"Fussy eater is a euphemism for big pain in the ass." In memory of the late, great comedian George Carlin, who passed away last night of a heart attack, here's a food-centric clip of his live performance at Carnegie Hall from 1980. My favorite part is his riff on tomatoes (at the 6:35 mark): "Something has gone afoul inside of a tomato. . . It doesn't look like it's finished. . . It looks like it's in the larval stage or something." Whenever I have to defend my stance of being an non-fan of raw tomatoes, I'll use this as my excuse. Watch the video after the jump.... More

From the Cincinnati Enquirer: Dr. Fredric J. Baur was so proud of having designed the container for Pringles potato crisps that he asked his family to bury him in one.His children honored his request. Part of his remains was buried in a Pringles can—along with a regular urn containing the rest—in his grave at Arlington Memorial Gardens in Springfield Township....He developed many products, including frying oils and a freeze-dried ice cream, for P&G. The ice cream was patented and marketed, but didn't catch on. "Basically, what you did, you added milk to it, put it in the freezer and you had ice cream," said his son Lawrence J. Baur of Stevensville, Mich. "That was another one he was proud of... More

It's with sadness that I write this post, as it's to inform you that the man who invented the Egg McMuffin has died. Herb Peterson, age 89, passed away Tuesday in Santa Barbara, California, where he operated six McDonald's. The inspiration for Peterson's 1972 creation was the dish eggs Benedict, which he was very partial to, a company spokesman said. Interestingly enough, the now ubiquitous breakfast sandwich was first served open faced on a buttered English muffin.... More

You would think in this age of ubiquitous foodie press coverage that when a reasonably well-known chef dies, the media would at least acknowledge his death. Yet when 39-year-old Vincent Scotto of Gonzo died on May 17 after suffering a heart attack at his home in Brooklyn, it went almost unnoticed, in the blogosphere and out. Eater picked up on it, so did Zagat, and there was a fairly slender thread on Chowhound, but somehow his death went unacknowledged by the New York Times, even though when you punch his name into the Times search engine, 18 links come up, including a two-star review from Ruth Reichl when Scotto was all of 25.... More

This is an item I wish we didn't have to publish, but Robert Buxbaum has died. He was 67. He was known simply as "Bux" to web-foraging food lovers active on the boards of eGullet, where he was a founding member and manager. We got to know him all too briefly here on Serious Eats, where he also posted as Bux. We'll send you over to Off the Broiler, where Jason Perlow, cofounder of eGullet, eulogizes Mr. Buxbaum much better than we ever could. Our condolences to Bux's friends and family.... More