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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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 champion [...]

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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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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.
Hot Sauce Blog has [...]

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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 [...]

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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 Hot Sauce…by enjoying it [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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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 sandwich.
A new study [...]

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According to whom? Well according to Cracked Magazine, which has selected 6 utterly disgusting and horrifying foods, such as the baby mice wine you see pictured below.

So what are the 6 most terrifying foods?
#6 Escamoles -  Eggs of the giant black Liometopum ant
#5 Casue Marzu -  A sheep’ milk cheese that has been deliberately infested [...]

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No that’s not my opinion necessarily, it’s based on the results of the new national Zagat fast food survey in which Wendy’s seems to be the big winner. In the fast food “mega-chain” (more than 5,000 outlets) category, Wendy’s was selected #1 overall, beating out Subway, Pizza Hut, Dairy Queen and McDonald’s respectively.
When all [...]

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Of course by “you” I mean “consumers” and by “consumers” I mean Americans in general. What is prompting such a negative comment from me? A recent article in the Wall Street Journal titled, “Smart Carts Warn Shoppers on Junk Food.” The article describes how new shopping carts are being designed that feature bar code [...]

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Grub Street speculates who will be the next to go on “The Next Iron Chef.”
A hotel in India unveiled a 50-foot sandwich, taking the Guiness record.
Bacon Unwrapped talks about her experience making a Cassoulet.
DC Foodies has a recipe for Caramel Apple Fritters.
Fast Food Maven questions whether menu labeling will help our obesity problems.
Busy Nothings has [...]

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First off, a huge hat tip to So Good reader Ruca Bangs, whose investigative skills made this post possible. His comment on my last post about Kraft Foods having no friends on MySpace is chock full of deliciousness and the basis for this post.
But first, the brief back story. Two weeks ago, I [...]

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I don’t buy the ending, but seeing people get walloped right before taking a bite of something is bizarrely hilarious for me. Oh, and is there any doubt Andy Samberg is the best thing to happen to SNL in the last 5 years? Check out the new SNL digital short:
Edit: Video removed due to [...]

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I have uncovered some shocking information that needs to be shared with the voters of America. Ron Paul supporters appear to be plotting a massive, nationwide campaign to spam America’s food banks. Despite absolutely NO EVIDENCE that food banks have specifically asked Paul supporters to donate food, his supporters are hatching a plot [...]

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Check out Top Chef winner Hung, showing off his “blazing blades” for Grub Street. Dude’s got some sick knife skills.

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So Good wrote 2 weeks ago about a new marketing campaign from Kraft Foods centering on a contest to submit your own “Happy Sandwich Video.” The campaign is supposed to feature a Kraft Food’s MySpace page. At the time, we ridiculed Kraft foods for not having any MySpace friends besides Tom, MySpace’s founder.
Yesterday, someone [...]

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Fanpop, via Dave and Thomas,  picks the Top 10 creepiest fast-food mascots.
Deadspin snags a picture of Erin Andrews eating a sandwich on the sidelines.
Organic Authority has a recipe for a Teriyaki Bean Salad.
CNNMoney.com looks at five examples of expensive junk food, such as Mac and Cheese with white truffles.
A mingling of tastes lists their Top [...]

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