While the worst of this month’s swine flu hysteria seems to have passed, authorities in some areas are still exercising extreme caution. After a visitor to the Wanchai Metropark hotel in Hong Kong tested positive for the virus, the Hong Kong health department—still reeling from the SARS epidemic six years ago—decided to hold the hotel’s three hundred other guests for a seven-day quarantine. Finding the hotel food options growing stale, guests have started exploring their delivery food alternatives. And while some are relying on Pizza Hut, the Wall Street Journal reports, “French guests have taken it up a notch: Their consulate has arranged for French dishes like poulet à la moutarde to be brought in.” Oh, the French—always providing for...
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Carbophobes, stop reading. After a few months of testing the markets in Southern California, Domino’s has just rolled out its Bread Bowl Pastas nationwide—“So good,” the tagline goes, “you’ll devour the bowl.” Unlike Pizza Hut’s recently launched Tuscani Pastas, delivered in enormous family-sized tubs, Domino’s versions are individually sized: single-meal portions of chicken alfredo, primavera, mac and cheese, Italian sausage marinara, and chicken carbonara pastas, baked into edible bowls. And if none of these sound good, customers can build their own—starting with a penne base, you can top it with alfredo, three-cheese or marinara sauce, and add up to three meat or veggie toppings. Prices range from $4.99 to $6.99, and ordering online knocks off a dollar. If all...
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In preparation for the big game this weekend, we ordered a mess of wings from the biggest chains to track down the best. Braving the threat of orange fingernails, we found the spiciest wings, the slimiest wings, and the least objectionable blue cheese dipping sauce. Best All-Around Wings All photographs by Robyn Lee KFC. They have everything you look for in a wing: good skin-to-meat proportions, good sauce (or a sauceless option, as pictured), good bellyache of success after, and good leaning tower of bones to prove you ate too much. Case closed. Best for Spicy Fans If your taste buds have an ego for heat, go for the Domino's "fiery." These pack a punch, man. Sure, the real spicy...
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Domino's Pizza is introducing baked submarine sandwiches, available for $4.99 nationwide starting August 25, with flavors like Chicken Bacon Ranch, Chicken Parmesan, and Philly Cheesesteak. How weird will it be to order delivery from Domino's, but it doesn't have to be pizza. Hopefully they'll have the special insulated holders, but sandwich-shaped, for prime preservation during travel. [via YumSugar]...
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From Ask MetaFilter: Why is there no more milk delivery in the US? It used to be common, now it's extremely rare. Why is that? The short(ish) answer: First, larger dairies meant cheaper milk, making it harder for milkmen to make a living, especially since they had to wash and reuse the glass bottles. Second, the advent of both supermarkets and cars meant housewives could buy supplies on their own schedules. Perfectly valid reasons, but man, plastic jugs and cartons are so dull. (Ronnybrook Dairy's milk is fatty and delicious, but I will cop to buying it at least partly because it comes in glass bottles.)...
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Keith of unrelatednews was wondering why his reliable Chinese delivery place had suddenly gone bad, and "then yesterday I was taking a cab home and as we passed 10th and 4th, I saw that Rosie was closed! And right then and there it all makes sense! Another Chinese delivery place took their number and have been pretending to be Rosie! They've gone as far as trying to offer what was on their menu." So sneaky! I've had old favorites change management and change cooks on me, too, but I've never experienced a fake out like this....
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