Monday: May 17, 2010
- Apple beats out Whole Foods and Nordstrom for best shopper experience title.
Factors that contribute to a good shopping experience, according to the survey, include having customer-centric store design, maintaining shopper history data, creating ambiance, and carrying and displaying a well-organized, 'rationalized' product assortment.
Tuesday: May 11, 2010
- Experts figure out that eating more nuts is key to lowering your cholesterol.
It is not yet clear why nuts have this effect, although one suggestion is that it is down to the plant sterols they contain, which are thought to interfere with cholesterol absorption. Lead researcher Joan Sabate said increasing nut consumption as part of a healthy diet should be recommended.
Friday: April 9, 2010
- Always wondered what America's top fifty franchises are? Wonder no more.
Wow, look at all those orange slices. If you're thinking that McDonald's is the top American franchise, your close - but try again. I'll give you a hint: their best-selling product rhymes with Shmurpee.
Tuesday: April 6, 2010
- Edible architecture through the delicious eye of Photoshop.
Yet another quality Photoshop contest from the folks at Worth1000.com. Be warned, viewing some of the submissions in this post may cause hunger pangs and/or a strange desire to go play Candyland. Now exit my burger hole.
Tuesday: March 2, 2010
- A handy tutorial on how to make your very own homemade Orangina-type beverage.
Your homemade beverage of choice doesn't neccesarily have to be of the orange variety. The tutorial also encourages experimentation with other fruit juices, if you're into that sort of thing.
Monday: March 1, 2010
- Always wondered what it would be like to make sushi in space?
There is a pretty funny video/interview embedded over on the opposite side of the click. The sushi prep actually starts at about one minute in. Mark this as one small step for man and one giant leap for sushi-kind. Bon appétit.
Wednesday: February 24, 2010
- A handy tutorial on how to actually cook something in your dishwasher.
So what's for dinner tonight you ask? Why dishwasher chicken of course! Tutorial also mentions that this method works great for dishwater hot dogs or dishwater vegetables. It's delicious!
Monday: February 8, 2010
- Heinz pulls the curtain back on brand new ketchup packet design. Behold!
Say goodbye to those hard to open splatter-prone ketchup packets. Say hello to the totally redesigned peel-back-BBQ-sauce-like-dipping-style design. Wait, it took them this long to figure this one out?
Thursday: February 4, 2010
- Fifty brain facts that you may not have previously known about.
One study looked at students in New York and showed that those who ate lunches that did not include artificial flavors, preservatives, and dyes did 14% better on IQ tests than the students who ate lunches with these additives.
Tuesday: January 19, 2010
- A handy tutorial on how to make your very own edible chocolate play doh.
Now you too can have all of the fun of regular play doh with the added bonus of it being edible and delicious. Also, those of you who experimented with the nutritional content of storebought Play Doh in the past will probably appreciate this tutorial.
Monday: January 11, 2010
- Nine of the most terrifying attempts to improve popular foods.
Covers everything from spray-able pancake batter and carbonated yogurt all the way over to colored ketchup and edible plates (Ritz crackers are a quick substitute for this as well - thank you Mitch Hedberg). So, who's hungry?
Friday: January 8, 2010
- A collection of the world's strangest movie theater snacks for you to gawk at.
Article covers a wide variety of assorted snacks that you may not have previously known about or even wanted to know about. Also, did you know that the Dutch have the highest per capita licorice consumption in the world?
Monday: December 21, 2009
- If you happen to find a frog in your can of Diet Pepsi, please alert the FDA.
Did you know that there have been thirteen complaints of foreign objects in Pepsi cans since 2007? All of which have happened to come from the same manufacturing plant as well. Don't worry, the FDA is on the case and this should all be resolved shortly. Ribbit.
Friday: December 11, 2009
- Some of the world's most extravagant meals that you can enjoy, if you have the cash.
Dinner In The Sky 'People were getting bored with just going to the same old restaurants,' says David Ghysels, the Belgian entrepreneur who created this movable restaurant suspended by a crane.
