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like madoff but with a passion for the can

630 — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:31:16 +0000

travis wright, a money manager in utah, apparently believes in the idea of food in a can so much that he took his clients’ money that, which was suppose to have gone towards real estate investments, and put it toward his food in a can concept – peanut butter and jelly “candwich, bbq chicken”, pizza pocket and french toast. too bad his clients didn’t believe his idea enough to believe they would get the 24% return on investment he had promised on the real estate investments when they gave him the money. wright is currently being sued by the securities and exchange commission. mark kirkland, the president of mark one foods and the patent holder of the food in the can concept, still believes his idea will work. he already has a slogan “Quick & Tasty, Ready to Eat”, now he’ll just need to find another investor. frankly, i’m surprised canned sandwiches don’t already exist in the market already.

[nytimes]

you’ve got to be *&^% kidding me

180 — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:05:47 +0000

here’s one from jolly old england that most likely would have celebrity chef gordon ramsay of kitchen nightmares cursing up a storm and saying ‘you’ve got to be *&^% kidding me.’ a pub chain in england is adding menu items to their repertoire–for dogs. butcher’s pet care is teaming up with brakspear to offer delectable items that are designed to increase family bonding with their dogs. according to butcher’s pet care’s brand manager caroline coombs “We’ve built our business on feeding generations of family dogs and all our recipes are naturally nutritious and contain all of the vitamins and minerals your dog needs to keep him healthy, happy and fit as a Butcher’s dog…Now dog owners can sit down to lunch happy in the knowledge their dog is enjoying their meal as much as they are is adding a menu for dogs.” when the family sits down eat, fido can enjoy a bowl of liver and garden veg chunks in gravy and chicken and beef chunks in jelly.

cue the jokes about bad british food…..now.

[telegraph, photo via bbc]

how long things will last in the deep freeze

180 — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:01:26 +0000

real simple has some guildelines for you about how long your food will last in the freezer. nothing bad will happen to you if you go longer, the foods flavor will begin to weaken.

up to 2 months

ice cream and sorbet
cooked ham
bacon (1 month)
bread and cake
cookies, baked or dough
meat casseroles, cooked
fatty fish
soups and stews
hamburger (up to 4 months)

up to 6 months

uncooked shellfish, roasts, chops
lean fish
chicken or turkey

up to a year

uncooked chicken, turkey pieces, steak
unbaked fruit pies
fruit
butter

[real simple, image courtesy of iboydaniel]

relish the time in the spotlight

180 — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:01:29 +0000

here’s another story illustrating the thrill of the competition and the agony of defeat. there was a kerfuffle on coney island yesterday when competitive eating phenom takeru kobayashi was arrested after rushing the stage after the competition he was banned from was completed. kobayashi, or, ‘the tsunami’ as he’s known on competitive eating circles was banned by competitive eating’s organizing body major league eating because he’d failed to come to agreement with them over his contract. the tsunami rushed the stage wearing a t-shirt that read ‘free kobi’ and to cheers from the crowd of ‘let him eat’. kobayashi’s main competitor joey ‘jaws’ chestnut was nonplused by the whole thing “if he was real man, he’d be on the stage. There was no reason for him not to be here.” chestnut easily won the event.

[nypost image via theBusyBrain]

/’fat/

180 — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 01:58:04 +0000

well filled out : thick, big b : full in tone and quality : rich Irish Digest> c :d : prosperous, wealthy Time> e : being substantial and impressive well stocked

somehow i’m guessing that the center for science in the public interest didn’t have this definition in mind when it threatened to sue mcdonald’s not for the toxic toys we reported on a couple weeks ago but for the toxic food that accompanies them. it claims that the toys sold with happy meals are deceptive marketing and entice kids to add bad foods that are hazardous to their health “McDonald’s is the stranger in the playground handing out candy to children…It’s a creepy and predatory practice that warrants an injunction” said stephen gardner their litigator.

of course mcdonald’s says the suit is crizazy and their spokesperson said “McDonald’s is committed to a responsible approach to our menu, and our Happy Meal offerings…We have added more choice and variety than ever before, a fact that has been widely reported and recognized.”while it may be true that mcdonald’s made it on a list of the top 10 healthy fast food options, it can’t be overlooked that the fast food industry spent 520M bones on toy advertising last year.

this was also interesting because of another report on nbc related to their ‘be well, be healthy‘ series that talked about the soaring rate of childhood obesity, it’s reaching epidemic levels– 4% of kids in the united states are extremely obese and more and more kids are getting weight loss surgery.

[cnn money , cbs for 2009 list of healthy fast food options, nbc nightly news photo via bioethics blog]

one bad egg is all it takes

630 — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:05:17 +0000

or in this case, 3. land o’lakes and two of its subsidiaries are settling a class action lawsuit for price fixing. the $25 million settlement will be the first of its kind in the agricultural industry. restaurants, retailers, distributors and food processors represent the group of direct purchasers who alleged land o’lakes and company were conspiring to have fewer hens lay few eggs causing the price per egg to be higher. who knew the egg business was so competitive?!

photo courtsey of flint-hill

[law 360]

live happily ever after…

180 — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 02:30:15 +0000

food giant mcdonald’s has recalled about 12M commemorative shrek forever plastic cups because they expose consumers to cadmium and long term exposure to cadmium can cause health risks. the joint doesn’t want a pesky health scare like this to ruin their healthy reputation, right? follow the link at the bottom of this article for recall information.

[u.s. consumer product safety division]

peppermint fatty

180 — Fri, 21 May 2010 15:50:10 +0000

this is surprisingly not from that website this is why your fat but instead, from world of mysteries, world of facts. the site identifies popular drinks and their food equivalents. while you take a swig of that lovely starbucks peppermint latte thingy, consider that you are downing the equivalent of 8½ scoops of edy’s slow churned rich and creamy coffee ice cream.

you can look at how bad things like beer, energy drinks, iced tea, and water are filled with sugar by following this link.

[world of mysteries via john mayer]

the other dan and dave

180 — Mon, 17 May 2010 05:48:29 +0000

remember dan and dave from the olympics and how they failed to meet expectations? well, another dan and dave–dan abrams of msnbc and mediaite.com fame and dave zincenko of eat this not that and men’s health have joined forces to open a new restaurant called the lion in new york’s greenwhich village–this one seems poised to exceed expectations. to do this, they’ve hired chef john delucie away from the famed waverly inn to do a restaurant heavy on sea food and star power–demi and ashton, the dad from gossip girl, and donna karan have been seen there.

the place is so swank that there’s a special table for famous people (or where dave can do his gross business) upstairs that has its own bathroom and staircase. good luck gettin’ a table, even rupie’s people at the wall street journal had a hard time.

when i heard about this one, i was surprised to hear that their other good buddy, bill hemmer, wasn’t also an investor but maybe he’s got his hands full at his restaurant in the hamptons called sen lounge.

CORRECTION: I was informed by 630 that sen lounge closed, so maybe hemmer is just gunshy of restaurant investment. i’m sure they’ll have a table reserved for him because the restaurant’s former space, the village, is one bill’s favorites.

[nyt, eater new york]

food fight!

180 — Wed, 12 May 2010 05:34:09 +0000

the lebanese have fired another shot over the culinary bow in the on-going hummus battle with israel. the two countries claim hummus as their own and have gone to great lengths to outdo each other in hummus production. recently, 300 lebanese chefs got together and created a guinness world records-sized vat of the stuff-10 tons. the vat was 10 tons and beat out the 4 ton vat that the israeli’s cooked up in previously.

hope they like leftovers.

photo courtesy of whitneyinchicago