell (not me), you can get a free hard-shell beef taco today.  Taco Bell’s “Steal a Base, Steal a Taco” promotion is going to fulfill their free taco for everyone in America pledge today.  Of course, it’s not really being made accesible to everyone in America.  Conveniently, [...]

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Tags: Fast Food · Marketing

So Good Blog/News Round-Up 10/29

by · October 29th, 2007 · No Comments

Live, Love, Laugh, Learn has a recipe for bacon wrapped cheddar stuffed dogs. Candy Addict takes a tour of the Cadbury Factory. Consumerist lists the Top 10 trans-fattiest foods. Joining their roast beef scented perfume as food related, CB perfume is releasing a perfume scented like whiskey and ginger ale with a slice of cucumber. [...]

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Tags: News

I Demand a Juicy Burger

by · October 28th, 2007 · No Comments

Light blogging this weekend because I’ve been Halloween party hopping. A week or two ago I ordered a Wendy’s wig on the internet and I went out dressed as the guy from the Wendy’s commercial. It turned out being a great choice, you’re easily recognizable, even from a distance. Plus when I went out to [...]

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Tags: Advertising · Burgers · Fast Food

So Good Blog/News Round-Up 10/24

by · October 24th, 2007 · No Comments

McDonald’s is testing new steak and sausage breakfast burritos. Best Bites DC reports that Wolfgang Puck’s new restaurant, Source, is off to a solid start. Bacon Unwrapped reports on Anthony Bourdain’s experience with the Bacon Maple Bar at Voodoo Doughnut. Heat Eat Review profiles the Claim Jumper Salisbury Steak. Hot Sauce Blog reviews Hotternell’s Blueberry [...]

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Tags: News

Halle Berry Wants a Job Demotion

by · October 24th, 2007 · No Comments

From movie star to hostess at a restaurant? Apparently her boyfriend, Gabriel Aubry, owns a Cuban restaurant called Cafe Fuego World Tapas and Berry is eager to work there…as a hostess. Reportedly Aubry won’t let her. This is moronic for two reasons. First, Aubry isn’t really thinking business savvy here. Can you imagine how much [...]

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Tags: Celebrities

Pizza With Burgers, Fries and McNuggets

by · October 23rd, 2007 · 12 Comments

Hat tip to and I am not lying, where I first read about this. Apparently there are a series of pictures bouncing around the internet from someone making a pizza with McDonald’s food as toppings. There are six pictures total, but I’ll give you the two important ones. First, the “toppings” are placed on the [...]

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Tags: Bizarre · Fast Food · Pizza

Taco Bell is Just Giving Away Tacos

by · October 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

Or at least they will be, as soon as someone steals a base in the World Series. While neither the Red Sox nor the Rockies are stolen base crazy, run-first type teams, there has been a stolen base in every World Series since 1990, so it seems like a pretty safe bet this will happen. [...]

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Tags: Marketing

So Good Blog/News Round-Up 10/22

by · October 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

OnMilwaukee.com asks readers to sound off on which burger they like better, the Big Mac or the Whopper. YumSugar has a recipe for eggplant steak with chickpeas and roasted red peppers. Despite adding healthier options to their menus, fast food portions continue to get bigger. VegCooking has a recipe for a sweet potato and avocado [...]

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Tags: Bizarre