Food festivals have been a point of contention here at Chow Bella and among our treasured readers. Our resident food critic even put the question of their worth to local chefs, and though the response was generally positive, there were some notable dissenters. Let me suggest that’s because we don’t…

This is potentially the ultimate in truth in advertising, perhaps even the anti-Fauxbe beef. Brazilian fruit juice company Camp wanted to take their claims of being “made with 100 percent fruit juice” one brilliant advertising step further. Advertising firm Ageisobar spent two years developing molds that would allow them to…

Have you ever polished off a $6 burger at Carl’s Jr. and said to yourself, “By Jove, what I need now is another smaller burger made of ice cream”? Probably not, but the food scientists at Carl’s Jr. certainly did and, by their will alone, have brought The Brrrger into…

Popcorn is delicious and provided you don’t slather it in faux butter, it’s reasonably healthy for you too. But have you ever wondered what popcorn looks like when it actually pops? Have you never been dumb enough to open a pot coated in boiling oil and look for yourself? Do…

The food science news has been pretty dire the past couple of months. Our fancy beef isn’t what it claims, the tacocopter was a hoax, red meat will probably kill you in your sleep, etc. The Good News: This week, researchers at the National Cancer Institute released a study peeking…

Play the video before you continue reading. Trust us, it’ll enhance the reading experience and really set the mood. Rebuilt from the hull of a Douglas DC-3 the Space Shuttle Cafe started operation in 2005. But the history of the underlying vehicle stretches back to WWII. It was converted from…

Laura dropped a list of her favorite metro Phoenix gelato joints earlier this week and fortuitously, the fine folks over at Cool Gelato Italiano passed along a coupon good for a buy one, get one half-off deal. But first, a PSA from the friendly Vegan Police:…

Alinea is one of those restaurants with a webpage that doesn’t make it immediately clear whether they serve food or design furniture for Ikea. The type of restaurant that counts a derivatives trader as part of its creative team and partnered with a science equipment manufacturer to create an “Anti-Griddle,”…

The end of foie gras in California is rapidly approaching. On July 1, the full provisions of SB 1520 will go into effect and both foie gras production and sale will be prohibited. SB 1520 was signed into law by Arnold Schwarzenegger way back in 2004. The law gave a…

We know many of you fine folk went to see The Avengers last weekend. We know this because The Avengers has smashed its way through a bunch of records in its opening week. If you haven’t seen it, let us give you two bits of advice: 1. Stay through all…

Do you crave long hours, low pay, and near-constant verbal abuse while you’re filmed under unflattering lights? Then, boy, does Fox have a job offer for you! Celebrity chef and professional firebrand Gordon Ramsay has a new season of Hell’s Kitchen coming out, and a casting call for his show…

Last week, Popchips released a series of faux dating ads staring Ashton Kutcher in a number of roles and targeted for the ever-popular viral market. One of those ads, featuring Kutcher in brownface and aping an Indian accent, went viral in all the wrong ways. After an uproar on social…

We’re not sure what’s funnier, the tongues firmly set in cheeks of the models, or the guy at 1:20 who “sexily” removes his apron while LMFAO’s “Sexy and I Know It” throbs in the background. Hopefully no first-graders will be suspended from their home economic classes after being exposed to…

Richard Branson is the chairman of the massive international business conglomerate Virgin Group. This, er, outspoken businessman is no stranger to the headlines as he’s tried everything from circumnavigating the Earth in a balloon to creating the first commercial space tourism business. But this . . . This is pretty…

HERB, the Home Exploring Robot Butler, is here to help. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Personal Robotics Lab created him to develop the technologies necessary to make Rosie the Robot a reality. Here’s a video of HERB being introduced by the lab’s founder, professor Siddhartha Srinivasa:…

What on Earth am I looking at? You’re looking at a Kracie Happy Kitchen DIY Hamburger set. From what we can tell, everything up there tastes like it’s supposed to. The drink is a fizzy cola, the burgers taste like meat, the fries like potato, etc. Terrific, but what is…

Kogi Korean BBQ, the Los Angeles-based Korean taco food truck, was one of the first trucks to garner national attention and helped launch the food truck craze. It is often held up as an example of what food trucks are capable of being as a culinary movement. Their chief chef,…

The British monarchy is pretty serious about their blood sucking eel-like fish, otherwise known as lamprey. The city of Gloucester, England, was once fined by King Henry I for failing to “pay him sufficient respect in the matter of his lampern.” Another King of England was slain at the “hands”…

Hoping for a decline in the price of organic produce anytime soon? That probably isn’t going to happen, if a recent study published in Nature is any indication. And get rid of any notions that organic farming is, by definition, better for the Earth. The “meta-analysis” reveals that certain types…

Fast food behemoth Wendy’s is unsatisfied with simply being America’s second-largest fast-food chain. Now they are moving to swell the hearts, and possibly the cholesterol levels, of Canadians by petitioning (“poutitioning” in Canadian) for poutines to be recognized as the Canadian national dish. In completely related news, Wendy’s also announced…