Entries from July 2009
Today, July 30th, is National Cheesecake Day. I myself have never been a fan of sweets and desserts. Sure, they are yummy, I’d just always rather eat “regular” food over dessert food. But cheesecake is my one real weakness. I absolutely love the stuff. One restaurant that is currently working with my company, The Cheesecake [...]
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Tags: Desserts
For today’s Would You Rather? we take a journey into the world of popular fresh summer foods, that are often eaten at BBQ’s. Please note that BOTH of these questions apply only to the summer months (May – Sept). Option #1: You can never eat corn during the summer again. (Picture via Cake and Kisses) [...]
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Tags: Would You Rather?
Epicurious picks their top 12 burgers in America. Padma Lakshmi: Sitcom star? Single serving mini-deep fryer. How to eat well on $50 a week. Fast Food Maven asks if Hardee’s latest ads go too far. Marketing guru Alex Bogusky talks social media. Has the secret of KFC’s 11 herbs & spices been revealed? GrubGrade reviews [...]
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Tags: News
Continuing the new 2009 tradition of Presidents visiting popular local burger joints, this past weekend fmr. President Bill Clinton paid a visit to Z Burger (see my review HERE). The irony? He was in town to speak at a conference on obesity prevention and control. So what did Bill Clinton order? A double hamburger with [...]
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Tags: Burgers · Fast Food · Politics
I’d like to think that I am pretty tapped into what is going on in the world of food. I love to eat, talk about food, and read about food. Therefore, I am pretty pleased about the recent movement seen in films like Food Inc. and FRESH – both which make people think about what [...]
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Tags: Health
Note: This guest review is brought to you by Slanch, writer of The Slanch Report. It took a while to summon the courage to open the Pineapple Jerky package. Not because the product was so daunting, I just have a hard and fast rule to avoid eating anything that so directly resembles an asshole.  However, [...]
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Tags: Reviews
SilentSketcher has re-imagined fast food chain mascots/owners as mafia members. Pretty awesome. SilentSketcher says he’s working on a new version to add onto his original five, and may make prints of this available. Do it! I’ll buy one! Update: Also from the site Deviant Art is this cool imagining of fast food mascots as characters [...]
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Tags: Cool · Fast Food
If you’re anything like me, you enjoy an online existence. Said existence involves not working, reading news, humor websites, screwing with people on 4chan, and trying not to read message boards on political sites. We are inundated with advertisements and people propping up their causes, whether silly or not.  New memes like Failblog and LOLcats [...]
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Tags: Bacon · Fast Food · Rant · Reviews
For today’s Would You Rather? it’s a battle of classic sandwich vs. classic sandwich. Which would you sacrifice for the rest of your life? Option #1: You can never eat a peanut butter & jelly sandwich again. Option #2: You can never eat a grilled cheese sandwich again. As always, please leave a comment explaining [...]
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Tags: Would You Rather?
The Onion is always churning out great content, as we noted last week. Check out this video below, discussing the new “Feedbags” that Yum Brands will be offering at Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and KFC. New Wearable Feedbags Let Americans Eat More, Move Less H/T to Endless Simmer.
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Tags: Comedy · Videos