Top Chef wins its first Emmy. Deep fried beer? Spike shows Metrocurean the recipe for his famous mayos. Wylie Dufresne explains why molecular gastronomists don’t sear steaks. The Obama’s stopped for a Po’Boy sandwich in New Orleans. Heavy drinkers live longer than non-drinkers. Serious Eats has good things to say about Taco Bell’s cantina tacos. [...]

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Was in Ann Arbor this summer and had a chance to try the renowned Zingerman’s deli.  If you have any friends who went to the University of Michigan, ask them about this place, I’m sure they’ll rave.  Zingerman’s is located on a non-descript corner in a somewhat residential area of Ann Arbor. Upon entering I [...]

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Eick here. What up people. Just wanted to let you know I started traveling in early August and will be traveling either in the U.S. or Central/South America through October 6th.  So far I’ve been to Long Beach, Los Angeles, Napa, Berkley, San Francisco, NYC and Saratoga Springs, NY. Tomorrow I head up to Vermont [...]

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Now this is just terrible, terrible blogging and reading skills. I won’t even go so far as to say terrible fact checking, because we all know bloggers don’t always fact check, but the fact that Geekologie posted about the alleged “Skinwich” from KFC as if it was real displays a startling lack of basic skepticism [...]

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About two weeks ago Burger King opened its Whopper Bar in Times Square.  Today they unveiled some new burgers that will be served at the Whopper Bar, including a Pizza Burger, Black & Bleu burger and a “Meat Beast” burger.  Adam of Serious Eats had the good fortune to try the Pizza Burger today and [...]

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Shake Shack is coming to DC. Could homemade ketchup beat Heinz? Fudgsicle taste test. Spike shows you how to make his toasted marshmallow shake. Apparently Sun Chips new bag is loud as F*&%. Five Guys tops In-n-Out for burgers…at least according to Zagat. Enjoy munchies? Check out reviews at the Munchies blog. Subway launches a [...]

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Update: Sethonious has won the grand prize for his mouthwatering description of WeinerWorks. The two second prizes go to Gregg for really being the only one to offer up a “worst” experience with a hot dog (and an amusing one at that), and to rossitron for most interesting use of condiments.  I just e-mailed you [...]

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Anyone who knows anything about advertising knows that the goal is to get the right message to the right audience. Enter the Transportation Security Administration — the people tasked with keeping us safe at the airports, and making sure that your 95 year-old grandmother is not carrying any dangerous liquids onto a flight. Apparently the [...]

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The father of one of the great stoner foods of all time, the cheesy doodle, died yesterday at the age of 90. That’s right, friends. Remove your orange fingertips from your bag of cheetohs and stare at them. Morrie Yohai is responsible for those powdery orange fingertips, especially the part that gets stuck under your [...]

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