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So Good Visits Taco Bell HQ

by · July 17th, 2009 · 8 Comments

About 6 weeks ago, So Good was offered the chance to travel to the Taco Bell Headquarters in Orange County, CA for a look inside the Taco Bell test kitchens and to learn more about their new Volcano menu.  I remember wanting to try the Volcano Taco when it came out last year, since I [...]

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Tags: Fast Food · Interesting · On the Road

Stop Putting Bacon on Your Burger!

by · July 16th, 2009 · 18 Comments

Anyone who has read a food blog in past 2 years knows that bacon is beloved by many foodies.  Whether it’s creating bacon vodka or electing bacon the top meat in the land in So Good’s Meat Madness, bacon is HOT.  Anyone who dares criticize bacon on their blog will likely be hit with a [...]

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Tags: Bacon · Burgers · Rant

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Cereal!

by · July 16th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Ahhhhh the 80′s. That lovable time when marketers thought they could turn any movie, TV show, kids toy or video game into, you guessed it, a breakfast cereal. Dude, I totally don’t remember this at all dude. Nor did I ever try it, so I don’t even know if it’s “most excellent.”  But I am [...]

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Tags: Breakfast · YouTube

Subway Airs New Michael Phelps Commercial

by · July 15th, 2009 · 7 Comments

A few months back, So Good ripped Kellogg’s for their gutless decision to cut Michael Phelps as a spokesperson after he was photographed smoking from a bong (yet didn’t seem to mind his previous DUI when hiring him).  We also praised Subway and other sponsors, such as Speedo, for standing by Phelps, as well as [...]

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Tags: Advertising · Sandwiches · YouTube

Dear Mom, I Want a Meat House for My Birthday

by · July 14th, 2009 · 4 Comments

The Fire Wire has alerted me to an awesome new product available on the always hilarious site Archie McPhee.  I’m talking of course about the “Hot Dog Hideaway” a.k.a. the “Build-it-Yourself Meat House Kit.” So what’s the deal with this meat monstrosity? Archie McPhee describes what you get for your $79.95 investment: Our bestselling Hot [...]

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Tags: Cool

Free Fish Tacos at Long John Silver Today

by · July 14th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Long John Silver’s has just released a new line of Baja Fish Tacos and are giving them away for free until 2:30 pm today.  This begs the question though, what took so long? You’re a fast food fish chain and you never offered fish tacos before? Weird.

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Tags: Fast Food

Onion: Introducting Taco Bell’s “Green Menu”

by · July 14th, 2009 · 3 Comments

The Onion skewers Taco Bell, with a terrific video about the company’s “Green Menu.”  Why is it Green? Because it “takes no ingredients from nature.” Taco Bell’s New Green Menu Takes No Ingredients From Nature

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Tags: Comedy · Fast Food · Videos

Would You Rather? Salt & Pepper vs. Butter

by · July 13th, 2009 · 11 Comments

For today’s Would You Rather? we delve into the world of seasonings and spreads, those magical toppings that can make basic foods taste better. Option #1: You can never add salt & pepper to your food. Option #2: You can never add butter to your food. Now keep in mind, we are NOT talking about [...]

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Tags: Would You Rather?

So Good Blog/News Round-Up 7/13/09

by · July 13th, 2009 · No Comments

The founder of Z-Burger busted for Tweeting under competitors names. A new version of the classic game “Burger Time” has been released. Chipotle will help promote the new movie Food Inc. Beyond Madison Avenue call BK’s latest ad campaign “ignorant”… …and BK is forced to apologize for yet another ad campaign…. Meanwhile, BK franchise owners [...]

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Tags: News

Fast Food Goes Fancy

by · July 10th, 2009 · 4 Comments

In my online travels, in search for all things food, I often see attempts at innovation that seldom hit their mark.  However, I recently came upon a site, Fancy Fast Food, that tries an interesting angle – the “extreme makeovers of actual fast food items purchased at popular fast food restaurants.”  Apparently, the person/team behind [...]

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Tags: Fast Food · Interesting