Locally owned American coffee houses are going to some extreme measures to counteract what are being called “laptop squatters,” or people who camp out for long periods of time without spending more than a few dollars on coffee and food. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Luigi Di Ruocco, owner…
A Michigan mother says she found a live worm inside her son’s Capri-Sun juice pouch last week. And despite what you see in the video below, in which the worm can be seen wriggling inside a plastic bag, Kraft Foods says it can’t be sure the object in question isn’t…
Still haven’t had a Cronut — or even an imitation? Apparently, there still are people out there who either can’t seem to find them or are just so incredibly obsessed that they need to know the whereabouts of Cronuts™ around the world at all times. Those are the only two…
The Spot: Tempe Farmers Market, open Sunday through Thursday from 8 a.m. until 11 p.m., Friday from 8 a.m. until 12 a.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. until 1 a.m…
Show this to your boss or casually pass it around the office so it will work its way into his or her awareness. A new study shows that eating lunch at your desk is making you more stressed, less creative, and quite possibly less productive…
You may think a pastry chef’s obsession with butter falls into the same category as Paula Deen deep-frying golden sticks or that annoying Julie girl in the Julie & Julia movie who closes the flick with the cloyingly symbolic gesture of leaving a pound of butter under Julia Child’s picture…
Try not to freak out, but it’s true. There’s a third Doritos Loco taco coming soon to a Taco Bell near you…
There’s a whole market out there for exotic breeds of chickens. As in livestock that can cost you anywhere from $50 a bird to thousands of dollar for a pair. But the king of the expensive fowl would have to be the Indonesian chicken breed Ayam Cemani, which will run…
It’s pretty safe to say the croissant-doughnuts have jumped the shark even faster than Shark Week jumped the shark. Don’t believe us? Maple bacon “Cronut” burgers exist. We think that says enough. So we’re moving on to the next deep-fried doughnut thing and we (ok with some help from video…
Two decades ago, beer was king around these parts, with nearly half of Americans saying they preferred to drink beer over wine or liquor. But Gallup’s new survey of alcoholic preferences shows that number — and annual domestic production — was down 20 percent in 2012. If you look at…
The Spot: New India Bazaar and Cuisine, open Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. until 8:30 p.m…
In most cases, when food and sex mix, we’re not really into it. But in this case, things have a taken a turn toward the educational, and we think we’ll make an exception. The definitely NSFW video below highlights alarming differences between porn sex and real-life sex in a creative…
Like most chefs, I crave farm fresh eggs for my professional culinary needs as well as my hungry-belly needs. Have you compared the golden yolk of an organic free-range egg with that of a mass-produced egg? With the proliferation of urban farmers and backyard coops popping up, fresh eggs seem…
Cronut-mania is sweeping the country! They’re everywhere and everyone loves them! Or at least that’s what the media (psh) want you to think. However, a new poll by YouGov, an online research and consulting organization, suggests that just isn’t true. In fact, its research indicates that the majority of Americans…
If you weren’t already sick of the tasting-menu trend, you’re about to be. We’ve just caught wind of a water — as in, the stuff you get for free out of the tap — tasting menu available now at Los Angeles’ Ray’s and Stark Bar. Because according to the LA…
Yeah, yeah, yeah. We know. It’s super-annoying and disruptive. But, hey, we’re not the ones saying posting pics of your food makes it taste better. Science is. Or at least, that’s how some people are interpreting a recent study…
Since Instagram introduced video, we’ve been subjected to a lot of pretty horrible 15-second clips. Especially when said clips involve food. You see, food doesn’t move, so there’s really no reason to share a video of your dinner plate. And no one wants to watch you drinking your drink. If…
The Spot: Fujiya Market, Open Tuesday through Saturday from 10:30 a.m. until 7 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m…
Good headline, huh? Okay, so technically, moderate beer consumption is good for your health. But let’s not get focused too heavily on minutiae. It’s almost the weekend and we need some more excuses to drink, drink, drink…
As if we don’t have enough reasons to be disgruntled about climate change — you know, like more hurricanes and tsunamis — here’s another to add to the list. Marine biologists have found that the combination of climate change, rising water temperatures, and overfishing are causing tasty crustaceans like the…
Lately, I have been filling out my farmers market forms, to get my pastry business a booth in some of the fall markets. Page after page of questions, rules, and regulations are mulled over with a glass of wine, but there is one that leaves me a little befuddled, pondering…
How do you feel about taking someone else’s leftovers? We can totally see the draw of being able to easily give away that half-eaten container of chow from last night that you want to believe you’ll eat for lunch today, except that you have a lunch date with your friend…
