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 Michelle Imsicke isn't one to turn down free food. Still, an offer from Domino's Pizza for a free medium pie did make her pause for a moment - but only a moment."I heard of them doing things like this, giving discounts, but a free one shocked me," said Imsicke, 38, of Harrison. "But I said, 'If they are doing it, I'm going to grab one.'" Imsicke got her free pizza, as did many others throughout Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky this week. But no one should have. In December, Domino's created an online-only promotion for a free pizza using the codeword "bailout," but it never got the green light, said Tim McIntyre, Domino's vice president of communications. "It had never technically been activated, but we hadn't turned it off, either." Monday night, an "enterprising customer" discovered the deal and spread it on the Internet, McIntyre said. By the time it was shut down at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, nearly 11,000 pizzas were given away. More... Labels: Eat, Industry, Odds and Ends  MARCH 31--In a law enforcement first, Ohio cops this month arrested a man for drunk driving on a motorized bar stool. That's right, a motorized bar stool, which can be seen below in a police evidence photo. According to cops, Kile Wygle, 28, crashed his bar stool near his Newark home earlier this month and called 911 due to his injuries. When an officer arrived and asked Wygle what happened, he answered, "I wrecked my bar stool." According to a Newark Police Division report, a copy of which you'll find here, Wygle's homemade ride is powered by a Briggs & Stratton lawnmower engine. More..  The Smoking Gun (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0331091stool1.html) Labels: Drink, Odds and Ends  The small fruit has the color of a cranberry, the shape of an almond and tastes like a flavorless gummy. But after chewing the fruit and rubbing the pulp against the tongue, the berry, known by a promising name -- "miracle fruit" or Synsepalum dulcificum -- releases a sweetening potency that alters the taste buds. For about 15 to 30 minutes, everything sour is sweet. Lemons lose their zing and taste like candy. Oranges become sickeningly sweet. Hot sauce that usually burns the tongue tastes like honey barbecue sauce that scorches as it trickles down the throat. Through word of mouth, these miracle fruits have inspired "taste tripping" parties, where foodies and curious eaters pay $10 to $35 to try the berries, which are native to West Africa. More... Labels: Health, Industry, Learn, Odds and Ends  FRESNO, Calif. – Federal food safety officials warned Monday that consumers should stop eating all foods containing pistachios while they figure out the source of a possible salmonella contamination. Still reeling from the national salmonella outbreak in peanuts, the Food and Drug Administration said central California-based Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella Inc., the nation's second-largest pistachio processor, was voluntarily recalling a portion of the roasted nuts it has been shipping since last fall. A Setton spokeswoman said that amounts to more than 2 million pounds of nuts. "Our advice to consumers is that they avoid eating pistachio products, and that they hold onto those products," said Dr. David Acheson, assistant commissioner for food safety. "The number of products that are going to be recalled over the coming days will grow, simply because these pistachio nuts have then been repackaged into consumer-level containers." More... Labels: Eat, Health, Odds and Ends  A McDonald's drive-through was shot up early Sunday after a customer was angered that the restaurant had shifted from the lunch menu to the breakfast menu, police said. The driver of a white Dodge Intrepid pulled into the drive-through at about 2 a.m. at McDonald's at 210 W. 500 South in Salt Lake City and ordered food from the lunch and dinner menu, police said. When a clerk told her the restaurant was serving only items from the breakfast menu, the woman drove to the second window, police said. Two men got out of the car, and one pulled a sawed-off shotgun out of the trunk, police said. He fired once or twice into the drive-though window before the two men and the woman left on 500 South and turned north on 300 West, police said. More... Labels: Crime, Odds and Ends  Karen Jantzi hasn't had a vegetable garden since she lived with her parents. This year, she will join the 7 million Americans who plan to plant their first vegetable gardens. "I've had a few tomato plants in past years," Jantzi said. "But this year I want to go all out." Sixty-five years ago, the government urged Americans to "plant more in ‘44" as a patriotic gesture to support the troops during World War II. In 2009, vegetable gardening is experiencing a revival, as Americans struggle to make ends meet. A recent National Gardening Association poll projects a 20 percent rise in the number of households growing vegetables this year over last, including 7 million new gardens. Victory Gardens supplied 40 percent of the nation's fresh produce during World War II. Although vegetable gardens won't generate this type of supply today, garden suppliers brace for a busy year as many residents see gardens as a victory over high food prices. Even first lady Michelle Obama planted a vegetable garden on the White House's South Lawn, the first "first garden" since Eleanor Roosevelt installed hers. "There's something beneficial for the soul working outside and watching something grow," Jantzi said. More... Labels: Lifestyle, Odds and Ends  CHICAGO — Doctors are puzzling over what seems to be an increase in the number of children withkidney stones, a condition some blame on kids' love of cheeseburgers, fries and other salty foods. Kidney stones are usually an adult malady, one that is notorious for causing excruciating pain _ pain worse than childbirth. But while the number of affected children isn't huge, kids with kidney stones have been turning up in rising numbers at hospitals around the country. At Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the number of children treated for kidney stones since 2005 has climbed from about 10 a year to five patients a