As we all know, yesterday was President Barack Obama’s birthday.  And what kind of cake did the Commander-in-Chief receive?   How about the disaster you see above.   Does this cake fit the President?  I think not.  This is not the essence of cool.  This is more like fireworks shooting out of your nose while the Star Spangled Banner is playing.  [...]

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Today (August 3rd) Domino’s introduced a new item to their menu, Chocolate Lava Crunch Cakes. To help celebrate President Obama’s birthday on Tuesday, August 4th, all Domino’s locations in Washington, DC will be offering a free Lava Cake to anyone who stops into a store between 11 am and 9 pm. More details here.  Fun.

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Continuing the new 2009 tradition of Presidents visiting popular local burger joints, this past weekend fmr. President Bill Clinton paid a visit to Z Burger (see my review HERE). The irony? He was in town to speak at a conference on obesity prevention and control.

So what did Bill Clinton order? A double hamburger with all [...]

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A new documentary, entitled “Food Inc.” is scheduled to be released in NYC, L.A. and San Francisco on June 12th, and will hopefully be shown soon around the rest of the country.

The film’s website describes the documentary as a film that:
Lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has [...]

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Update: Some moronic right-wing media pundits are trying to attack/make fun of Obama for ordering his burger with spicy mustard.
Politico reports that yesterday afternoon, President Obama and Vice-President Biden stopped into Ray’s Hell Burger, a burger joint just up the street from my office.  For those of you outside DC or unfamiliar with this place, [...]

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A sushi chef at Tokyo University has made a piece of  “Obama Sushi.”

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I’m sure many of you were closely following the Inauguration this morning, as I was, knowing the historical impact of this incredible event.  Then, like me, once the event was over, you probably thought, what will President Obama’s first meal be?  Like everything else on this day, these details have been planned for a long [...]

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Over the weekend, President-Elect Barack Obama dropped in to DC-institution, Ben’s Chili Bowl to grab a bite to eat with DC Mayor Adrian Fenty. For those of you who know DC food, you know that this is a BIG deal.

AP Photo/Gerald Herbert via DCist.
Ben’s Chili Bowl is famous for their half-smoke, which is served “All-the-way” [...]

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Footage has surfaced of the President-Elect appearing on a restaurant review show called Check, Please! which bills itself as “America’s first real-people restaurant review show.” The segment is from 2001, when Obama was just a wee State Senator.  However the episode that Obama was part of never aired.  In this radio clip from WBEZ,  the [...]

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An article at The Huffington Post notes that a New York Times reporter observed on Sunday that while on a golf outing in Hawaii, President-elect Obama ordered spam musubi.

Wikipedia describes spam musubi as:
a very popular snack and luncheon food in Hawaii made in the tradition of Japanese onigiri, also known as a musubi. A Spam musubi is composed [...]

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In February, when news of Barack Obama’s eating habits and favorite foods were scattered, sparse, and damn near impossible to find, So Good scoured the internet in order to put together a post on Barack Obama’s favorite foods.  Since that time, I’ve seen the post widely cited in stories about Obama’s favorite foods, from blogs [...]

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No seriously. Moose chili. Palin insisted it was not a prop.  An Anchorage Daily News reporter was at her house on Sunday to interview her immediately after Greta Van Sustern did.  According to the reporter, dinner for that night was already cooking, and was to be moose chili, moose cheese dogs (I didn’t even realize [...]

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The Office of National Drug Control Policy has a new ad campaign intended to “promote” jobs that a pot-head could actually do, like couch guard or burrito taster. The ad concludes with the line, “Hey, not trying to be your mom, but there aren’t many jobs out there for potheads.”

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French fries gave it a valiant effort, but it appears no one will ever top bacon.  Amusing screenshot from election night of a local TV station in Colorado. Kind of reminds me of when we spotted a Crystal Pepsi fanatic at the convention.

Big props to Al Dente and Flickr user lazerdave for the picture, and [...]

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No matter who you are supporting, don’t forget to vote!

Mmmmm….candidates eating.

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I just received two sets of delicious election cookies from Eleni’s of NYC c/o a colleague – one featuring Obama and one featuring McCain.Now, I might be reading too much into this, but the picture of Obama looks quite strong, while the McCain cookie looks a little green around the gills. Is this cookie foreshadowing [...]

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Per Eick’s earlier message, please get out and vote today. But don’t just listen to me – listen to all the offers for free food after you have voted.
How about a star-shaped Krispy Kreme doughnut with red, white and blue sprinkles (my personal fave)?

How about a free scoop from Ben and Jerry’s?

How about a cup [...]

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Time for a little fun with Google Analytics.  Based purely on looking at the stats for So Good, I have to assume that people are obsessing over the election and very little else right now.  Check out the top ten search terms that brought people to So Good over the weekend (Saturday and Sunday):

Wow. Every [...]

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Thanks to the wit & wisdom of Extreme Mortman, I have become aware that the National Republican Senatorial Committee has put out a new ad for the razor tight Senate race in Oregon. It features some not very flattering footage of Democratic candidate Jeff Merkley eating what appears to be a sandwich while being [...]

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Last week, I wrote about a new novelty product called Sarah’s Kickn’ Mooseburger Helper, which was made by the creators of Obama Waffles. Shortly after posting, I was contacted by the creator of the product, who sent me a free box for me to give away here on So Good.

For those interested in ordering [...]

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