Check out the podcast interview I did about the role of food & Thanksgiving on Sarah Palin’s Alaska. GQ picks its burger of the year… ..Grubstreet and Brand X seem unenthusiastic about the pick. Hottest women of the Food Network. Gingerbread Fenway Park. Lots of fast food deals around the holidays. Biggest ice cream trends [...]

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A couple weeks (or months) ago Eick sent me an email asking me if I enjoyed coffee. As a grad student still working a regular job, I simply chewed on the coffee grounds I store in my cheek and answered, “Yes Eick, of course.” Baconfreak.com, the same company that brought you Bacon Floss (don’t try [...]

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Despite a number of recommendations, I have never watched a single episode of Sons of Anarchy on FX. That said, according to Brand Channel, the cable show has found a clever way to highlight products in their shows, particularly in the case of Jameson Irish Whiskey. As you can see in the photo above, taken from the [...]

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One of the few perks of being a food blogger (an e-mail box that gets flooded and zero/low pay aren’t perks) is that occasionally companies will provide you with some samples of a product to review. Such was the case recently, when Yoplait and KitchenAid, through MyBlogSpark, sent me a KitchenAid blender and some coupons [...]

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Groupon, LivingSocial, The Capital Dish, What’s the Deal. The inbox of foodies and weekend warriors alike are being flooded by deals on a daily basis. The idea of getting ‘free money’ to spend on food and drink at local restaurants seems too good to be true. These websites have been wildly successful, with reports in [...]

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To eat whole, to break apart, or to dunk? Long has the war been waged surrounding these innocent-looking chocolate/white filling sandwich cookies: Don’t be fooled by their seemingly tranquil aura of childhood nostalgia. You know it and I know it: their mere presence in a room evokes intense debate backed on all sides by years [...]

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With the premiere of Top Chef All-Stars (tonight at 10 pm on Bravo!) us DC residents will once again have a chance to see some DC based contestants try and bring their A-game to the Top Chef kitchen. While viewers can obviously get passionate about chefs from anywhere in the country, there is a special appeal [...]

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It’s Wednesday! Which means it’s Would You Rather time. Today’s question is specific to sandwiches, and pits the two stalwart cold cuts against one another. That’s right, it’s turkey vs. ham. Option #1: Never eat ham on a sandwich again. Option #2: Never eat turkey on a sandwich again. Which do you choose and why?

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