Yearly Archives May 11, 2008

How'd it come to be? I found a recipe that sounded good for banana bread with chocolate chips and walnuts. But then, I nixed the walnuts, doubled the chocolate chips and added cocoa powder to the batter. The...

The first McDonald's television commercial that ever aired. Wow. Early Ronald McDonald is...

Potato and cheese pierogies, grilled onions, and slabs of cheddar sandwiched between two huge slices of bread.  Where can you get this delicious looking montstosity? At the Melt Bar and Grilled. Photo...

That's the tag line behind the Carl's Jr. ads for their new Jalapeno Chicken Sandwich, which, I must say, looks damn...

To make up for the "Crybaby" t-shirt incident, Papa John's apologized and offered Cleveland area residents $.23 pizza on Thursday. The company stated that the discount was limited to carry-out orders only,...

Sometimes, a viral marketing campaign dies before you even know it exists. That could be the case with the Mentos Kiss Cam. What is the Mentos Kiss Cam? My peeps at Endless Simmer break it down for you: The...

In my last post I predicted we'd see news stories tomorrow about fights breaking out or other incidents occurring with people waiting in line for pizza. That didn't take long. Cleveland Online...

I tracked down a couple more clips on YouTube of people waiting in line for pizza in Cleveland. It appears the lines are enormous at all the stores offering the promotion. While it is quite likely that this...

All day I've been receiving reports from my readers about the ongoing Papa John's $.23 pizza promotion in the Cleveland area. Many are expressing frustration with busy phones and extremely long lines. Newsnet5...

Last week, I happened to be near NASA, so I popped into the gift shop and bought some astronaut ice cream, which I ate on Tuesday. For those of you unfamiliar with the product, it's neapolitan (chocolate,...