If you live in the upper half of the United States, you know it’s cooler (in every sense of the word) and that soup makes a great meal during the winter months. But the question here is how to make a meal of soup a little more entertaining, since it can be kinda bland and [...]

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Time for a new Would You Rather. Today’s match-up pits two popular soups against one another. One soup you can continue eating to your hearts content. The other, you must never eat again for the rest of your life. Option #1: You can never eat French onion soup again. Option #2: You can never eat [...]

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In honor of Chicken Soup for the Soul Day, I’d like to outline some of the reasons I’ve come to abhor the “Chicken Soup for the Soul” book series, beginning with the fact that none of the editions come with an actual bowl of chicken soup. For the lucky few of you who have never [...]

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Erin Zimmer thinks that Whoppie Pies are the new cupcakes. Serious Eats reviews this week’s episode of Top Chef. Grub Street has an interview with booted chef Erik Hopfinger. Slate has a history of the hangover. A Georgia bar gives patrons their own personal beer taps. Red Bull is introducing a new cola. What do [...]

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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 [...]

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Chocolate & Zucchini offer up picks for the Best of 2007. Coming Soon: Top Chef, the cookbook. I’m a year late on this one, but turns out Top Chef judge Padma Lakshmi is quite the fan of smoking pot. Awesome. Extreme Mortman reports on the Culinary Union’s endorsement of Obama, and their comparison of Nevada [...]

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