If you thought the food offered at many fast food joints couldn’t get any worse, just wait. As I read in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, McDonald’s, Wendy’s, and other prominent chains are in a bidding war to hit the lowest rung on the pricing ladder. Apparently, ordering from the dollar menu has gotten a little too [...]
Until recently, I thought that Etsy was just a place to buy handmade jewelry and craft supplies. Not true, dear reader. Etsy also sells all kinds of small-batch treats that you can actually eat – and boy, do they look good. Take a peek at the top 10 items I found: 1. Chocolate Fudge 2. [...]
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Breaking news from The Onion for your consideration as we get ready to start another work week. Man Says ‘Fuck It,’ Eats Lunch At 10:58 AM onion.com/11CnJ9U — The Onion (@TheOnion) April 24, 2013
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We take so many things for granted in the US – our freedom, our diversity, and of course, our access to portable french fry holders. Sadly, our comrades in Japan have never had the luxury of possessing a device customized for holding the best genetically modified food for salt, fat and sugar delivery. That is, [...]
Today is the first day of golf’s most prestigious tournament, The Masters. For four days, golf’s best will play for the right to earn immortality in the sport, and to wear the famous green jacket. What is equally famous at the Augusta National Golf Club is its tradition*. What you see above is not the [...]
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On April 1, I usually try to avoid as much news as possible for the simple reason that most of it is someone’s supposed clever idea to fool the teeming masses. Therefore, when I learned that Pizza Hut was planning to make a pie with a ridiculous new crust, I let it slide. However, when [...]
On Friday, friend of So Good, Serious Eats dropped a little bit of knowledge about the breakfast experience at McDonald’s. The info was that customers can ask to swap out the folded egg-type-thing for an actual egg, on muffins, biscuits, etc., at no cost. While an interesting tip, I started thinking about the larger issue [...]
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As many of you know, the annual interactive, film and music convention, known as SXSW is currently going on in Austin, Texas. Just how big is this festival? Big enough that internet sensation Grumpy Cat was in attendance. Yes, the actual cat. Incredibly, people stood in a very long line to get a glimpse of [...]
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Americans are generally known to be a pretty chunky bunch. We’ve all seen story after story on the ever-growing obesity epidemic in this country. What we don’t see nearly as much of is the other side of the coin – people who are hungry and do not have access to nutritious food. I recently watched [...]
With baseball lagging in third place behind football and basketball for the nation’s attention, folks are coming up with innovative ideas to get people to the ballpark. This is true for both the majors as well as the lower levels. Take the Battle Creek Bombers, a Michigan-based team in the Northwoods League – a group [...]