week now, said Dr. Pasquale Casale. Johns Hopkins Children Center in Baltimore, a referral center for children with stones, used to treat one or two youngsters a year 15 or so years ago. Now it gets calls about new cases every week, said kidney specialist Dr. Alicia Neu. In a 2007 study in the Journal of Urology, doctors at North Shore-Long Island Jewish Medical Center reported a nearly fivefold increase in children brought in with kidney stones between 1994 and 2005. In 2005, 61 youngsters were treated there for stones. More... Labels: Health, Odds and Ends  A chef banned from Gatwick after living at the airport for five years has been arrested for returning to his old haunt - even though he now has a place to live. Anthony Delaney, 44, was dubbed Terminal Man after he lost his job in 2004 and began sleeping, eating and showering at the airport’s South Terminal. Delaney was handed an antisocial behaviour order (Asbo) in 2004 but refused to stay away, breaching the order and getting arrested more than 30 times. He was jailed for 15 months in June last year and following his release moved into a rented home in Woking, Surrey. But after visiting friends in Crawley last week he went back to Gatwick - apparently unable to resist the lure of the airport. More... Labels: Crime, Notable Chefs, Odds and Ends  Twitter users have started to post entire recipes online in no more than 140 characters - but some instructions are confusing. We challenged leading chefs to boil down their own recipes Just how much can be said in 140 characters? Quite a lot, it seems. Philosophical musings, travel directions, internal monologues, reflections on the day's politics and the repercussions of a drunken night have all been squeezed into the short space available for a posting on Twitter. Many discuss food, including Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver who "tweet" suggestions, links to recipes and mini-appraisals of their latest meals. Now, however, users of the internet phenomenon have gone one step further - compressing instructions on how to create an entire meal into the tiny space. There is a growing trend for people, including some leading chefs, to create micro-recipes - a single paragraph that tells users how to make an entire starter, main course or dessert - then transmit them via Twitter. More... Labels: Culinary Diversions, Odds and Ends  Yum Brands Inc. subsidiary KFC has offered to fill the potholes in its home city of Louisville, Ky., and in four other cities to be named later. Hiring a road crew for its “pilot infrastructure renewal program,” the restaurant chain has pledged to conduct street repairs, which would include the message “Re-Freshed by KFC” stenciled in temporary street chalk. As part of the marketing effort, KFC randomly will choose four other U.S. cities whose mayors describe to the company their cities’ needs for street repairs, according to a news release. “Budgets are tight for cities across the country, and finding funding for needed road repairs is a continuing challenge,” Louisville Metro Mayor Jerry Abramson said in the release. “It’s great to have a concerned corporation like KFC create innovative private/public partnerships like this pothole refresh program.” More... Labels: Industry, Odds and Ends  A German frozen food company hopes to raise sales with a new product: Obama fingers. The tender, fried chicken bits come with a tasty curry sauce. The company says it was unaware of the possible racist overtones of the product. Selling products has, of course, become a bit more difficult than usual these days. No wonder then that companies everywhere are turning to optimistic marketing messages in an effort to counteract the steady drum beat of negativity coming from front page headlines around the globe. More... Labels: Celebrities and Food, Eat, Lifestyle, Odds and Ends  Owner Of Shawarma King Restaurant In Brooklyn Brandished Electric Knife To Fend Off Enraged Customers It was an all-out frankfurter frenzy this week at a popular Jewish restaurant in Brooklyn, as a certain hot dog caused a near-riot. It's not what you would expect: a worker in a NYC eatery caught on tape fending off a group of Jewish patrons with an electric knife. "I was petrified – stuff was going through my mind," a patron who didn't want his name used said. "I want to live. I don't want to get stabbed for a hot dog." The long-time patron says the chaos broke out when he and a rabbi noticed the frankfurters on the grill were non-Kosher, in a restaurant that's supposed to be dishing out the Kosher variety. More... Labels: Crime, Eat, Industry, Lifestyle, Odds and Ends  A chef has been cleared of raping a woman who claims she was too drunk to have consented to sex. Peter Bacon, 26, of Pilgrims Way, Canterbury, was found not guilty at Winchester Crown Court on Thursday. He had been accused of raping the solicitor, in her 40s, at her house after he was invited over for drinks by a friend in February 2008. The judge said the woman's claim that she could not give consent because she was drunk was "completely wrong". The court had been told the three of them drank about five bottles of wine over an evening before the friend left, leaving Mr Bacon and the woman alone. More... Labels: Crime, Lifestyle, Odds and Ends  LAWRENCE, Mass. — A Massachusetts man had some misfortune when he allegedly tried to rob a Chinese restaurant. Four plainclothes police officers were enjoying their dinner at the time. The man was arraigned Thursday in Lawrence District Court on charges of unarmed robbery, larceny, assault and battery on a police officer, and resisting arrest. Authorities said he went into the Golden House Restaurant on Wednesday night and asked the cashier to change a quarter. When she opened the register, the man allegedly grabbed $150. More... Labels: Crime, Culinary Diversions, Odds and Ends
DENVER – The manager of a Blackjack Pizza outlet in Denver got a start when he discovered a man's legs hanging from a vent above the restaurant's oven. Police said the dangling legs were accompanied by a voice yelling, "help me, help me" Friday morning. Police spokesman Sonny Jackson said the 5-foot-10, 170-pound man told officers and firefighters he'd been stuck in the duct for five or six hours.
