Entries from September 2010
by Eick · September 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment
While up in Vermont recently I took a camping trip for three nights with one of my best friends from high school. Destination: Green River Reservoir. The scenery was absolutely gorgeous. This was “canoe camping†meaning we piled all our supplies into a canoe and paddled out to our campsite on an island in the [...]
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Tags: On the Road
You are what you eat, as they say. Did they also say that we would be smashing together fish genes to create really cheap blobs of meat in the shape of fish? Ah science, you giveth and giveth and giveth. But sometimes you give too much, and today it’s the FDA helping science give us [...]
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Tags: Health
by Eick · September 17th, 2010 · 2 Comments
New from Domino’s! But not in the U.S. Just for those lasses down under in the great country of Australia. A couple weeks ago Domino’s introduced a new “Square Puff” pizza that is fluffier because it’s served on a pasty crust. The additional claim to fame for this offering seems to be that it “fills [...]
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Tags: Pizza · YouTube
After my Pop Tart’s World experience, I knew I had to go find something even crazier to eat while in NYC. This led me to Long Island City in Queens, where I met my best friend from college for a tasty lunch at El Ay Si (get it? like LIC for Long Island City?). He [...]
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Tags: Bacon · On the Road · Restaurants
by Eick · September 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment
What’s the best part of your morning bowl of Lucky Charms? The marshmallows, obviously! How many times have you said to yourself, “I wish I could get rid of all these pesky chunks of oats and have a whole bowl of marshmallows! Well now thanks to the geniuses at the Cereal Marshmallows website, you can! [...]
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Tags: Bizarre · Breakfast · Cool
by Eick · September 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment
A couple weeks ago, So Good posted video of news coverage reporting on the opening of Pop Tarts World in Times Square. With NYC coming up on my travel itinerary shortly after its opening, I knew I owed it to So Good readers to pay homage to the breakfast pastries gods by making a visit. [...]
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Tags: Bizarre · On the Road
by Eick · September 15th, 2010 · 5 Comments
That moment of bemused excitement. You sit down at a bar and order a beer. As your beer arrives the bar tender drops off an unexpected bonus: a little something salty to snack on. Maybe it’s in a nice wooden bowl that has been delicately filled and prepped in back. Maybe the bartender shovels something [...]
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Tags: Snacks · Would You Rather?
Ten creepiest fast food mascots. Eight tastiest street foods in Europe. Keep your salad greens fresh…with a bath towel. Burger Beast’s nine favorite food truck items. Meet the contestants of Top Chef: Just Desserts. Serious Eats combines Sriracha and peanut butter. Re-branding high fructose corn syrup. KFC wants to advertise on fire hydrants. Fast Food [...]
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Tags: News
by Eick · September 15th, 2010 · 3 Comments
Pretty sweet. Via Buzzfeed.
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Tags: Cool · Desserts
by Eick · September 14th, 2010 · 4 Comments
The “Terrible Garbage Burger”: A while back I visited a good friend and former college roommate, who (for reasons unbeknownst to me) had decided, upon returning from a year in Sydney, Australia, to take up residence in Destin, Florida. A somewhat sleepy touristy town in the panhandle of Florida. There were two food highlights of [...]
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Tags: Burgers · On the Road