McDonald’s is testing a new “English Pub Burger” right now. It’s unknown how many locations it’s being tested at, but there are several early reports of stores in Illinois. Within The Empier got one at a McDonald’s in Algonquin, Ill and snapped this photo of the box: The burger is described as a 1/3lb Angus [...]

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It’s Thursday again, which means it’s time for another eating styles poll! Since this past Monday was Memorial Day, the unofficial beginning to the grilling season, we want to know…what did you grill? If you didn’t grill on Memorial Day, then what is your favorite grilled food? Are you a typical hot-dog-and-hamburgers grill master? Or [...]

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Last night, I attended the pre-opening party for the new Shake Shack location in Washington, DC.  This marks the 11th Shake Shack location in the United States, and 13th worldwide. The new DC outpost takes the space of the old Fuddruckers location in Dupont Circle and will soon be joined by a second DC location [...]

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Nick Offerman, AKA “Ron Swanson” from Parks & Recreation was on Jimmy Fallon and tasted the “Ron Swanson Turkey Burger” – a burger with a turkey leg inside of it.

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Burger King has unveiled a new sandwich, the “Meat Monster.” Currently only available in Japan, this bad boy clocks in at 1,160 calories and features two hamburger patties, a chicken breast filet, two slices of cheese, three pieces of bacon plus lettuce, tomatoes and onions. This is more than twice the calories of a McDonalds’s Big [...]

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The other day whilst trudging through a wind-whipped four-degree day in Chicago, I wander past McDonald’s on my way to the grocery store.  Even in the vacuum of a negative degree wind chill, the stark aroma of McDonald’s penetrates my frozen nostrils, awakening cilia long assumed dead. It is a curious scent, one that evokes [...]

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I have never been a watcher of Oprah’s TV show, but I have always been impressed by how much she can push the needle one way or the other.  Therefore, when I heard that her program recently showed the inner workings of a Cargill slaughterhouse, it caught my attention.  I knew her name was big enough [...]

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Today, Burger King unveiled its new Jalapeño & Cheddar BK STUFFED STEAKHOUSEâ„¢ burger (note to BK: when you try and classify so many different burgers within your “Steakhouse” line, your burger names get a bit wordy and confusing). This marks the first stuffed sandwich offered at Burger King.  The burger has bits of jalapeño peppers [...]

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Not in the U.S., but in the U.K. I fell in love with brussel sprouts a little over a year ago after always just assuming I hated them because of the bad rap they get. However, one thing that is good about brussel sprouts is their texture. This is an odd way to serve them. [...]

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