Jackson said the man was arrested on suspicion of burglary. Police haven't identified the suspect or the manager. The store was closed later Friday. Jackson said the man could have been asphyxiated if the oven had turned on automatically or if the manager hadn't come in early. Link... Labels: Crime, Odds and Ends  As a marketer, I’ve bashed the competition. It’s never personal. It’s only to remind them that local television should be good television. If you don’t think that’s a good enough reason, you don’t know Jack. I can only dream of being as “bashingly” brilliant as the creative geniuses at Secret Weapon Marketing, the folks behind the new Jack in the Box commercial. More... Click here for - Office of Jack in the Box Video: Jack in the Box's "Jack" "If I'm Saying Something that is not true. Do something about it!" Labels: Celebrities and Food, Drink, Eat, Entertainment, Odds and Ends  The Associated Press A Las Vegas casino cafe is rewarding patrons who can put away a 2-foot, 6-pound burrito with a most logical prize — free unlimited rides on a roller coaster that runs in both forward and reverse. The offer comes with a caveat, though: Those who accept the challenge but can't finish "The Bomb" burrito have to take a picture with an extra small, pink T-shirt that says "Weenie." The NASCAR Cafe at the Sahara Hotel & Casino began selling the cheese-and-guacamole slathered burrito on Thursday for $19.95. Those who can finish the monstrous entree get it for free, along with two unlimited coaster passes and a T-shirt proclaiming they "Conquered the Bomb." Labels: Eat, Entertainment, Odds and Ends
Bright spark Donald Crabtree has hired waiters and waitresses to serve their customers naked from the waist up.
And so far his saucy venture in Vassalboro – population 4,500 – in Maine, in the US, has been a roaring success. While other firms have been struggling in the downturn, business has been booming at the Grand View Topless Coffee Shop. The owner's brother Paul said: "It's just been crowds mobbing in." At first Donald faced a battle to get the go-ahead for his plan – because some local residents were angry over the idea. But the entrepreneur won the right to go ahead with his recipe for success in a planning board meeting last week. "I know what people want," he said. "People like nudity, and coffee is profitable. "Sure, I'd start a coffee shop, but I'd be out of work in a week." Donald was swamped with 150 applications for 15 jobs on offer at the cafe. "We didn't hire '10s'," he said, referring to his staff's appearance. "We hired everyone from skinny to big-boned women." More... Labels: Drink, Industry, Odds and Ends
FORT PIERCE — Told McDonald’s was out of Chicken McNuggets after paying for a 10-piece meal, a local woman called 911.
Three times. “This is an emergency, If I would have known they didn’t have McNuggets, I wouldn’t have given my money, and now she wants to give me a McDouble, but I don’t want one,” Latreasa L. Goodman told police. “This is an emergency.” The McNugget meltdown happened last week at a McDonald’s in the 600 block of North U.S. 1 and ended with Goodman, 27, getting a notice to appear in court on a misuse of 911 charge, according to a recently released police report. Goodman told investigators she tried to get a refund for the 10-piece McNuggets, but the cashier told her all sales are final. “I called 911 because I couldn’t get a refund, and I wanted my McNuggets,” Goodman told police. More... Labels: Crime, Odds and Ends  The guy who brought us the PBS cooking show “Made in Spain,” starring D.C. chef-ebrity Jose Andres, now has turned his eyes to Capitol Hill for his next venture. Phil Lerman wants to film members of Congress cooking “at home for their family/friends” — the show aims to tape each cooking politician while working, meeting with staff and then cooking. (John Podesta, are you listening? You’d love this.) The goal is to get one Republican and one Democrat, have them whip up something and then have a D.C. chef-ebrity judge which one is best. Lerman wouldn’t offer names, but we hear Laura Ingraham has agreed to do a show. But wait — do congresspeople even cook? “At first, we wondered if we were barking up the wrong tree, but a lot of them do cook,” especially the congressional parents, he says. “They run home, make the fastest meal possible and come back,” Lerman tells us. “Nobody’s busier than them. If they can cook dinner, I can cook dinner.” (He notes the Midwestern congressfolk seem up for it.) “Food is the ultimate communal experience,” he says, but right now he’s just focused on finding “A. who’s going to pay for it, and B. who’s going to air it.” Early stages. But be aware: They’re looking for authentic. “It can’t be someone like Hillary Clinton who doesn’t like to cook,” Lerman adds, though surely he’d never turn her down. “People will know.” More... Labels: Celebrities and Food, Entertainment, Odds and Ends  Culinary Performance feels that we can not properly describe this phenomenon. Please experience for yourself. Jedi Chefs Labels: Culinary Diversions, Lifestyle, Odds and Ends
"This is why you're fat" is a collection of caloric and gastronomic overkill.
