In August, I alerted So Good readers to a contest by Wendy’s to choose the newest burger for their menu. At the time, the Philly Style Hoagie burger was in a tight race with the Bacon Mushroom Teriyaki Burger and the Teriyaki Blast Burger.  The other day comes news that it has been named [...]

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Fast Food Maven is reporting that winners have been announced for the Chipotle, “30-Seconds of fame” advertising contest. Chapman University tied for first place with Northern Illinois University beating out 45 other ads submitted from 18 other schools.
Here’s one of the two winning ads, titled “Origami”:

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Serious Eats has a hilarious post outlining various “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter” imitators, such as “Butter it’s Not!” and “Could it be Butter?”
Slashfood is not a fan of the new Reese’s Whipps.
At Yumsugar, a poll asks for readers to vote for their favorite fast food. With more than 900 votes, In ‘N Out [...]

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From Retro Thing comes a blog post highlighting a poster from 1968 touting the idea of drinking Dr. Pepper…hot!

Dr. Pepper happens to be hands down my favorite soda, and I’m always up for trying something new so I’m going to have to give this one a whirl. Not that I think it will be [...]

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Best Bites profiles DC restaurants to go out to for Thanksgiving dinner.
The Philly Style Hoagie Burger has won the award for Wendy’s newest burger.
Splunch has pictures from a toilet themed restaurant in Taipei.
My old stomping ground, Saratoga Springs, is hosting their restaurant week November 23 - 29.
bookofjoe proclaims the BBQ pork sandwich from the Skylight [...]

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Well, at least for an hour or two you can be. In imagination land. Of course by imagination land, I mean that you can be a celebrity chef in the comfort of your own home after defeating between 1 and 5 of your closest friends in “Celebrity Chef! The Game.”

You play the game [...]

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From Junk Food Blog, I learn that Quizno’s has unveiled a new line of flat-bread sandwiches called “Sammies.”

First off let me start of by saying I hate Quizno’s. I hate it, hate it, hate it. It is by far the worst of the national sandwich chains, below Potbelly’s, Subway, Blimpie, and probably any [...]

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If so, um, why exactly would you think you know a lot? Because you eat cereal? Great, so does everyone else. But regardless, of whether you think you know a lot about cereals, or you are just bored and like killing 5 minutes by taking random internet quizzes, then this 20 question quiz called Spoon [...]

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There is a whole lot of controversy over the winner of The Next Iron Chef, with two of the judges squaring off (HERE and HERE) over whether John Besh should have been the winner.
The man behind Pedro and Vinny’s burrito cart on K St. in Washington, DC will be officially leaving on November 20.
Chop’t Salad, [...]

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 I just received this e-mail in my Inbox, which shows that, shockingly, Kraft is correcting their error:
“It has come to our attention that there has been some confusion regarding the deadline for final submissions to the Kraft “Have a Happy Sandwich” Myspace promotion. We apologize for any confusion and appreciate the [...]

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As of yesterday, a swarm of MySpace users are livid at Kraft Foods, over what they consider to be incorrectly stated rules that could cost them the $50,000 prize (See my previous posts calling out Kraft’s MySpace page HERE, HERE and HERE).
On the MySpace page, a thread has been started called “The Official Rules are [...]

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A few days ago I stumbled across a post on a blog titled “Destined to be the ‘crazy cat woman’.” Alrighty. Anyways, she found an online toy site called Lilly’s Kids (part of the Lillian Vernon catalog) and got quite a chuckle out of the Subway “Sandwich Artist” Activity Set. (full disclosure: I [...]

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My favorite brand of potato chips, Kettle Chips, is having their fourth nationwide vote for a new flavor. If you haven’t had Kettle Chips before, you need to immediately shut down your computer, get up from your desk, and walk to the nearest convenience store. Some of my favorite flavors include Spicy Thai, [...]

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Jones Soda has released this year’s holiday pack. It features soda’s such as Sugar Plum, Egg Nog, Christmas Tree (so….that tastes like pine?) and the most interesting soda of all, Christmas Ham.

Don’t be afraid.  You should go to the website, buy some, and then just pig out.  (Get it? Pig out? Uh, yeah, that was [...]

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Endless Simmer observes that Food Network is now available in HD.
A 2,400 year-old shipwreck had some interesting cargo: italian salad dressing.
While in Washington, DC, Anthony Bourdain ate at the classic DC institution, Ben’s Chilli Bowl.
Fast Food Maven interviews the Chipotle fan behind chipotlog.com
Last night, Michael Symon won the title of Next Top Chef.
Boston’s Grille Zone [...]

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Alas my love of Vermont basketball and a busy weekend shattered my goal of 5 straight days of Would You Rather? questions.
However, today, two days late, I deliver the promised 5th question. From this point forward, expect to see about one new question a week…no more waiting a month in between questions. This [...]

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I have to run off to see the University of Vermont vs. George Mason basketball game, and didn’t have time to post another Would You Rather today. I promised 5 straight, so I owe you guys one. Check back around 2 AM or sometime tomorrow and I promise you you’ll have your 5th [...]

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From Grub Street, I learn that John Mayer has now started an mlog (meal log) on his personal blog. Ok…..well, I suppose with a celebrity such as John, people might be intrigued to know what he is eating. As long as his posts about the food he eats are interesting and the pictures are [...]

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Once again raising the bar for high-quality holiday themed programming, Spike TV will be airing a special on Thanksgiving called “MLE Chowdown: The Turkey Bowl.” The show will feature the world’s top competitive eaters attempting to eat as much of a whole, 20-pound Turkey in 8 minutes as they can.

“Sometimes I think our soup kitchen [...]

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It’s day four in our run of five straight days of Would You Rather? questions.
Today’s question has no theme whatsoever. Whatever you choose will be in effect for the next 5 years of your life. Enjoy.
Would You Rather?
Option #1: You have a never-ending pot of hot, fresh, pork fried rice in the kitchen of [...]

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