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Google is Trying to Control the World, One Order of Tandoori Chicken and Garlic Naan at a Time

by · February 29th, 2008 · No Comments

There are reports that Google has invested in a chain of Indian food restaurants. More specifically, a venture capital fund backed by Google called the Erasmic Venture Fund has decided to invest in a Bangalore-based fast food chain named Kaati Zone. Mashable calls the chain the “corporate cultural equivalent” of Wendy’s.

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Tags: Fast Food · Interesting · Restaurants

So Good Blog/News Round-Up 2/29/08

by · February 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Tabloid Baby follows up on So Good’s coverage of who actually invented the cream cheese filled bagel. Eater reports on the AV Club taste test of the Cheeseburger in a can. Washington Post looks at late-night food options in DC. AdAge thinks Starbucks closing for 3 1/2 hours the other day was a “brilliant marketing [...]

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Tags: Advertising · Breakfast · Burgers · Candy · Cooking · Fast Food · Marketing · News · Restaurants · Salad · Steak · Top Chef

Live Comedy From the Mind Behind So Good

by · February 29th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Greetings readers. As some of you may know, in addition to being a food lover and writer, I am also a humorist with experience in sketch and improv comedy. For the last 3 years I’ve worked part-time as a stand-up comedian. After working the DC Improv last April, opening 6 shows for Guy Torry, I [...]

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Tags: Comedy

The History of War, Starring….Food?

by · February 28th, 2008 · 4 Comments

This is incredibly unusual but very cool. One of those things that just must be watched to be believed. The short film is originally made by a man named Stefan Nadelman (although this version has been slightly edited by Boing Boing TV), and his website describes the film as such: “Food Fight is an abridged [...]

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Tags: Cool · Videos

So Good Hits Radio, TV & Goes International

by · February 28th, 2008 · 3 Comments

A very cool development my fellow So Good readers. As you may know, two days ago I broke the story about Ryan Giesel, a student who started a Facebook group titled “If 100,000 people join, I’ll eat every McDonalds value meal, #1-12.” Well by yesterday morning, the story had migrated from the internet to the [...]

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Tags: Cool · Fast Food

Patton Oswalt Talks KFC Famous Bowls

by · February 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

More food related hilarity from one of my favorite stand-up comedians.

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Tags: Chicken · Comedy · Fast Food · YouTube

If 100,000 People Join My Facebook Group, I’ll Eat Every McDonalds Value Meal, #1 – #12

by · February 26th, 2008 · 35 Comments

No not me. God no, I would never do that. But one young man (duh, I mean would a woman be stupid enough to do this?) has created a Facebook group (now up to more than 16,000 members) that makes this very promise. The only stipulation the group’s creator makes, is that while he promises [...]

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Tags: Bizarre · Burgers · Chicken · Competitive Eating · Fast Food · Health

A Brief History of the Cream Cheese Filled Bagel

by · February 26th, 2008 · 10 Comments

My last post which questioned the uniqueness of the new Kraft Bagel-Fuls (that I originally wrote about last Thursday) was getting filled up with endless updates, so let me summarize in a new post what my research about the history of this concept has discovered: An eagle eyed reader over at Serious Eats spotted a [...]

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Tags: Breakfast · Cheese · Interesting

Kraft Bagel-Ful Not So Unique?

by · February 25th, 2008 · 16 Comments

On Thursday, I wrote about a new Kraft product called the Bagel-Ful. It’s one of those “products of convenience” that no one realizes they need until someone starts advertising it to them. However, the uniqueness of the idea has definitely attracted some attention in the blogosphere, with both Serious Eats and Gothamist picking up the [...]

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Tags: Breakfast · Interesting · Marketing

Ben’s Chili Bowl Leads Lineup at Nationals Park

by · February 25th, 2008 · 8 Comments

Breaking news just coming in over the “wire”, and of course by “wire”, I mean DCist and Raw Fisher. What’s the breaking news? My beloved Washington Nationals have announced the local food vendors who will have stands at their new stadium. The biggest name on the list, DC institution Ben’s Chili Bowl: For those of [...]

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Tags: Burgers · Fast Food · Sports