The Impulsive Buy tries the “W” from Wendy’s Unusual Christmas gift ideas for Foodies. Weird meat website may turn some people Vegan. Did Kim Jong Il expire due to high donkey diet? Cereal Milk hits the “We never asked for this” market. McCops finally catch up with the Fast Food Bandit. Gunfire will not deter [...]

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After last week’s 12 Days of Christmas Dinner, I had plenty of people contact me, wondering how I function on a day to day basis as I am clearly insane. (Some say madness and brilliance teeter precariously on a thin line. A thin line I have named George.) They also asked for me to offer [...]

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There are many ways that people celebrate the holidays. Whether you celebrate, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Yule or Festivus, chances are you have a family meal tradition that goes along with it. In my house we do the Feast of the Seven Fishes on Christmas Eve. Traditionally this is a very long meal of many courses that ends just before midnight, so [...]

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New USDA My Plate recommendations only followed 2% of the time. US food aid to North Korea could resume. Food producers spend millions on lobbyists. Food safety systems are on their way to China. Small corn surplus will keep food prices high. Keep your pets safe this holiday season. Texas drought hurts cattle population. North Dakota potato [...]

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I always had a love/hate relationship with Burger King’s fries. Sometimes (usually late at night) I would marvel at their crispy, greasy, salty addictiveness. Other times I would be repulsed by those same qualities. Just the thought of them would make my stomach turn. And other times I thought they were OK. I thought the [...]

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As any sports fan knows, based on the recent barrage of commercials during football games, sandwich chain Subway is now offering many of its 6-inch subs for $2. This limited-time offer replaces the previous price of $5, and has more than one person excited. However, from this chair, I am less inclined to celebrate. When [...]

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Who doesn’t love pie? The answer: grinches, that’s who. Anyway, if we’re headed into the thick of the Holiday season you better reconcile any differences you may have with our filled, flaky pastry friend, because he has an established spot on the Christmas spread and he’s probably not going anywhere. Above is what’s known as [...]

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Snowball Slurpee Review School’s rethink junk food ban due to decline in revenue. Washington Post’s Top 10 Food related Apps. More sugar in Frosted Flakes than Twinkies. A fruit cake that tastes good? Really? Burger King’s Pizza Burger taken for test drive. Some Santa Claus parades can cause visions of sugar plums. I wonder if [...]

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Other than a few bouts of poisoning and the occasional hardening of an artery here or there, food hasn’t done wrong by me. Sure there have been a few bumps in our relationship over the years. But for every steak cooked to death at the hands of an inept line cook or an under seasoned [...]

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