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Want to Know How Many Big Macs Are Sold in the U.S. Every Second? (Hint: It's More Than a Dozen)

A recent survey by Placed Insights, a location analytics company, detailed the eating habits of Americans and what they found is more than a little disturbing: We eat a lot of fast food. In fact, six of the 10 most-visited businesses in America during April 2013 were quick-service or fast-food resta ... More >>

Beefy Crunch Burrito Fan Gets Inked, Because He Promised Taco Bell He Would

Consider yourselves warned: Promise Taco Bell that you'll tattoo a burrito on your body if they bring back your favorite menu item and they will take you up on the offer. See also: 10 Best/Worst Pizza Tattoos At least that's what the company is saying went down recently with Beefy Crunch Burrito ... More >>

Doritos' Locos Tacos Doritos (Wait, What?) and Lay's Dill Pickle: Chow Bella Taste Test, Part 2

The Guilty Pleasure: More Frito-Lay mass-produced chip goodness. Where To Get It: Your favorite grocery store. Price: About $3 What It Really Costs: Explaining the new Doritos flavor countless times. If you tuned in last week, you found out my weakness for the snack aisle, and what happens when I a ... More >>

50 Important SXSW Questions

Editor: We have so many questions here in Austin. Here are 50 of them. 1. Will I like the pedicab costumed as The Hulk if he gets angry? 2. Are we all really just in New York? 3. Is this t-shirt rad? 4. Do you want to get some 'za, which is now absolutely the slang for pizza? 5. How far can you spr ... More >>

New Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos at Taco Bell: Time to Celebrate -- Or Cringe?

Almost exactly one year ago, Taco Bell all but admitted that it targets the (ahem) herbal recreation market with Doritos Locos Tacos. In case you've been under a rock all this time, Doritos Locos Tacos are an unholy union of processed mass-market foodstuffs: Take a Taco Bell taco shell, and coat it ... More >>

Doritos Will Release Taco Bell Flavored Chips in April

We're not going to say that the staffs of Doritos or Taco Bell imbibe in mind-altering and appetite stimulating chemicals but their latest joint venture seems to provide some circumstantial evidence that this might be the case. Doritos has announced plans to release a Taco Bell flavored chip for a l ... More >>

What National Chain Restaurants Do You Secretly Like?

Welcome to Chow Bella's Bites & Dishes, where Valley chefs and restaurateurs respond to a question New Times food critic Laura Hahnefeld has on her mind. Have a question you'd like to ask? E-mail laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com.As much as they may deny it, chefs and restaurateurs secretly enjoy nationa ... More >>

5 Disgusting Foods That Will Make You Eat Healthy In the New Year

Not feeling awful enough after all that holiday binging? Need a little push to help send you into the glutton-free lifestyle? Here are five things that should do the trick and shame you into changing your eating habits. Because we all know that hating yourself is the first step to eating healthier ... More >>

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10 Corporate Food Trucks Totally Bogarting the Mobile Kitchen Scene, Man

Corporations moving in on the scene-y food truck scene? Dude, no way. It was bound to happen. Over the past few years, local upstarts have been responsible for starting and keeping the frenzy aflame, but now, many corporate chains have taken notice and have tapped into the trend with their own mobi ... More >>

The Bethel Airlift: Beleaguered Alaskan Town Receives 10,000 Tacos

See Also:The Tacocopter Might Be A Hoax, But Don't Give Up the Dream Bethel, Alaska is a small town of just over six thousand residents isolated by unforgiving geography and only accessible by water and air. Early last month the entire town wrestled with grief after they discovered that the Taco Be ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on Traveling "Illegally" and Taco Bel-Air

Meet the Vine Geek (Part One)

Editor's note: Today, we'll introduce you to Brian Reeder of AZ Wine Merchants, our new wine columnist and one of our Vine Geeks. Come back tomorrow for the second part of our introduction. Life has a funny way of making you think you know what you're doing with it. I know I did. I grew up in Oreg ... More >>

Taco Bell's Doritos Locos Tacos: Crazy-Good or Just Plain Loco?

Tacos may very well be the perfect food, but let's face it, the standard Meximerican fare can get a bit stale after a while. Taco the Town is here to highlight some of the more unusual Mexican finds in the valley. This week: Doritos Locos Tacos from Taco Bell ¿Como se dice?: A taco shell made ou ... More >>

The Best Thing on Taco Bell's Breakfast Menu is the Coffee. Ay Chihuahua!

