Bobby Flay has yet another new TV show. Grub Street interviews Padma Lakshmi from Top Chef, who pretty much confirms that she loves smoking pot. I’m still single Padma…. Slashfood reports that a recent taste test determined Los Angeles has the best tap water. 158 fast food meals for 500 calories or less. Red Meat [...]

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Last night, Mallie’s Sports Grill & Bar in Michigan presented a 134-pound hamburger, which breaks the previous world record of 123 pounds. Photo and original story source from Detroit Free Press.

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Having written about Cheetos and their new orange underground campaign twice in the past month, I thought we’d keep the Cheetos talk going, with a clip from one of my favorite stand-up comedians (and self-proclaimed Cheetos lover) Patton Oswalt. Enjoy.

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Today is part 3 in our series on the favorite foods of the Presidential candidates (having already covered Hillary Clinton and John McCain) and we shift our attention to the current Democratic front-runner, Barack Obama. Favorite Food to Cook: Chili Other Food Obama Has Been Known to Enjoy: Shrimp & Grits Food Obama is not [...]

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Today is national margarita day. Gizmodo highlights what they are calling a “Steak Toaster.” Endless Simmer reports on the Washington Post’s Peeps diorama contest. Radius, of Boston, has dethroned Shake Shack’s claim to the title of “Best Burger” at Rachael Ray’s Burger Bash. Village Voice reports that Iron Chef is nothing like what it seems [...]

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Update 2/26/08: I just stumbled across an article from Chicago Business which may answer a lot of people’s original questions. It appears, based on the article, that Kraft’s new Bagel-Ful’s are intended to be bagel STICKS, not full bagels. Also, they are intended to be microwaved, not toasted. Our good friends over at Kraft Foods [...]

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Today we continue our series on the favorite foods and eating habits of the leading Presidential candidates that we began yesterday with Hillary Clinton. Today’s subject, John McCain. Favorite Foods: Shrimp and pizza with pepperoni & onions Food that reminds him of home: Enchiladas Hidden food related talent: Barbecue grill chef Info and pictures via [...]

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Thanks to our friends over at Slashfood, I have discovered that Vermont Spirits makes a vodka called Vermont Spirits Gold from maple syrup. Their website describes it as such: “Vermont Spirits Gold is pure, delicate, unflavored vodka handmade in small batches from the sugar of maple sap. It is triple distilled and lightly filtered to [...]

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It’s true I swear. We get so wrapped up in the candidates and their campaigns, that sometimes we forget our candidates are people too, and they eat, and have favorite foods just like the rest of us. Slate has a new article out today titled, “How Hungry is Hillary Clinton” which provides a variety of [...]

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