The Whopper Freakout = Genius Eick December 10, 2007 Fast Food, Marketing, YouTube 84 Comments Burger King's new marketing campaign, "The Whopper Freakout" is, simply put, brilliant. In this hidden camera style video, we get to see how people react when they are told the Whopper has been permanently...
So Good Blog/News Round-Up 12/10 Eick December 10, 2007 News 2 Comments If you live in D.C., please consider making a donation to your local food bank, they are desperately understocked right now. Go visit my buddies at Endless Simmer and vote on their nominees for Eater of...
I Want to Punch Evander Holyfield in the Face Eick December 10, 2007 Celebrities 2 Comments ...for lack of originality. As you may have read in the many articles about his new business idea, Evander Holyfield has a new product, the Evander Holyfield Real Deal Grill. Hmmm, looks a lot like the...
Predicting Presidential Votes: The Steak/Sushi Index Eick December 6, 2007 Cool 2 Comments About a month ago, Urban Spoon had a very interesting post questioning if there are any connections between the way we eat and the way we vote. Urban Spoon thought one way to show this might be to look at the...
Food on the Campaign Trail Eick December 5, 2007 News 4 Comments The NY Times had an interesting article last week about the roll of food on the campaign trail. The article notes the importance of candidates being willing to sample local fare while in New Hampshire diners...
My Kind of Cook Eick December 5, 2007 Bizarre 2 Comments A few weeks ago I stumbled across the intriguing, if slightly off-putting, site Bikini Cooks. The site features women cooking in bikinis. Whether these are all user submitted or models hired by the site is...
Leftovers: Easy as Pie Eick December 5, 2007 Cooking Having hosted for Thanksgiving, I was left with TONS of leftovers, turkey especially. When I realized I couldn't eat it all before it went bad, I thought it was time to get creative. So last week I bought...
Cooking With Ninjas Eick December 4, 2007 Bizarre, YouTube 1 Comment Random. http://view.break.com/404804 - Watch more free...
Gone Fishing? Not Really Eick December 2, 2007 Cool 1 Comment Greetings So Good readers. Even the wittiest food bloggers amongst us need some time off. In a few hours, I'll be boarding a plane to Miami for a week long cruise through the Carribean. Needless to say, I'm...