Erica O'NeilWill Taco Bell's "First Meal" leave you filled with regret or tasty, tasty burrito bits?​Breakfast burritos from Taco Bell?​Last week the R& D department at Taco Bell grew tired of spinning the wheel-o-ingredients for zany breakfast products (French toast sandwiches? Denver stuff ... More >>

Fast Food Chains Stop Using "Pink Slime" and A Quick Look at Your Blood After a Burger

​ If you haven't seen this picture already, it's your (un)lucky day. It's the dreaded "Pink Slime" -- mechanically separated chicken cleaned with ammonia hydroxide, And according to Internet reports early last year, your McDonald's chicken nuggets were made out of the pink paste.  It tur ... More >>

Songs With Minimal Lyrics and Maximum Catchiness

​New Year's may have been a couple days ago, but let's be honest: you probably still have a lingering headache after partying too hard. That's okay, we've got you covered with our Songs To Help You Keep Your New Year's Resolutions, Eight Songs for Your Walk of Shame, and now 10 Simple, Yet C ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Eating Mexican Pizza in You Write the Caption

James KingYour caption here​Above, you can see the photo we snapped of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio struggling to eat a Mexican pizza from Taco Bell during a ceremony honoring the winner of the sheriff's Inmate Coloring Contest.You Write the Caption's pretty self-explanatory. Here's how you ... More >>

Taco Bell Wants an Apology From (DONG!) Lawyers for Beef Lawsuit

​DONG! Apologize, haters! Beasley Allen may have dropped its class-action lawsuit brought against Taco Bell, but the fast food giant ain't rollin' over that quickly. They want an apology. According to Eater, TB has launched an ad campaign demanding the Alabama-based lawfirm say they're sorry, ... More >>

Olive Garden's "Culinary Institute" in Tuscany: What the Hell is Happening Over There?

Hanover Signs​Poor Olive Garden. First the Italian food chain got tagged for accidentally serving a child sangria ("Mom, dis Kool-Aid makes my sgetti bwurry!"), now it's the target of recent internet buzz with tales of what really goes on at its infamous Tuscan cooking school. You can almost hea ... More >>

Taco Bell Beef Lawsuit (DONG! CRASH!) Dropped

​DONG! It's over. According to the Associated Press, the class-action lawsuit brought against Taco Bell by an Alabama-based law firm claiming the fast food giant's products contain very little meat and requesting they quit referring to their questionable meat mixture as "beef" has been withdraw ... More >>

April 19 In Blogs: Sound Strike, Marijuana, Steve Nash, Mellow Mushroom, and Matt Salmon

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Taco Bell Testing Shells Made Entirely Of (DONG!) Nacho Cheese Doritos

Well folks, it's finally happening. Worlds colliding. Lines blurring. Munchies are morphin', for reals.

Taco Bell Continues to Remind Us They're Being Sued With New Commercial and (DONG!) 88-Cent Crunchwrap Supremes!

Taco Bell: Have you seen our new ad campaign with real Taco Bell employees saying our seasoned-beef recipe contains 88 percent ground beef inspected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture? It's great, right? Really great. Fast Food Nation: Is it funny? It doesn't sound funny. Taco Bell: It's not ... More >>

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Taco Bell's New Quad Steak Burrito & Quesadilla: It's Lawsuit Damage Control Times Four!

​Taco Bell: Hey, remember that lawsuit filed against us a few weeks ago saying that we use a "meat mixture" containing less than 35 percent meat? Fast Food Nation: Um, sort of. Taco Bell: Well, check this out, it's our new Quad Steak Burrito and Quesadilla, made with real USDA Select beef! ... More >>

Taco Bell Giving Away 10 Million Free Tacos Via Facebook: Yippee, Lawsuits Are Fun!

​Taco Bell: Hey, you. Wanna free taco? We're giving away 10 million of them on Facebook. Fast Food Nation: Hey, thanks. Wait a minute, this wouldn't have to do with that lawsuit claiming your "meat filling" only contains 36 percent beef, would it? Weren't your snarky newspaper ads enough to ... More >>

Taco Bell to Beef-Battle Lawyers: Thank You for Suing Us. Now We're Suing You. (Double DONG!)

​Taco Bell is calling bullshit on a lawsuit filed two weeks ago challenging the actual beef content in its tacos with a massive marketing campaign launched last Friday. In addition to a YouTube campaign starring TB's president, Greg Creed, proclaiming the taco mixture is 88 percent beef (not 35 ... More >>

Lawsuit to Taco Bell: (DONG!) What? It's Not All Beef?!

