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Entries from November 2007

So Good Blog/News Round-Up 11/30

November 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment

The Impulsive Buy reviews Pomegranate 7-Up.
Sarah Disgrace is all about the peanut butter and jelly cupcakes.
Karen Cheng interviews one of our favorite food bloggers, The Food Pornographer.
New reports that salt is bad for you.
Ever wished you could dress Rachael Ray however you wanted? Well now you can.
Ed Levine wants to know what 5 foods you [...]

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Tags: Blogs · News

Quizno’s Sammies: My Review

November 30th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Yesterday, I ventured into the heart of the beast - the Quizno’s down the street from my office. The goal? Sample the new Quizno’s “Sammies” that I wrote about two weeks ago. I’ve read reviews online of these new Sammies that are both glowing and terrible, so it was time to try them [...]

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Tags: Reviews · Sandwiches

Stuffing 2: The New Batch

November 30th, 2007 · 2 Comments

(To be read in the voice of the movie trailer guy)
This November…You’ve had the turkey, you’ve had the gravy, you’ve even had the mashed potatoes and the stuffing. But what you don’t know…….could come back to surprise you!
On Thanksgiving Day, everything was not as it seemed. One diabolical chef, driven to the point [...]

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Tags: Cooking

Cherry Chocolate Rain

November 29th, 2007 · 5 Comments

If you’ve been using the internets during the year of 2007, you’ve probably been one of the more than 11.5 million people who have viewed the YouTube song “Chocolate Rain” by Tay Zonday. Well now Zonday has intersected with the world of food. Dr. Pepper hired him to make a new original song and [...]

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Tags: Marketing · YouTube

Helping the Hungry By Eating All Their Food

November 28th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Last week, on the day before Thanksgiving, competitive eater Tim “Eater X” Janus devoured a ten person Thanksgiving feast in just 15 minutes. The reason Janus did this was….wait for it…wait for it…….to raise awareness of those who go hungry.
Hey thanks Tim, we were totally unaware that some people go hungry. However, after hearing [...]

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Tags: Competitive Eating · News

This Guy Loves Coca-Cola…and Pot

November 28th, 2007 · No Comments

Hat tip to Extreme Mortman, who alerted me to this video. It was posted on the blog of the Green Leaf Party of Israel. It’s an amusing video that should bring a smile to potheads, foodies and soda fans alike. Enjoy.

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Tags: Bizarre

So Good Blog/News Round-Up 11/28

November 28th, 2007 · No Comments

Two of my biggest passions, food and baseball intersect in this story: free agent Tori Hunter and the Los Angeles Angels finalized his new $90 million contract at a Del Taco.
Dave Martin, from Top Chef Season 1, has opened a new restaurant in NYC. It includes gourmet comfort food such as “Dave’s Black Truffle Mac [...]

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Tags: Blogs · News

Is This Sonic/Arby’s or the Nebraska State Fair?

November 27th, 2007 · 13 Comments

Sometimes fast food restaurants come out with new products that are so over-the-top and so ridiculous, that you just KNOW they are going to be so, so, so good. Er, or maybe so, so, so gross. In the case of these next two products, my guess is swinging closer to the gross option. [...]

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Tags: Fast Food

David Cross Rocks

November 27th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Check out this parody of a weight loss pill commercial he did for the Sklar Brothers show Cheap Seats, on ESPN Classic.

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Tags: Television · YouTube

The Face of America’s Next Top Eater? Part 2

November 27th, 2007 · 1 Comment

On Thursday, Pat Bertoletti won the 2007 Turkey Bowl. In 8 minutes he put back 6.91 pounds of turkey, besting runner-up (and #1 ranked eater) Joey Chestnut. In October, I suggested that Beroletti was on the verge of becoming America’s #1 ranked eater. Granted I have no idea how the ranking system [...]

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Tags: Competitive Eating

Wacky Potato Chip Commercial

November 27th, 2007 · No Comments

It’s wacky people! WACKY! Well, I didn’t name it, whoever posted it on YouTube did, but I will admit it is quite amusing. I’ve got several posts I’m working on for later today, so to tide you over until then, please to be enjoying a wacky Japanese potato chip commercial.

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Tags: Advertising · YouTube

So Good Blog/News Round-Up 11/26

November 26th, 2007 · 3 Comments

The last day of production for Emeril Live will be on December 11th as the chef and network could not agree on a new contract. However, the Food Network says Emeril will “continue to be a part of the Food Network family.”
Today is National Cake Day.
Junk Food Blog reports that Dr. Pepper has released [...]

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Tags: Blogs · News

How Was Your Thanksgiving?

November 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Hope everyone had a terrific Thanksgiving. Two things I want to note:
1. The Thanksgiving Would You Rather, asking if you would give up Turkey and Cranberry OR stuffing and mashed potatoes on Thanksgiving Day has been razor tight, and currently is deadlocked at 20 votes to 20 votes!
2 . In my last post [...]

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Tags: Cooking

Happy Thanksgiving!

November 22nd, 2007 · 1 Comment

If you don’t know what to do with those leftovers, consider a Thanksgiving style pizza (photo courtesy of The Onion).

 

Check back this weekend to see pictures of the many dishes I put together for Turkey day. Have a great one readers!

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Tags: Bizarre

Would You Rather: Thanksgiving Traditions

November 21st, 2007 · 4 Comments

With Thanksgiving less than 24 hours away, it only makes sense to ask a Would You Rather? question on that theme.
Today’s question is about sacrifice, tradition, leftovers and enjoying your Thanksgiving. Which traditional Thanksgiving dishes do you value the most? Which would you sacrifice from your meal tomorrow?
Would You Rather?
Option #1: You have Thanksgiving [...]

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Tags: Would You Rather?

Pardoned Turkeys: We’re Going to Disney World!

November 21st, 2007 · 6 Comments

It seems there are actually a few things that President Bush can do without totally screwing them up. Foreign policy isn’t one of them, but thankfully, pardoning turkeys is! The pardoning of two turkeys, May and Flower, went off without a hitch yesterday.

So how are the two turkey’s going to celebrate? By going to [...]

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Tags: News

Skittles: Taste the Rainbow of Depression

November 21st, 2007 · 4 Comments

Readers of So Good know that I work in marketing, and I love to examine and critique the various marketing campaigns of different food manufacturers. This Skittles ad has been out for a few months now, but I was not made aware of it until I saw this post over at Candy Addict today.

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Tags: Candy · Marketing

So Good Blog/News Round-Up 11/21

November 21st, 2007 · 4 Comments

Chew on That rails against the use of marshmallows on sweet potatoes.
Brand new Iron Chef Michael Symon faced his first test on Sunday night, squaring off in a Thanksgiving battle against DC Chef Ricky Moore.
Starting next year, Burger King will have a $1 double cheeseburger.
A shirtless, intoxicated man was arrested after breaking into a Carl’s [...]

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Tags: Blogs · News

Happy Sandwich Campaign Has Lame E-mails

November 20th, 2007 · 3 Comments

As regular readers of this blog know, I have an amusing, ongoing, intriguing and frustrating obsession with the new Kraft “Happy Sandwich” campaign, particularly in regards to the MySpace portion of their campaign. I thought for SURE I was done posting about it, but after getting this message in my MySpace inbox, I couldn’t [...]

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Tags: Marketing

Thank You Readers

November 20th, 2007 · 4 Comments

I would just like to post real quick to say thank you to all my readers. I was just checking the traffic stats for the site, and last Friday and yesterday (Monday) were the two most heavily trafficked days this blog has EVER had! Right now the site is on pace to record [...]

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Tags: Meta