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…
The question is simple: If you knew that pigs were as smart (or possibly even smarter) than dogs, cats, and the average 3-year-old child, would you still eat them? Whether or not that knowledge would change your eating habits, animal-welfare advocates are launching a campaign to raise awareness about farm-animal…
You know that feeling when you wake up on Monday and the world is dark and gloomy and you just want to crawl back in bed? But then you smell a pot of coffee brewing in the kitchen (thank goodness for auto brew) and suddenly there’s hope. By the time…
The Spot: La Tolteca, open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m. and Sunday 9 a.m. until 7 p.m…
As if Lyme disease and the knowledge that a bug can attach itself to your skin and suck the life-giving blood right out of you aren’t good enough reasons to avoid forests and (let’s be honest) the outdoors in general, scientists are now saying that a bite from this particular…
According to news reports from Canada, a performance at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival treated audience members to the show of a lifetime by including several mayo enemas and just a little bit of fellatio. “What I saw were not one, not two, but three mayonnaise enemas,” Fringe Festival reviewer Michelle…
As the monsoon storms roll in to smother the dry heat, Phoenix inhabitants have begun to hibernate in the chill of their air-conditioned homes. Transporting frosty treats is near impossible, as they melt into puddles before we can puzzle-piece them into our already packed freezers. I’m a custard freak. During…
One 4-year-old got either the best- or worst-ever prize inside a Burger King kids meal — depending on how you feel about giving 4-year-olds ready-to-smoke, pre-packed marijuana pipes…
In honor of National Hot Dog day, which is today, Urbanspoon has rounded up a list of the country’s best places to get a top-notch dog. The list was complied based on the restaurants that received the most positive reviews from food critics, bloggers, and the Urbanspoon community and includes…
Liberty Market’s FAEMA E61 espresso machine is turning 46 years old today, and in honor of the occasion, the Gilbert restaurant will offer free classic Italian drinks from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. That means espresso, macchiato, or cappuccino, so long as you order them dine-in as opposed to to-go…
The Spot: House of Rice, Open Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m., Saturday from 9:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m…
Dedicated Paula Deen supporters are popping up by the thousands to show support for their butter queen. Some 600,000 fans of the Facebook page “We Support Paula Deen,” led by a man named John Schmitt, launched a campaign to send empty butter wrappers to companies that dropped the Food Network…
For 30 years, the Hot Pocket has been the food of late-night (usually alcohol-related) desperation, lazy college students and, according to comedian Jim Gaffigan, white trash. In fact, Gaffigan has a five-minute skit dedicated to bashing on the “Pop-Tart with nasty meat.” It’s one of his most popular jokes. And…