​Last week, a California woman brought a false-advertising lawsuit against Taco Bell claiming that their products contain very little meat. And for those of us who have eaten their Cantina Tacos, this should resonate like the sun exploding. The class-action suit, which does not ask for money ... More >>

Taco Bell's Beefy Crunch Burrito: Holy Flamin' Hot Fritos!

​Another year, another crapload of new menu items from Taco Bell. First up, the Beefy Crunch Burrito. Touted as "layers of seasoned ground beef, rice, warm nacho cheese sauce, reduced-fat sour cream [hahaha!] and Flamin' Hot Fritos wrapped in a warm, flour tortilla," the Beefy Crunch Burrit ... More >>

Becky Windels of The Herb Box

​Chef Becky Windels' career is a culinary Cinderella story. Once upon a time when she was waiting tables, Windels was offered the opportunity to help start a catering business. When a chef friend backed out of the project, Windels began reading coo ... More >>

XXL Chalupa from Taco Bell: 'Cause We All Need Edible Food Troughs

​Great job,Taco Bell! There's nothing like answering the call to fight obesity in America than introducing a new promotional item to your menu with reduced-fat sour cream. Never mind that it's also 650 calories and the size of a child's arm -- a fat child's arm. No, it's fine. I'm sure folks will ... More >>

Taco Bell's New Chicken Flatbread Sandwich Helps to Forget Cantina Taco Nightmare

​For many of us, nightmares typically involve monsters, forgetting to wear clothes in class, and being forced to watch M. Night Shyamalan flicks. That was me, too, until recently. Now, my nightmares all involve Cantina Tacos from Taco Bell -- killer Cantina Tacos, deadly, foul-tasting Cantina Taco ... More >>

Taco Bell's New Cantina Tacos (Based Upon Mexican Street Tacos) Should Be Put Back on the Street and Run Over Repeatedly

​You'd think after their recent salmonella poisoning incident, Taco Bell would be more careful about what they tell us to put in our mouths. Not so. The company that claims it has always considered itself Mexican-inspired (hey, we use the word "tacos" and have neato, adobe-style restaurant facad ... More >>

Bacon Club Chalupa from Taco Bell Returns -- Wait, Why Pay More?

​Each year, Taco Bell brings back its Bacon Club Chalupa. Then, after altering our lives forever, quietly discontinues it. Some might say it's TB's way of creating excitement (a la the McRib) to Bell-bitin' fans eagerly anticipating the next wave of bacon-style chalupa-mania. But methinks t ... More >>

July 12 In Blogs: Tea Party Wackos, Pool Parties, Social Distortion, Taco Bell, and James Ray

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Taco Bell's Limeade Sparklers Should Be Called "Sugarlers"

​What sparkles? A moonlit ocean, crappy glitter crafts, and Beyonce Knowles' 18 carat diamond engagement ring. What doesn't? Limeade Sparklers, the newest drink offering from Taco Bell. Instead, they sugar, heavily. So why not call them "Sugarlers"? C'mon Taco Bell, truth in advertising. Avai ... More >>

Dine4AZ Offers Restaurant Discounts With No Catch

A while ago I blogged about Groupon, the cool website that has daily discounts on everything from dinner at The Dhaba to trapeze lessons to yoga. The downside, as discovered after a friend purchased a "$40 of food for $20" Groupon special, is that you have to use y ... More >>

On Mexicans Working at Taco Bell and Gabacho Hypocrisy

Police Release Names of Members of "Fluffy Bunny Crew" Busted Last Week. One Happens to Be a Hell of a Golfer

DPS John Cloyd, one of 22 suburban gangsters arrested last week in "Operation Triple Threat."​Some new information has been released about the people busted as part of the Department of Public Safety's "Operation Triple Threat" last week, including the names of some of the members of the "F ... More >>

Hilarious Guide to Fast Food Joints

To go along with why Americans are so fat, www.madatoms.com presents their guide to popular fast food joints: www.madatoms.com​

Slow Food Phoenix Fights Fatty School Lunches

​Slow Food Phoenix says that the current standard of fast food and junk food in school lunches serves the escalating obesity and diabetes epidemic in America. (Not to mention, there's the ethical sketchiness of putting Taco Bell and Pizza Hut products in schools.) So to raise awareness, ... More >>

Meal Ticket Reveals a Late Night Dining Secret

Sigh. It's 11 p.m. on a Tuesday night and you're the worst kind of hungry. Stomach growling, three-course meal hungry. Unfortunately, the only restaurants still open in your neighborhood are in the vein of Taco Bell/Burger King or IHOP/Denny's -- and fast food and pancakes aren't exactly what you're ... More >>

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