A shrine if you will, to our lust for food.  The Double Bacon Hamburger Fatty Melt and others... Labels: Culinary Diversions, Entertainment, Odds and Ends  Just to make your day a little bit brighter, try adding a slice of bacon. Need a side of bacon on your web site? Just put it at the end of http://bacolicio.us/ For example: http://bacolicio.us/http://www.culinaryperformance.com Labels: Culinary Diversions, Entertainment, Odds and Ends The game debuted to poor reviews. Some things are better left to actual Chefs. Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine is a disgracefully bad attempt to capitalize on the popularity of Iron Chef. Labels: Entertainment, Lifestyle, Odds and Ends  There is something special about food related graffiti in the bathroom. Labels: Entertainment, Odds and Ends  A former Hooters girl who says she's got the right assets - but the wrong accent - is suing the Hawaiian Tropic Zone for crushing her dream of working as one of its bikini-clad beauties. Melody Morales said she was rejected for a job by a manager at the Times Square restaurant who griped, "You don't speak white" and "you are ghetto." Labels: Crime, Entertainment, Industry, Lifestyle, Odds and Ends  Sam Kass, a private chef for the Obamas while they were living in Chicago, is now working in the White House. A spokeswoman for Michelle Obama, Katie McCormick Lelyveld, said Mr. Kass will not be the only cook preparing the family’s meals, but “he knows what they like and he happens to have a particular interest in healthy food and local food.” He will work alongside the White House executive chef, Cristeta Comerford, who was promoted to that job by the Bushes and is being kept on in that role by the Obamas. Mr. Kass’s appointment signals changes at the White House that should please chefs like Alice Waters, who have lobbied the Obamas to set an example for the rest of the country by emphasizing food that is healthy, local and sustainable. It further suggests that a vegetable garden on the White House grounds, another of Ms. Waters’ dreams, could be on the horizon.Read the whole story here... Labels: Celebrities and Food, Notable Chefs, Odds and Ends
Ingredients:
1 whole chicken Heat oven to 350 degrees Rub butter or oil over the skin of the chicken until it is completely coated. Take a knife and gently separate the skin from the breast meat; slide lemon halves under the skin with the peel side up. This way the juice from the lemon will coat the breast. Cover and place in oven for 30-45 minutes. Remove cover and continue to roast until juices run clear, basting every 15-20 minutes, depending on size of the bird. If you’ve followed these steps correctly, your chicken should look like the one in the picture. Bon Appetit!
Labels: Eat, Learn, Odds and Ends  A Vero Beach man is accused of assaulting his girlfriend multiple times with a McDonald's cheeseburger, according to his arrest affidavit and a report by Scripps-Treasure Coast newspapers. More here... "...grabbed the woman's arm and forced the cheeseburger into her face..." Labels: Crime, Odds and Ends  Artist Victoria Reynolds has taken the artistry of displaying meat to an entirely different level. Her paintings of meat are somewhat disturbing and fascinating. As a chef, working in the kitchen with raw meat, thinking of it's beauty, could be disturbing for some. Maybe she knows someone in the industry? More here... Labels: Entertainment, Odds and Ends  Just in time for the winter season comes a recipe that is sure to bring bacon lovers some warm holiday cheer. Turbaconducken. That’s right — a chicken stuffed in duck stuffed in a turkey, all wrapped in bacon. Otherwise known as a bacon-wrapped turducken. Just how did we create this meaty madness? More...Labels: Culinary Diversions, Odds and Ends  Culinary news and information for Chefs, Cooks and Foodies. Labels: Celebrities and Food, Crime, Critics, Drink, Eat, Entertainment, Health, Industry, Kitchen Catastrophes, Learn, Lifestyle, Notable Chefs, Odds and Ends, Uncategorized, Young Culinarians |
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