The salmonella outbreak in tomatoes is spreading rapidly.
RIP Organic Rice Krispies.
Metrocurean reports on some DC winners of the James Beard awards.
A new vegetarian restaurant is opening in DC at 14th and Q.
Beer drinkers are upset as bars try and switch to smaller glasses.
McDonald’s is doing a test run of offering canned and bottled drinks, such [...]

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Serious Eats has a comprehensive recap of last night’s Top Chef.
Restaurants in NYC must now post calorie counts on their menus.
Domino’s and Pizza Hut engage in smack talk.
Top 10 most disgusting candies ever.
As Coca-Cola profits soar 19%, shareholders are upset about their Olympic sponsorship.
Slashfood shows you how to make hot fudge salsa.
The Bitten Word makes [...]

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Yeah that’s right. McDonald’s uses real food, not “leftover parts” and they want you to know about it. That’s why they’ve set up a new area on their website called “Quality Food.” The goal is to help dispel myths about the quality of McDonald’s food. According to a recent AdAge article:
Some of the [...]

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Ever wondered how many chemicals and preservatives are in those fast food hamburgers you buy? You might not want to know the answer. At Bionic Burger, the “Burger Museum” tells the tale of a man who has been saving McDonald’s burgers for over 18 years.

“Evil version of Ronald McDonald or a character from Twisted Metal?” [...]

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No not me. God no, I would never do that. But one young man (duh, I mean would a woman be stupid enough to do this?) has created a Facebook group (now up to more than 16,000 members) that makes this very promise.

The only stipulation the group’s creator makes, is that while he promises to [...]

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That’s what some scientists are calling the new cauliflower strains that have been developed in Europe. There is no genetic engineering involved, they are just the result of cross-breeding. The colorful cauliflower is, in some ways, considered an upgrade. The orange version has as much as 25 times the levels of beta carotene.

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Pickle Sickle, Pickle Pop, Pickle in a tube. Whatever you want to call it, this is no doubt an interesting product that the folks at Bob’s Pickle Pops are selling.

So what is a pickle sickle? Dill pickles are pressed to extract as much of their juice as possible, then that juice is put in a [...]

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Can I interest you in a ten-pound chocolate bar?
Heinz wants Angelina Jolie to be the new face of their Heinz Salad Cream.
The NY Times has a new food blog called Bitten, which will “use food as a window into the world.”
Joey Chestnut won the Philadelphia wing bowl with 241 wings.
Diet soda may be a factor [...]

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Any Seinfeld fan probably remembers that line, when “Timmy” accused George Costanza of double dipping. “Timmy” complained, “that’s like putting your whole mouth right in the dip.” Now a new study conducted by Clemson University has measured just how much bacteria double dipping can actually transfer into the dip bowl. The answer - a [...]

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From BBC News, check out this series of photos by Photographer Carl Warner. Everything you see in the pictures is constructed out of food. Below are two examples, click HERE to see all eight pictures in the series. Warner says that one of his inspirations was to try and make eating vegetables seem more [...]

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The Impulsive Buy reviews Kellogg’s Special K Red Berries Waffles.
The Pioneer Woman Cooks has some awesome ways to combine cookie dough and candy.
DCist tells you how to make some gourmet hot chocolate.
Best Bites Blog gives their Foodie In/Out list for 2008.
Crunchy Con looks at the food policies of Mike Huckabee, but makes no mention of [...]

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We talk a lot about fast food here at So Good. This is despite the fact that I do not eat fast food on a regular basis. However, it is an extremely competitive industry and I am fascinated by the new food creations these companies come up with, and the strategies they employ when marketing [...]

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Slashfood reports on a recent study showing sugar is more addictive than cocaine.
Remember Atomic Warheads? Hot Sauce Blog reviews a similar candy called Torture Scorcher.
Cork & Knife interviews Heather Lauer the author of Bacon Unwrapped.
Burger King’s CEO says their Transformers promotional campaign helped contribute to 4th quarter sales that were 11% higher than last year.
James [...]

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At least that’s one thing I surmised from the new obesity report put out by Calorie Lab. As I was writing this blog post, I did a blog search and discovered I’m not the only one who noticed this (Hat tip to Open Left, who yesterday picked up on the same trend).
Out of the 20 [...]

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