I'm sure many of you've heard of the fact/myth/something that celery has negative calories (i.e., chewing and processing the fibre requires more energy of your body than is released).

Well, as computed by domino's pizza calorie calculator, spinach and onions (and apparently nearly every other vegetable) also allow for such dietary miracles.

(E.g., select 'hand tossed', and 'small', then start ticking the vegetables boxes--watch the calorie counter on the right.)

Neat, huh?

O.K., I know no one takes these things seriously in the first place.

In particular, do 'commercial' potato chips left in an unopened bag stale on their own?

I have a bunch with no immediate plans to eat them.

Browsing a website dedicated to great burgers tends to elicit in me a feeling that I don't get to enjoy a nice hamburger often enough. But probably eating them as often as I'd like (every day? twice a day??) wouldn't do either.

So what is the norm for everyone?

A quick google search for coffee and refrigerator suggests that storing beans in the fridge is terrible and I'm a fool for even considering it.

But I imagine there's no harm in storing them well-sealed in the refrigerator, taking them out for a moment to get two scoops, and then returning them to the fridge. I can't find any satisfactory explanations for why that's a bad idea--some seem downright silly, actually. Does anyone here have ideas or experience?

...seasoned with animal-fat?

I'm sure this is not really a pressing issue for many, but I got curious.

I never understood this. Even having used an expensive bread knife, I would rather just have a sharp chef's knife. The serrations make so many crumbs! So what are the serrations good for?

I don't think there've been any poll/surveys asking this; I am curious--on a site dedicated to exploring serious eating, do its readers exercise a serious diet as well? Do you guys stay away from certain foods for weight concerns?

In my case, I am lucky--no need.

(Inspired by this thread.)

Is there any restaurant that everyone else in the food-obsessed world can't seem to get enough of, but you really can't see what's so great? I'm thinking of places like Difara (never been there), Shake Shack, Delfina (never been there either), David Chang's places, Mission Street Food, etc.

For me it's Shake Shack. I love burgers like I need a coronary, but I didn't see what was so special here--just another burger. What about you guys?

(I hope this doesn't just come off as senseless hating...)

With the exception of my happily carefree childhood ( =] ), I've always felt there's something vaguely shady about chinese sausage. Has anyone ever found a brand or sausage source which doesn't seem slightly scary? Or is that the nature of the sausage (or maybe even just my personal prejudice)? I like eating them, but I never feel quite comfortable buying them--they seem almost more mysterious than hot dogs.

(btw this is what I mean: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_chang )