night, Bravo could have done us all a big favor by not airing Top Chef Just Desserts. Thanks to two contestants quitting, we could have spent the hour doing more productive activities like folding clothes or talking about folding clothes on Facebook. But, as Queen once said, “The show must…
Steve Nash, co-owner and cook at Rocket Burger & Subs isn’t a Midwesterner, but he sure as hell slings hash like one. His chili cheese dog is a delicious mess that made this Detroit girl misty-eyed with memories of Coneys past. Then there’s the Wisconsin snack of fried cheese curds…
Does Jerry Seinfeld really need to do another stand-up comedy tour? A Forbes magazine survey indicates the comedian is tipped to become a billionaire by 2015. And while the comic legend – whose TV show we still quote (even though it stopped airing over a decade ago) gets asked to…
The fishing industry has tanked and lumber manufacturing has gone to shit. What are the good people of Northern California to do? Go green . . . dude. “There’s no reason to be driving up here except if I had a big backpack full of money,” musician and filmmaker Adam…
Warning: these frozen fall treats from Culver’s are dangerously addictive. If you’re not into pumpkin stuff, feel free to jump down to the next post, but if you’re like Fry Girl and anxiously await autumn’s arrival of all things of the large, edible, orange-yellow fruit borne by a coarse, decumbent…
Somewhere between BK’s Subservient Chicken and “Avoiding the Noid” at Dominos Pizza, comes the best and longest-lasting game the fast food world has to offer: McDonald’s Monopoly. Starting today and ending November 1, Mickey Dees Monopolites can eat, peel, and (possibly, maybe, sometimes, not often) win prizes from free food…
Does Smashburger know something we don’t? Rather than introduce a new tasty burger to its lineup (shed tear here), the place that bills itself as “Every City’s Favorite Burger Place” has gone chicken, with three new Smashchicken sandwiches: BBQ Ranch, Avocado Club, and Buffalo — and four new chicken Smashsalads:…
Sure, we’ve all done the not-gonna-try thing — stupid games, themed parties, office Olympics — perfectly understandable. But for a contestant on Top Chef Just Desserts to just say “screw it” to a challenge? Welcome, once again, to the wuss-out world of man-baby Seth. In this week’s Quickfire Challenge, there’s…
Here’s a fun game to play while watching Hell’s Kitchen this season: Close your eyes and pretend it’s a prison reality show. You won’t be disappointed. Last night’s episode started with a bunch of EMT’s busting through the doors of Hell’s Kitchen at five in the morning to wake up…
Unleashing seven new chicken entrées may sound reasonable for a chicken-chow chain, but Smashburger? That’s right. The acclaimed “better burger” restaurant has gone chicken, with three new Smashchicken sandwiches: BBQ Ranch, Avocado Club, and Buffalo — and four new chicken Smashsalads: Honey Mustard, Caesar, Harvest, and BBQ Ranch — all…
Twenty-seven films from twenty countries in five days? Better order the XL popcorn. From Hollywood premieres to indie flicks to five Oscar contenders, the Scottsdale International Film Festival, now in its 10th season, will screen such buzz-worthy gems as Alamar, Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio’s new documentary hybrid of a boy who takes…
Twenty-seven films from twenty countries in five days? Better order the XL popcorn. From Hollywood premieres to indie flicks to five Oscar contenders, the Scottsdale International Film Festival, now in its 10th season, will screen such buzz-worthy gems as Alamar, Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio’s new documentary hybrid of a boy who takes…
How social norms influence logo design, what’s new in CS5, and how to apply sustainability themes to creative endeavors may not be the questions that keep the general public up at night, but for print, web, motion, industrial, and interactive designers, they’re the must-know stuff of their respective crafts. Forward:…
See if you can guess today’s gadget and check back next week for the answer, and to see if you’ve won a most-awesome prize. No cheatin’, playa haters! Here are a few shots at this week’s trickster, add yours to the comment box below: – Wizard’s Club – Why Your…
Usually when a fast-food chain introduces a new item to its menu, there’s something about it to set it apart from the rest: crazy-big, premium ingredients, Double Down disgusting-ness, you get the picture. Too bad about Subway’s newest menu additions — the Steak & Cheese (on the right) and the…
You know that stuff you wish for that if it came true it would make your head explode (miniature exotic animal pets!) Well, it’s happened to Fry Girl — almost. Conveyor-belt sushi, or kaiten-zushi, might be the fastest food ever. So it’s spicy tuna rolls and edamame floating by instead…
At a certain point in our lives, we realize we’re not the only ones with problems and pain. This point usually happens on the day we become adults. It’s the day we stop running around like babies, crying when we don’t get our way, doing anything to get attention, and…
Who knew that the mainstays of Hell’s Kitchen — Gordon Ramsay’s expletives, plate throwing, food spitting, etc. — could be bested by contestants unleashing a top-shelf grade of crazy/scary the likes of which Fox must be doing nude, cocaine-induced cartwheels over? Even the show’s non hell-like opening credits, showing the…
While the epic footwear and “Ale-Ale-Jandro” swoons of Lady Gaga may be pop music’s item of the week, silver-studded charro outfits and wide-brimmed hats – along with vihuelas, guitarrónes, and well-placed gritos mexicanos (yells done at musical interludes) – make mariachi a time-tested triumph of music that’s lasted for centuries…
With fast food, it’s all about timing — the quicker the better. Sure, a counter request that’s ready in five minutes or less is admirable, and a drive-thru order time of two minutes and thirty-six seconds is the McAverage mark of efficiency, but it’s not the fastest. What if Fry…
See if you can guess today’s gadget and check back next week for the answer, and to see if you’ve won a most-awesome prize. Need a refresher on what not to do? Go here. Here are a few shots at this week’s trickster, add yours to the comment box below:…
Remember that kid who totally ruled at Guitar Hero and then, one day, when you’re coming closer than you ever have to beating him, he stars screwing around and acting bored and you get super pissed off and throw the plastic Gibson SG on the floor and start screaming, “You’re…