Wednesday: December 9, 2009
- Ten amazing gingerbread creations for your viewing pleasure.
Something about that gingerbread version of Link is quite disturbing to me - I can't seem to put my finger on what it is. Now if you'll excuse me, I simply can't wait to go bomb some Dodongos.
Monday: December 7, 2009
- Kellogg would like to warn you about a nationwide Eggo shortage.
It will take until the middle of 2010 before shelves around the country are stocked at pre-shutdown levels, Charles said. Already customers are noticing near-empty Eggo shelves on the freezer aisle at many grocery stores.
Tuesday: November 24, 2009
- A handy tutorial on how to make your very own turducken this Thanksgiving.
Just what is this mythical 'turducken' you speak of? Turducken consists of a a turkey, which is then stuffed with a duck, and then finally stuffed with a chicken. Gobble gobble.
Thursday: November 19, 2009
- A gallery of dumb food allergy advisories for your viewing pleasure.
Allergy advice: your package of peanuts contains 100% peanuts, your salt packet contains 100% salt, and your soymilk contains soy. Obvious post contains 100% obvious obviousness.
Friday: November 6, 2009
- Twenty-five awesome fast food toys through the years.
Ah, fast food memories. I think I still have some of these beauties laying around somewhere in a box in the attic. On a related note, actual McDonald's burgers seem to age just as well.
Thursday: October 29, 2009
- Yes, eating more black pepper will increase your food's nutritional value.
The piperine in it increases the bioavailability of many substances through a bunch of cool processes, which results in more nutrients reaching your cells.
Thursday: October 15, 2009
- Fifteen amazing cheese sculptures for you to gawk at.
A collection of some really detailed art made entirely out of the yellow stuff. It's sure to make your afternoon a little more... well cheesy. Golf clap.
Wednesday: October 14, 2009
- Kellogg's planning to laser etch brand name into their corn flakes.
Kellogg's will produce a number of trial batches before considering whether to put some branded flakes into each box to guarantee authenticity.
Wednesday: October 7, 2009
- Burger King to be the home of the newly renovated Whopper by end of 2010.
These sleek design changes will occur in 12,000 Burger King locations worldwide. The photos look suspiciously like when Marty visits Cafe Eighties from Back to the Future II.
- Krispy Kreme burger now available for purposeful clogging of arteries.
The story goes that the inventor of this 1,500 calorie sandwich was trying to make a burger, ran out of buns, then proceeded used glazed doughnuts instead. The final touch? Deep frying the whole thing. Hospital please.
- A tutorial on how to cook grasshoppers just for you.
Grasshoppers are apparently a great choice for a healthy and delicious snack all over the world. They also have very a distinct 'crunch' when you bite into them for the first time. Hey, did you bring lunch today? Where are you going?
Tuesday: October 6, 2009
- A list of the ten riskiest foods in America brought to you by MSNBC.
The presence of salmonella and E. coli in potato dishes could indicate cross-contamination from raw or cooked ingredients or possibly from raw meat or poultry during handling and preparation.
- Edible architecture through the hungry eye of Photoshop.
Another delicious contest from the newly redesigned Worth1000.com website. Take a tour of their new 3.0 digs.
Tuesday: September 29, 2009
- Want to be a professional eater? Try eating thrity-three burritos in ten minutes.
Major League Eating's top-ranked eater is Joey Chestnut, and the 42-year-old Shoudt recently defeated the world champion at a chili spaghetti eating contest.
Thursday: September 24, 2009
- Want to know the furthest distance between two McDonald's joints?
...McDonald’s cluster at the population centers and hug the highway grid. East of the Mississippi, there’s wall-to-wall coverage, except for a handful of meager gaps centered on the Adirondacks, inland Maine, the Everglades, and outlying West Virginia.
Monday: September 21, 2009
- Twenty-five images recreated using food as the primary canvas.
Nothing screams fine art to me like the Mona Lisa done entirely in cabbage. Now I'm hungry.