About 2 weeks ago, a company by the name of Country Bob’s offered to send me a couple bottles of their “All Purpose Sauce.” Given that A) I love food, B) I love condiments more, and C) I love free stuff, I gladly accepted. A quick check of their website shows they offer not [...]

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Extreme Mortman says caterers are shying away from the DNC Convention.
A member of Daily Kos has created a new community blog about food.
Candy Addict reviews Reese Hazelnut Creme.
A Hamburger Today reviews the chili burger at Ben’s Chili Bowl.
Best Bites Blog looks at Ray’s Hell-Burger.
10 twists on the classic burger.
Vicarious Foodie makes Southwestern salad and cornbread [...]

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Yes I know, I’ve written about Spike from Top Chef and his new DC-based burger joint two times in the last three days. But I had to write again. Why? Because tonight I got to attend the media tasting, or the “Friends and Family” night as Good Stuff Eatery dubbed it. Big thanks [...]

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My buddy Lupo “Wolf” Ragazzo, who writes for DCSportsFan, has just posted a review of a burger joint in Tenleytown called “Z Burger.”  He praises the quality of the restaurants food and shakes, and says that as far as reviews go, Z burger “deserves an A.”   As someone who was totally unaware of Z [...]

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Mountain Dew sent me the “DEWmocracy” sample packs that they’ve been giving to bloggers for review (read a good early review here) so late last week I broke it out the three pack they sent me, and decided to give the sodas a try. They have created three new soda flavors, and in the [...]

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This morning I had the opportunity to try four new flavors of AMP Energy. AMP, which is a product of Mountain Dew, has rolled out a new campaign featuring a website which lets you determine your “AMP DNA” and matches each of four different athletes up with one of the four flavors.

AMP’s website also [...]

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“Sexy” espresso stands with scantily clad baristas are exploding in popularity…and drawing critics.
Starbucks has decided to remove an image of a topless mermaid from some of their cups.
Fast Food Critic reviews Chicken Nuggets and BK Chicken Tenders.
Slashfood reviews Cape Cod potato chips.
Miss Ginsu makes 3 different kinds of bacon ice cream.
What We’re Eating make a [...]

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This morning I headed over to McDonald’s to grab one of their free Southern Style Chicken Biscuits.  I was intrigued by the idea of a chicken breakfast sandwich, having really only experienced it at Chick-fil-A before. This sandwich is basically a knock off of those.

The sandwich appeared small at first…you certainly shouldn’t expect anything of [...]

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Needed: 150 women to eat chocolate every day for a year.
Mars Inc. is buying Wrigley.
What makes NYC pizza so hard to top?
Slate says PETA’s $1 million prize to develop artificial chicken is a sham.
Sonya Thomas is the new sweet corn eating champion.
Null Hypothesis wonders why people are either oliver lovers, or haters.
Could this blog be [...]

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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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I recently had the opportunity to try some samples of a new product from 4C called Totally Light 2 Go Vitamin Stix. The product, which just launched two weeks ago, is a sugar and calorie free drink mix (made with Splenda) that includes vitamins A, B & C.

The flavors sent to me included Dragonfruit, [...]

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Pizza.com has been sold for $2.6 million.
The Wall Street Journal interviews Burger King’s CEO.
Kim Kardashian is having trouble giving up junk food.
Scheiss Weekly’s ketchup usage is troubling; reminding me of my post, Ketchup Lovers are Ruining Ketchup.
AdAge looks at the plummeting sales and poor marketing strategy of Miller Genuine Draft.
Holy City Style and Beef Aficionado [...]

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Saturday night I attended the first game ever played at Nationals Park (an exhibition against the Orioles). Then, last night, I returned for the official Opening Night game against the Atlanta Braves, which was shown on ESPN. You can read my thoughts on the new ballpark as a whole in a guest post over [...]

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A week or two ago, Snapple sent me 4 samples of their new Antioxidant water. Having previously read a mostly positive review from my pals over at The Impulsive Buy, I was curious to try it. My package arrived with four flavors, Grape Pomegranate, Strawberry Acai, Tropical Mango and Raspberry Acerola.

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As a resident of Adams Morgan for the past 3 ½ years, I await the opening of each new bar and restaurant with eager anticipation. Walking by a new bar under construction, one can’t help but wonder: “will it have more to offer my neighborhood than the average bar?” For The Black Squirrel, the answer [...]

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This past Friday, around noon, a package arrived for me from Kraft Foods. Much to my delight it was two boxes, one plain, one cinnamon, of Kraft’s new Bagel-fuls. It was time for a taste test. Along with a handful of lovely female assistants, including Serious Eats blogger (and photographer for this taste test) [...]

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Today is national margarita day.
Gizmodo highlights what they are calling a “Steak Toaster.”
Endless Simmer reports on the Washington Post’s Peeps diorama contest.
Radius, of Boston, has dethroned Shake Shack’s claim to the title of “Best Burger” at Rachael Ray’s Burger Bash.
Village Voice reports that Iron Chef is nothing like what it seems on TV.
Felix Salmon calculates [...]

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Soupy Trumpet reviews Taco Bell’s Fiesta Platter and Wendy’s “Premium” fish sandwich.
Esquire names the best sandwiches in America.
An Illinois man saved Richard Nixon’s half-eaten sandwich from 1960.
Buffalo Rising reviews the home of the deep fried burger.
Get Your Grill On makes the oyster-stuffed Carpetbagger Steak.
Spicy Food Guy praises the Frito Chili Cheese Wrap at Sonic.
Chicken Sandwich [...]

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Trouble With Toast is organizing a DC food blogger pot-luck.
Heat, Eat, Review posts a video review of Kids Cuisine Deep Sea Adventure Fish Sticks.
Manny & Olga’s will offer heart shaped pizza’s on Valentine’s Day.
An episode of Dinner Impossible was filmed at the DC Improv on Thursday.
Kotaku reviews 13 different energy drinks.
Eating Our Words has the [...]

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If you’re serving sangria in Virginia, you’re breaking the law.
Wendy’s is ending their red wig “That’s Right” campaign.
Spike TV will feature hard-boiled egg and ham eating contests during halftime of the Super Bowl.
There’s a semi-new hamburger blog you should check out.
Whoops. A Steak ‘n Shake manager is under fire for refusing to take a deaf [...]

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