Days after the Shamrock Shake gets unceremoniously escorted from the Golden Arches, the Cadbury Creme Egg McFlurry appears in all its soft serve majesty. Some look to chirpy robins decimating a worm family reunion on their front lawn as the first sign of Spring. Myself, it’s sensuous tango of chocolate and nougat whirled together into [...]

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Voting on these match-ups is now closed. Cadbury Creme Eggs (57%) edge Dove (43%), Reese’s Pieces (91%) crush Now & Later (9%), Krackel (60%) over Laffy Taffy (40%) and Skittles (87%) destroys Hot Tamales (13%). 1st round Candy Madness voting continues! Voting on these match-ups goes from 2 pm today to 2 pm Wednesday. If [...]

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By now you have all heard about Boneless lean beef trimmings, AKA Pink Slime, AKA Ammoniated Beef. You have probably heard enough to make you sick. The sudden appearence and uproar about this product has led to some pretty interesting discussion and imagry.  The above  image has been credited variously as mechanically separated chicken and as “pink slime” so [...]

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Food Writer sucks it up & tackles the Pink Slimeburger of Doom! Red Bull founder gets his wings. 12 year old calls out plain doughnuts. Grand Theft Bee Hive. Jesus sightings in junk food documented in new book. If you’re going to sleep it off, skip the McDonald’s drive thru. Attempted robbery at Burger King [...]

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Voting on these match-ups is now closed. #16 Rolo (57%) STUNS Hershey’s (43%), Airheads (56%) edges Toblerone (44%), Nestle Crunch (65%) defeats Blow Pops (35%) and Sour Patch Kids (65%) defeat Fun Dip (35%).  1st round Candy Madness voting continues! Voting on these match-ups goes from 12 pm today to 2 pm Tuesday. Note that [...]

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Irish beers you could be drinking today. Natural Foods are trending and trendy. Food aid for Somalia is not making it to its destination. Imported foods may be leading to more foodborne illness. North Korean satellite launch may kill food aid deal. Tricking your taste buds to enjoy healthy foods. President Obama gives the gift [...]

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Voting on these match-ups is closed. Starburst (89%) crushes Sugar Babies (11%), Payday (54%) defeats Pop Rocks (46%), Nerds (67%) knocks off Lemonheads (33%) and Kit Kat (80%) knocks off Pez (20%). 1st round Candy Madness voting continues! Voting on these match-ups goes from 12 pm Friday to 12 pm Saturday. If you aren’t hip [...]

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Voting on these match-ups is now closed. M&M’s (91%) crush Necco Wafers (9%), Hershey’s Kisses (79%) defeat Atomic Fireballs (21%), Take 5 (52%) edges Red Vines (48%) and Butterfinger (83%) crushes Red Hots (17%). 1st round Candy Madness voting begins! Voting on these match-ups goes from 12 pm Thursday to 12 pm Friday. If you [...]

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With St. Patty’s Day just around the corner, I thought it would be appropriate to focus on an old Irish tradition: drinking yourself under the table. Just kidding, it’s eating corned beef. Not many people know exactly what goes in to corned beef. After doing my own Wikipedia research, I realized this is probably a [...]

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