It would appear that the internet sensed Laurie Notaro’s unconstrained loathing for foodies and unleashed its own critique of food fetishists. Behold the Lonely Island-esque work of The Key of Awesome! and American Hipster and rejoice. Lampooned: Aggressive food photography, obnoxiously long descriptions, and the uncontrolled urge to document everything…
Why is the Swedish chef stuffing a Costco flat of popcorn into the microwave? Probably because he heard the findings announced by a researcher from the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania. In short: Air-popped popcorn is not only delicious but also contains high concentrations of a type of anti-oxidants called…
Over the weekend, NPR reported on a company in San Francisco that is providing a service sorely needed in homes around the country. Culture Kitchen seeks to put bored grandmothers and housewives, well versed in the cooking arts of their home countries, to work teaching the current generation how to…
British company HotCans has been selling self-heating meals for decades, nearly three, to be exact. Their latest marketing push, however, is brand new; they are trying to bring self-heating meals out of the bunker and into your kitchen. Each HotCan looks like a double wide food can. Inside, an actual…
New Zealanders are terrified that stores of one of their national products, the pungently flavored yeast extract spread Marmite, are at critically low levels. The panic buying has already begun in earnest , and unopened jars of Marmite are selling for 200 New Zealand dollars ($161) on New Zealand’s version…
In an ongoing Twitter exchange, celebrated Momofuku chef David Chang (whose pastry chef visited our fair city recently), has challenged Roots drummer Questlove to a fried chicken showdown on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Chang has already stated his terms. If Questlove wins, Chang will both serve Questlove’s chicken at…
If you follow RuPaul’s Drag Race you were probably shocked to learn that contestant Willam (Willam Belli) was recently disqualified for unspecified reasons. But fear not! Willam has used her recent departure from the program to promote “Chow Down (at Chick-fil-A)” a parody of the Wilson Phillips pop-feminist anthem, “Hold…
Those of you waiting to dive into the bloody world of Panem ritual battle royale this Friday might want to whet your appetite by checking out two unofficial Hunger Games inspired cookbooks. Both were written and published by fans of the series, but the first is a particularly slick volume…
Nose-to-tail cooking is considered a new and exciting movement for the States, which is a little odd given that just a century ago “nose-to-tail” simply meant “using everything you can because meat is expensive.” In contrast, Asian cuisine never really gave up the tradition of cooking up everything edible, even…
There is just so much going on in this video, so many memes and obscure references. It is like watching the entirety of the internet being crushed down into a two-and-a-half-minute mineral water ad. To paraphrase Jodie Foster’s character from Contact, “No words. They should have sent a poet… and…
This week is shaping up to be a truly heartbreaking one for lovers of red meat, bacon and fatty foods in general. Two new studies have emerged to make horrifying claims about the survival chances of the frequent meat eater. The (Possibly) Bad News: The first study concerns the consumption…
Nut allergies are no laughing matter — you have all made that abundantly clear in comments left on previous posts. But maybe this story will give you a good snicker. Discovery Magazine recently reported a story from a Spanish medical journal with the following keywords: Brazil nut allergy. Semen. Sexual…
…and that is where bacon comes from. This video is just a teaser from a full-on, multimedia, iPad exclusive bacon bible, “The Better Bacon Book: Make, Cook, and Eat Your Way to Cured Pork Greatness.” Of course this video summons forth the mental image of a neophyte cook crouched over…
The item demonstrated above is the AeroShot breathable caffeine device. Housed within a space-age shotgun shell, the AeroShot webpage claims that it packs 100mg of caffeine and B vitamins. It further promises to provide, “All of the energy. None of the other stuff.” By other stuff we presume they mean…
It’s going to be another busy weekend for Valley foodies! The Aloha Festival is at Tempe Town Lake, Devoured is at the Phoenix Art Museum, The Litchfield Park Art & Culinary Festival is happening at the Wigwam Resort, and there are tons of new places to eat and drink. I…
Responsible snacking is for the birds. As ‘mericans we should be able to consume as many calories as we possibly can in one sitting. No one is going to take that right away from us! But our right to gorge ourselves on 600 calorie chocolate bars is being threatened. Mars…
Now that fast food companies have ditched the bright pink ammonia-treated meat goop AKA “Pink Slime,” there seems to be an unused abundance of the stuff. So where’s all that disgusting pink goo going to go? To feed hungry dogs in shelters? In the trash? Or maybe meat companies will just…
Remember two and half years ago or so when Disney released “The Princess and The Frog”? It starred the company’s very first black princess, Tiana, and it was relatively successful despite the controversy over the princess’s original name and occupation. (They were all set to name her Maddy and have…
This Saturday (March 10th) at 1 p.m. Whole Foods across the globe (including our Tempe, Scottsdale, and Chandler locations) will be simultaneously cracking into wheels of their 24-month old Parmigiano Reggiano AKA Really Damn Good Cheese. As you can see in the video above, it’s going to be cheese-tastic. You…
Caramelpalooza is tonight in the Smeeks parking lot at 7 p.m. sharp. Again, that’s TONIGHT! Yours truly will be there judging all 18 (hopefully) delicious treats and you should probably show up, too, because there is going to be a ton of caramel and it’s free. And that’s all I…
The Story of Sushi from Bamboo Sushi on Vimeo. Clear four minutes of your day and hit play on this amazing little video. The Story of Sushi tells a sad tale of the sushi industry and the future of our oceans if we continue on the same commercial fishing path…
Not really. Drew kinda seems like the white wine swilling type. Actress, producer, director, Covergirl, Playboy model, Drew Barrymore, known for her role in movie classics such as E.T., Firestarter, Boys on the Side, 50 First Dates, and as Brian the Dog’s girlfriend on the animated television series Family Guy, has…
