Previously I’ve posted photos of Colombian street food vendors and written about my experience eating arepas.  But today I’m writing about one of the most intriguing elements of my street food experiences in Bogota: a Colombian style hamburger. At an affordable 2,500 Colombian pesos ($1.25 US) you can go to any major street in Bogota [...]

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Today’s Would You Rather is all about nuts. Nuts, nuts, nuts. In the past we’ve asked you whether you would sacrifice nuts or berries for the rest of your life if forced to choose, and 2/3rds of opted to ditch the nuts in order to keep the berries. But what if you could still eat [...]

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One of my favorite street foods in Bogota, Colombia was also one of the most ubiquitous: Arepas. For those unfamiliar with what an arepa is (as I was before my arrival in Bogota), it’s basically a patty made of cornmeal.  It’s slightly wider than an english muffin but slightly thinner.  An arepa could certainly be [...]

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With Halloween just a few days away, I thought today would be the perfect time to post about the best selling candy products/brands in the United States.  As I’ve learned in the past when compiling best selling soda and best selling beer lists, this information can often be notoriously hard to track down.  Fortunately Business [...]

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Update: Thanks everyone for the tremendous response so far, I’ve already received e-mails from more than 2 dozen interested writers. I’m going to give everyone until the end of this week to e-mail me if they are interested, and I’ll be making some decisions on who the new writers will be a few days after [...]

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Last week I attended a blogger/writer event at Ben & Jerry’s HQ in Vermont. It was a trek back to my home turf, as I grew up in Vermont and also lived there for a year after college.  Later this week I’ll have photos and coverage of my trip to the HQ, as well as [...]

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SlashFood is reporting that despite the initial announcement by McDonald’s that the McRib would be appearing in stores nationwide on November 2nd, it is now readily available at many McDonald’s locations. Yep, that’s right, McDonald’s shipped those bad boys early, and now McRib lovers get to reap the benefits pre-election day.  SlashFood got its hands [...]

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After departing Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, my travels around the Caribbean and Central/South America continued, as I headed to Bogota, Colombia.  I was fascinated by the city of Bogota, in large part because they have a crazy large street economy. Many average Colombian workers can’t afford the prices in stores, and as a result, [...]

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Check out these condiments packets being used in Japan that are supposedly “no mess” and combine ketchup and mustard. Via Buzzfeed.

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Now serving at McDonald’s: Weddings! Domino’s “Wisconsin 6-Cheese Pizza” is only 33% from Wisconsin. Did Heinz steal the idea for its new ketchup packets? Twitter: Now selling…wine? Billboard made of cheese. Why do we sear meat? Raising money for more salad bars in schools. Eater is unimpressed with the latest WSJ article on food blogs. [...]

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