peppermint fatty
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 [...]
the other dan and dave
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 [...]
food fight!
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. [...]
pack your knives and go
to the head table mr. colicchio. tom colicchio won the coveted james beard award for national outstanding chef for his work at craft restaurant. colicchio beat out washington dc chef josé andrés of minibar and chief molecular gastronomist recently featured in a spot on 60 minutes with mr. sacred bird. here are the other winners [...]
bees cut off at the knees
scientists say that the bee population is continuing to decline for the third year in a row. bee colonies are suffering from collapse disorder as evidenced by the 29 percent drop in 2009, a 36 percent drop in 2008 and a 32 percent drop in 2007. scientists speculate but can’t find a specific reason for [...]
double the bobby
soon there will be twice the cooking… on tv
shaken and stirred
remember earlier in the decade when everyone was abuzz about the bar in new york that has the unisex bathrooms with the changing doors (watch a video here)? there’s a new bar in new york that has people shaken and stirred. it’s called the exchange bar & grill. the bar’s takes a unique approach to [...]
