Posted by Alaina Browne, August 23, 2007 at 12:30 PM
Good news today for members of the Clean Plate Club. The Onion reports on the FDA's approval of seconds:
Addressing what it calls a 'growing epidemic of cravings and hankerings," the federal agency recommended redesigning food labels to prominently display extra-serving sizes and pledged to better educate consumers on how to make informed additional-portion choices at home and in restaurants.
I think this neatly answers the question being bandied about on the Freakonomics blog: "What is the Right Way to Think About the Obesity ‘Epidemic’?"
Posted by Lia Bulaong, May 9, 2007 at 12:05 PM
From the Onion Radio News, Doyle Redland files a report on Pizza Hut's New Pizza-Lover's Pizza Topped With Smaller Pizzas. Ed and Adam are positively quivering with excitement. [via Gulfstream]
Posted by Lia Bulaong, April 30, 2007 at 6:30 PM
Beginning to feel like Rachael Ray will endorse anything and everything? Banterist's Brian Sack does and so he's made a downloadable one-page contract that you can use to get Ray to endorse whatever it is you're selling, no questions asked.
Each deal includes goodies like photos for your store displays and a life-size cut-out, but perhaps most importantly, "all endorsements include a book featuring your product being used in the preparation of a dish with an adorable nickname like Never Be Lonely Stew or Put The Kids To Sleep Salsa. Rachael will also include your product in her prayers." [via adfreak]
Previously: EVOO, And Then Some, Tasting Rachael Ray, Rachael Ray Drinking Game, Rachael Ray - love, hate, ignore, pity, envy?
Posted by Lia Bulaong, April 30, 2007 at 4:30 PM
Stop right now! Throw that sandwich you're eating into the trash!
I mean it! Do it, and do it quick! Don't you know bread is dangerous?
Some quick but frightening facts: "More than 90 percent of violent crimes are committed within 24 hours of eating bread." and "Bread is made from a substance called "dough." It has been proven that as little as one pound of dough can be used to suffocate a mouse. The average American eats more bread than that in one month!" [via kottke.org]
Photograph from iStockPhoto.com
Posted by Lia Bulaong, February 16, 2007 at 3:36 PM
Hilarious piece on a potato-chip connoisseur, from The Onion: "On my birthday last year, I opened a delightful three-year-old bag of Doritos that I'd been saving, which had a ranch essence—but with cooler undertones," Sterken said. "I'll say it again, 2003 was a great year for Doritos."
Thanks to Dan Dickinson for pointing it out! We've got a thread on favorite potato chips and flavors over on Serious Eats: Talk, tell us what you like to munch on!
