Restaurant research shows that in an effort to differentiate themselves from the cheesy marketplace, chains have opted for dairy decadence that strays slightly from the norm. That means Pepper Jack has turned into a new …
Food & Drink
100 Years of Oreos: 9 Things You Didn’t Know About the Iconic Cookie
The world’s best-selling cookies are celebrating their 100th birthday. On March 6, 1912, the National Biscuit Company (also known as Nabisco) sold its first Oreo sandwich cookies to a Hoboken grocer. Billions of dollars and many …
Technology Finally Gets Useful: ATM for Cupcakes Invented
Oh Yes, It’s Real: McDonald’s Austria Introduces Deep-Fried McRib
McDonald’s Austria has introduced a sandwich that can only be described as a conundrum of dietary proportions. Meet the McRibster.
Made up of “juicy pork, bacon, pepper-jack cheese, and crunchy iceberg lettuce, red onion, …
More Americans Are Treating Themselves to ‘Second Breakfast’
Whether it’s for convenience or health reasons, those Hobbits may have had it right all along.
Pinot Grigio Too Girly? Try Sledgehammer, the Wine for Guys Only
Wine doesn’t necessarily have the manliest connotation. After all, there’s all that high-class tasting and fancy French names involved. But if Sledgehammer, a guys-only wine, has anything to say about it, men everywhere will be …
Drinkers Wanted: Bill Would Require Imbibers on Utah Alcohol Commission
Happy hours and kegs are against the law in Utah. But the state may soon make drinking a necessity — at least for one government job.
A new state bill would require two drinking members on Utah’s five-member Alcoholic …
How Waiters Secretly Predict Your Every Need
Waiting tables is more of an art than science. Gone are the days when waiters struggled off rote dialogue or pushed appetizers and dessert on you. These days, it’s more about “situational selling” and how waiters can …
Even Ben & Jerry’s Is Jumping on the Greek-Yogurt Craze
If you scream for frozen yogurt, Ben & Jerry’s will scream for frozen yogurt. The ice cream manufacturer is hopping on the Greek yogurt trend, in four new flavors.
The four flavors, Strawberry Shortcake, Banana Peanut Butter, …
Mystery Meat: World’s First Test-Tube Hamburger to Be Served in 2012
With the help of bovine stem cells, Dutch scientists plan to serve the world’s first laboratory-grown hamburger by the end of the year. The project, which has already cost $330,000, aims to ease the environmental impacts of …
New York Restaurants Inevitably Cash In on Linsanity
It was only a matter of time, wasn’t it? Jeremy “Lin-spired” dishes and drinks have made their way onto menus across New York City.
And if this sounds like the perfect meal for you, the first port of call must be the bars …
Blogger Orders Most Expensive Starbucks Coffee Drink Possible
The complicated concoction cost $23.60 and took three days to drink