In what has to be one of the strangest movie tie-ins in recent history, Denny’s is rolling out a Hobbit-themed menu just ahead of the release of the Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. The seemingly innuendo-ready dishes include a cheddar filled “Hobbit Hole,” “Shire Sausage” and “Gandalf’s Gobble…
Forks up, Phoenix! Chow Bella and Roosevelt Row present the third annual Pie Social Saturday, November 3rd, from 2 to 6 p.m. on Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix. We’ve got an all-star line up of bakers making pies for you to taste, and from now til Pie Social, we’ll introduce…
It’s almost pie time, folks. A little more than a week til Chow Bella and Roosevelt Row bring you the third annual Pie Social, featuring a sugar-glazed, star-studded line-up of celebrity bakers. See also: – The Final Celebrity Line-Up for Pie Social – ASU Sculpture Students to Create Wickets For…
SceneTap, an app that uses the foulest black magic facial recognition cameras to discern the gender and age makeup at bars, clubs and other venues, has come to Phoenix. The idea is that a person could pull up SceneTap and see which places are hopping, which ones are have a…
Forks up, Phoenix! Chow Bella and Roosevelt Row present the third annual Pie Social Saturday, November 3rd, from 2 to 6 p.m. on Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix. We’ve got an all-star line up of bakers making pies for you to taste, and from now til Pie Social, we’ll introduce…
Ahead of the reissue of Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential, publisher Ecco has released a series of videos of Bourdain describing what a difference a decade makes. See Also: –Watch This: David Chang and Anthony Bourdain’s New Show ‘Mind of A Chef’ –Chef Josh Hebert Dishes on Eric Ripert, Anthony Bourdain and…
Forks up, Phoenix! Chow Bella and Roosevelt Row present the third annual Pie Social Saturday, November 3, from 2 to 6 p.m. on Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix. We’ve got an all-star lineup of bakers making pies for you to taste, and from now til Pie Social, we’ll introduce them…
Will Ferrell has done another series of ads for Old Milwaukee Beer this time in… Sweden? The comfortably retro looking ads are apparently airing on Swedish television and feature Ferrell speaking fondly of Old Milwaukee Beer in Stockholm and ts environs. See Also: –Will Ferrell’s Old Milwaukee Beer Commercials! –Ten…
Forks up, Phoenix! Chow Bella and Roosevelt Row present the third annual Pie Social Saturday, November 3rd, from 2 to 6 p.m. on Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix. We’ve got an all-star line up of bakers making pies for you to taste, and from now til Pie Social, we’ll introduce…
Yelp has begun outing businesses which solicit for paid positive reviews. Businesses that are found to have participated in “significant attempts to pay for reviews” will be slapped with a “Consumer Alert” for 90 days. See Also: –Are Yelp Extortionists Giving Restaurants the Shakedown? –Ouch! Today’s Hard Lesson on Yelp…
Forks up, Phoenix! Chow Bella and Roosevelt Row present the third annual Pie Social Saturday, November 3rd, from 2 to 6 p.m. on Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix. We’ve got an all-star line up of bakers making pies for you to taste, and from now til Pie Social, we’ll introduce…
Preempting Coca-Cola’s polar bear themed holiday advertising campaign, the healthy eating advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest has launched a campaign aimed squarely at the lovable ambassadors of sugary delight. Their campaign called “The Real Bears,” plays on the cute imagery of polar bears living an idyllic…
Forks up, Phoenix! Chow Bella and Roosevelt Row present the third annual Pie Social Saturday, November 3rd, from 2 to 6 p.m. on Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix. We’ve got an all-star line up of bakers making pies for you to taste, and from now til Pie Social, we’ll introduce…
At this point we really should not be surprised by what gets sold on eBay and for how much. But even by our jaded standards, paying $9,995 for a jug of McJordan BBQ sauce from the first Clinton administration still seems a little excessive. See Also: –Don’t Eat That: Vagina…
Forks up, Phoenix! Chow Bella and Roosevelt Row present the third annual Pie Social Saturday, November 3rd, from 2 to 6 p.m. on Roosevelt Row in downtown Phoenix. We’ve got an all-star line up of bakers making pies for you to taste, and from now til Pie Social, we’ll introduce…
Salvatore Calabrese mixed up world’s most expensive cocktail at the Playboy Bar in London, which he owns. The single drink, dubbed “Salvatore’s Legacy,” cost more than $8,000 and was mixed exclusively with alcohol 100 years old or older. See Also: –Creating Fall Cocktails with Belinda Chang and Julie Hillebrand at…
Hot Pockets, the official sports food of geeks everywhere, has recently released a truly inspired advertisement. Snoop Dogg Lion has redone “Drop It Like It’s Hot” into the Hot Pocket-friendly “Pocket Like It’s Hot.” See Also: –Don’t Eat That: Vagina Onion Ring Found at Burger King is Now on eBay…
Here is a reason to keep PBS on the air. Professional pithy sourpuss Anthony Bourdain is narrating a new show called “The Mind of A Chef.” The first season, which premieres November 9, will center around Momofuku’s David Chang. See Also: –Lucky Peach Looks Good Enough to Eat: See What’s…
Many of us have experienced the horror that accompanies a bird barreling into a large window and snapping its neck. Not many of us look at the bird and say, “I bet that would grill up nicely with some smoked paprika.” See Also: -$100 a Head Rat Dinner: Survival as…
The BBC is reporting that there are bees in France that are literally puking rainbows into their honey combs. Apparently the bees found their way into the M&M factory’s refuse and gorged on multi-colored sugary dyes. Sure, that’s news but the bigger story that the lamestream media is missing is…
We were all a little psyched to see legislation allowing for the refiling of growlers become a reality. Of course there are significant… logistical concerns we hadn’t taken into consideration. See Also: –Ten Places in Metro Phoenix to Get Your Growler Filled — and Some Handy Tips on the Whole…
At first blush, it seems like the greatest of great deals: Get paid thousands of dollars to gain weight by eating an extra meal every day composed entirely of fast food. The only catch is that to earn the full amount of money, participants have to try and lose the…
