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So Good Blog/News Round-Up 12/30/11

by · December 30th, 2011 · No Comments

Butterball Turkey factory raided. Pets need food pantry’s too. FSIS warns manufacturers not to change practices before inspections. Soul Food is killing black America. Billy Corgan is opening a Tea House. Faux Shark Fin soup may help to decrease demand. Indecency charges for driving through a drive through naked. Smuggled caviar found in a morgue.  

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Tags: News

Eating Styles: Black Licorice Edition!

by · December 29th, 2011 · 2 Comments

Black licorice: you either love it or you hate it. There is no in-between. So…

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Tags: Eating Styles

Keep the Receipt: Useless Kitchen Gadget Gifts

by · December 28th, 2011 · 3 Comments

You can’t truly fathom the bitter disappointment a Father must feel each Christmas as he unwraps sock after sock. That is until it happens to you. Maybe it doesn’t take form in a pile of argyle fail but there’s certainly always something under the tree from a relative or friend who shopped at “I Don’t [...]

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Tags: Bizarre · Comedy · Holiday · Sliders

So Good Blog/News Round-Up 12/27/11

by · December 27th, 2011 · No Comments

Candy Canes can give you heartburn. Don’t end up with a salt junkie baby. Diners, Drive-ins & Dives host Guy Fieri pimping jewelry line. Now Harold & Kumar can get drunk at a White Castle. The Impulsive Buy reviews Chocolate Peanut Butter Pebbles Boulders. 2011 Celebrity fad diets get served. Giant ice-cream spill on highway [...]

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Tags: News

Eating Well on the Road

by · December 27th, 2011 · No Comments

During this holiday travel season, eating on the road is a reality for many of us. Up until fairly recently I traveled a lot for work. Like many of you, I always viewed road trips as a free for all of fast food, junk food and too much booze. When I started travelling almost weekly for work I had to [...]

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Tags: Fast Food · Health · Holiday

Deep Fried Everything Ep. 56

by · December 26th, 2011 · No Comments

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Tags: Deep Fried Everything

Merry Christmas From So Good!

by · December 25th, 2011 · 1 Comment

May your holiday be filled with family or good friends, merriment, lots of delicious food – and if you drink, copious, copious amounts of booze. (Note to self: copious is an under-used word, start using it more post-haste) Enjoy your day!

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Tags: Holiday

Serve From American Express: A Card for Foodies?

by · December 24th, 2011 · 18 Comments

A couple weeks ago, the food blogger network I belong to, FoodBuzz, reached out to ask if I’d be interested in writing a post about Serve, a new card from American Express. I was all “meh” but they were all “hey, we’ll put some money on the card that you can use toward a meal.” [...]

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Tags: Cool

Review: Mac Snack Wrap (+giveaway!)

by · December 23rd, 2011 · 14 Comments

The Mac Snack Wrap is back at McDonald’s for a limited time only. I guess at least one person in the world missed it, or something. The Mac Snack Wrap was first introduced in 2009, and discontinued in 2010. It has now been brought back from the dead. The weird thing is, while I knew [...]

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Tags: Burgers · Fast Food · Reviews · Snacks

Eating Styles: Egg Nog Edition!

by · December 22nd, 2011 · 7 Comments

Nothing says “happy holidays” like gut rot – er – I mean, egg nog. While some people love this deadly and delicious combination of milk and eggs, some can’t stand it. At any rate, Andy’s history of eggnog proved this drink has stood the test of time. As JT pointed out, some varieties of eggnog get some [...]

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Tags: Eating Styles · Holiday