As if the horror across the pond concerning horse meat wasn’t enough, a recent study has revealed that more than two-thirds of the processed meat in South Africa is contaminated with, well, a lot of things. Meat scientists who conducted the testing estimated that fully 68 percent of the processed…
Europe’s horse meat scandal adds another questionable chapter as Ikea has pulled its popular Swedish meatballs from many of its European stores. And, yes, to answer the immediate question, Ikea does sell food: both frozen items and through its fairly popular cafeterias, including at the location in Tempe. See Also:…
London is poised for the opening of its very first cat cafe in the coming months. Modeled on the cat cafes in Tokyo and Taipei, Lady Dinah’s Cat Emporium is a coffee shop with a wait staff that includes a clowder of cats. See Also: –The Grumpy Cat Tattoo (It…
Meet the Quadriginoctuple Frap, possibly the most expensive drink you can order from Starbucks. This is a drink that started life as 48 shots of espresso and somehow managed to cram two bananas, matcha powder, and pretty much everything Starbucks is authorized to drizzle on your beverage. Final damage? $47.30…
The Spot: Ahwatukee Farmers Market, open Sunday from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. See Also: – Ahwatukee Farmers Market: Giant Peppers, Petable Dogs and Squeaky Cheese Curds – Sri’s Fruits and Vegetables — and a Chili Cookoff! — Sunday at Ahwatukee Farmers’ Market – Gilbert Farmer’s Market: What We Bought,…
Good news, gun owners (in Virginia): There’s a pizza shop in Virginia Beach willing to offer you a 15 percent discount if you’re packing heat. Jay Laze, owner of All Around Pizza and Deli, said he decided to start offering the deal after he saw a frozen yogurt shop in…
Paintyourpizza.com is an app that lets you “paint” a pizza on your computer using something that looks an awful lot like Microsoft paint, then pay for that pizza and have it delivered to you in all of its terrible glory. The program gives you the option of painting collaboratively with…
Behold The Last Barfighter beercade, a digital arena in which two beer lovers do battle for the only prize that really matters: Beer. The beercade arose from North Carolina based, Big Boss Brewing Company desire to make beer tastings a little more engaging and interesting. See Also: –Adorable Wallace and…
White Castle, clearly the classiest of classy dining establishments, have a standing policy of taking V-day to the next level at selected locations. While we’ve heard of this we’ve never actually seen inside a White Castle during their yearly metamorphosis in “Love Castle.” See Also: –In-N-Out Burger, McDonald’s Fries and…
Humanity might not have the technology or motivation to stop 10 ton meteorites from pelting our planet but by damn have we finally licked the problem of soggy cereal. The Eatmecrunchy bowl is an ingenious device that keeps milk and cereal separated into two distinct sections except for a spoon…
The Spot: Gilbert Farmer’s Market, Open Saturday from 8 a.m. until 12 p.m. See Also: – Old Town Scottsdale Farmer’s Market: What We Bought, What We Skipped and What We’re Still Lusting Over – Gilbert Farmers Market: Beautiful Beef, Alaskan Salmon, and The Salts of The Earth – Gilbert Food…
The pancake-omatic is an automatic pancake making machine built by a team of designers over at The Happy Egg Co, a UK based company that turns out free range eggs and egg products. Their blog points out the wildly popular stop-motion series, Wallace & Gromit, as obvious inspiration. See Also:…
Here is a phrase you never want to hear associated with your vacation: “Cabin carpets are wet with urine and water. Toilets are overflowing inside cabins. We are having to sleep in the hallways. Onion and cucumber sandwich last night.” Those are the words attributed by ABC to a cruise…
Two years ago, the morbidly obese spokesman for Heart Attack Grill, Blair River, died of pneumonia, likely complicated by his extreme weight. Late last week, the current spokesman for that temple of excess was removed from life support after suffering a massive heart attack. See Also: –Death of a Heart…
Apparently Salvatore’s Legacy lasted less than half a year because an Australian bartender has poured what is likely the new most expensive cocktail ever. See Also: –Watch This Man Pour the World’s Most Expensive and Oldest Cocktail –Cocktail Lovers’ Anti-Gift Guide: What NOT To Get The “Winston,” as in Sir…
We know that around this time people start panicking about V-Day plans. So we’d like to deliver you a PSA: Please, for the love of all that is holy and good, don’t try to spice your meal up with the “aphrodisiac” called Spanish Fly. See Also: –14 More Valley Places…
The Spot: Old Town Scottsdale Farmer’s Market, Open Saturdays from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. See Also: – 2012 Best Saturday Farmers Market: Old Town Scottsdale’s Saturday Market – 5 Sweet Spots for Valentine Treats in Metro Phoenix – Lee Lee Oriental Supermarket in Chandler: What We Bought, What We…
Caffeine has been in the news the last couples of days with reports that the over consumption of it, particularly in the form of energy drinks, has caused an uptick in caffeine related emergency room visits. In fact the FDA has established that at least five people have died after…
Portlandia has been running a promotional series called “Kumail Tours Portlandia” which tends to reveal that the exaggeration depicted in Portlandia is not all that much of an exaggeration. Case in point: the vegan strip club. See Also: –Tediberto’s Shut Down By Landlord –Chow Bella’s Gift Guide for the Vegetarian…
We’re actually not sure which is the most depressing revelation of the study published in the New England Journal of Medicine: That sex for the typical American only burns 21 calories or that it only burns 21 calories because Americans only have sex for an average of six minutes an…
Will Ferrell’s one man revival of Old Milwaukee beer continued with yet another guerrilla Super Bowl advertisement that only ran in a handful of tiny markets. According to Reddit, this ad, featuring Ferrell passionately kissing a woman on the bus to the strain of vintage Chinese music, ran in Sherman,…
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…
