After reading the wonderful post from our friends at The Bitten Word, documenting food highlights from a two-week trip to China (!), I started thinking about some of the weirder food experiences I have had. True, I have had all kinds of sushi – octopus, urchin, eel, and many others – but that’s all pretty [...]
Tags: Bizarre · Blogs · On the Road
In honor of the holiday, this homeade pumpkin pie is literally right out of the oven. I know I speak for my colleagues here at So Good when I say that we are very thankful for great readers like you. Stop by for a slice any time.
I enjoy grocery shopping not only because I love to pick out all the goodies that will compose my upcoming lunches and dinners, but also because of the unending line of new products that are always popping up – this is especially true around holiday time. When I went to see Michael Pollan speak earlier [...]
Tags: Grocery Stores · Holiday
In an attempt to turn around a weakening market share in the US, Anheuser-Busch InBev announced yesterday that it was bringing another unnecessary product to market. Similar to the lame ducks of Bud Light Golden Wheat and Bud Light Lime introduced in recent years, AB is taking another long shot at success in Bud Light [...]
Like many of you, during college I was not afraid to buy and drink a ton of the cheapest beer I could get my hands on – Stroh’s, Hamm’s, Schaefer, Old Milwaukee, among many others. And while many of these brands have been driven into obscurity, I recently read that old, reliable Pabst Blue Ribbon [...]
A tribute to Steve Jobs using 3,750 apples – by artist Olivier Lefebvre. H/t to Darren Rovell.
Tags: Interesting
Yes, what you see above is not some murky picture of Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster. Apparently, Paula Deen’s butter-flavored lip balm does in fact exist, based on eye-witness accounts. While not yet available on Deen’s site, is it really that much of a stretch to think that this could happen? Rather, the question [...]
Tags: Interesting · Trends
As I was just watching Game 5 of the ALCS, a commercial came on the boob tube for Dr. Pepper’s latest offering: Dr. Pepper 10. The “10” in the name refers to the calorie count, which officially makes this beverage a diet soda. Now you might be thinking – doesn’t the Pepper already make a [...]
Tags: Advertising · Soft Drinks
Every once and a while, the taste test division of So Good, Inc. receives a special request to try a new product before it hits the marketplace. As a true tastemaker, we feel it is our duty to serve the public by offering a candid assessment (and eating free food). And, as usual, we are [...]
Tags: Reviews · Snacks · Uncategorized
In the world of politics, people have long memories. This is an unfortunate fact for faux-presidential candidate Rick Perry, who is a master of making himself look like a first-rate boob. Whether it be calling climate science a “contrived phony mess,” suggesting that Texas might secede from the US (which it legally can’t), or killing [...]
