So Good Blog/News Round-Up 2/22/12 Andy February 22, 2012 News Knock Knock. Who's there? Whopper. Whopper Who? Toilet Chicken will not be sweeping the Nation anytime soon. Woman eats bull testicle pizza. Has a cow. Is Trader Joe's cheese with chocolate the next...
Review: Multi Grain Cheerios Peanut Butter Sam February 22, 2012 Breakfast, Reviews 9 Comments Despite being a 70-year-old brand, Cheerios seems to fit right in with America's latest (ostensible) push to become slender and healthy. With low sugar and only 110 calories per serving, the cereal has always...
Reality Food TV and Me mark February 21, 2012 Rant, Television, Videos 7 Comments I have been a big fan of cooking shows for a long time. Even as a teenager I spent a lot of time watching Justin Wilson "Gawr On Tee" how delicious his gumbo was going to...
Pancake Tuesday: What’s Shrove Got to Do With It? Andy February 21, 2012 Breakfast, Comedy, Holiday Check out the Denny's secret menu: http://secretmenus.com/dennys/secret-menu Growing up in a Catholic household, I am well versed in Lent. For those of you not in the know, Lent is a time of...
Review: Birthday Cake Oreos Peter February 17, 2012 Desserts, Junk Food, Reviews, Snacks 28 Comments Oreos are awesome. If you disagree, there are two possible reasons: One, you are not American. I'll give you a pass because there's no way you could truly understand the awesomeness of Oreos. Two, there is...
Pepsi and Tropicana Find a Healthy Way to Scam Consumers JT February 17, 2012 Health, Marketing 9 Comments PepsiCo, owner of the Tropicana line of juice products, has found a new way to squeeze revenue from the orange branch of their family tree. Leveraging consumer’s misplaced fixation on low-calorie,...
Doritos Locos Tacos Debuting 12:01 AM March 8th Eick February 16, 2012 Fast Food 2 Comments I'm at Taco Bell HQ right now (Follow me on Twitter for live-tweeting) and they've just announced that the new Doritos Locos Taco, which has been in test-marketing phase, will be on-sale nationwide starting at...
Eating Styles: Valentine’s Day Leftovers Edition! Sam February 16, 2012 Candy, Eating Styles, Holiday 10 Comments Valentine's Day may be over, but chances are you'll be wading through a leftover pile of white, pink and red offal for the next month or so. Cheesy cards, mounds of designer chocolates, heart-shaped pizzas and...
Molecular Gastronomy Delivers Food Geek Porn Andy February 15, 2012 Cooking, Interesting, Restaurants, Sliders 5 Comments If I told anyone 20 years ago that in 2012 I could take them out to a fine dining restaurant and be served an edible helium balloon that tasted of green apple, they'd probably have scoffed & asked me to...