Foie gras. Calling this lobe of unadulterated luxury “liver” is like calling a Bugatti Veyron “transportation.” Sure, in some circles, it’s no longer PC, but as its fatty lusciousness dissolves slowly in your mouth, all you care about is one more bite.Caviar. Not the neon tobiko of sushi bars. Not…
A friend in town from New York this weekend told a story of getting terrible service at a restaurant while dining with a handful of guys. Once the check arrived, one said he didn’t want to leave the server a tip. The table argued. “He got his drinks. He got…
According to The Anchorage Daily News, a woman who taped punishing her adopted child by making him drink hot sauce and sending it to Dr. Phil, has been found guilty of child abuse by an Anchorage, Alaska court and may face up to one year in prison and a $10,000…
The 16th-annual South Florida Tattoo Expo takes over the Marriott Coral Springs Hotel and Convention Center this weekend, filling the center with a cornucopia of talented ink artists and painted ladies and gentlemen. Tattoos are a thing of beauty. Dating back to the beginnings of mankind, they forever mark the…
After a long day writing about five-star restaurants making teeny-tiny portions of foam-infused fois-gras petit fours, we sometimes long for… well, junk food and plenty of it. Like you, we obsess over slices of bacon, five-patty burgers, and more bacon. That’s when we fire up our computers and look at porn… food…
With the entire United States in a complete and total meltdown (this past weekend, New York was actually hotter than South Florida, by the way), weather reporters take to the streets to provide a play-by-play of how damned hot it is outside (just in case we didn’t figure it out…
A Heineken ad featuring the Dead Kennedys’ “Too Drunk to Fuck” has been pulled over concerns that it would encourage binge drinking.The classic punk anthem that has long served as a satirical ode to brainless behavior was used in an ad to promote Heineken’s Kronenbourg 1664 beer. In a statement released…
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part Two broke box-office records this part weekend, grossing about 100 gazillion dollars. The bad news is that we said goodbye to Harry Potter forever. The good news is that Guy Fieri has taken Harry’s place at Hogwarts. What? Guy Fieri? The crazy-haired, tattooed…
A recent study, titled F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future 2011, came out just in time for National French Fry Day. That irony wasn’t lost on Jon Stewart. In his Daily Show monologue, Stewart states that 38 states have an obesity rate of over 25 percent of…
Though his political aspirations have so far remained unsuccessful, Craig Miller is still vying for a Florida Senate seat next year.Before taking the top slot at Ruth’s Chris, he served as CEO for Uno Restaurant Holdings. He was pushed out of his Ruth’s Chris position in 2008 after…
With Pottermania gearing up for perhaps it’s last big hurrah with the release of the eighth and final film this Friday, a cookbook full of British favorites and wizard treats could not have been better timed. The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook: From Cauldron Cakes to Knickerbocker Glory – More than…
Stephen Colbert is really excited about the current crop of ten Republican presidential hopefuls. On yesterday’s Colbert Report, he likened the field (which includes Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Herman Cain, and Tim Pawlenty) to a delicious buffet filled with white bread, white rice, mayonaise, boiled potatoes, mashed potatoes… and…
Think about the foods or ingredients you consume on a daily basis. Surely you chugged down your morning cup of coffee, your dinner last night was probably seasoned with pepper, and there’s a good chance you ate a slice of tomato in the past week.Now think about how all those…
No shoes, no shirt, no service. That’s usually where restaurant owners draw the line when it comes to turning away hungry patrons. But how about “not welcome” for a “not guilty,” verdict?…
Has Adam Richman jumped the shark? Maybe, if the Travel Channel’s increasingly portly celebrity face-stuffer had some help, a pair of really springy shoes, or a trampoline and a really small shark. That’s at least a pretty fair conclusion after watching his rather odd sequel to Man v. Food, dubbed…
If you’re anything like me, your food pyramid is inverted and looks more like a yield sign. The “food groups” in your yield sign probably have little to do with portion control or balance and everything to do with convenience and indulgence. It may look something like this…..
The producers of such “high-brow” television fare as Kitchen Nightmares and Celebrity Fit Club have finally realized where to merge their two successful concepts into one big, fat concept of a show — make a show about overweight food-industry workers trying to lose weight! The television reality show docu-series is…
We live in a country where obese children are more of a concern than nuclear war. Americans spend $110 billion annually to shove Big Macs, super-sized fries, and milkshakes down their gullets in the hopes of doing what? Surely not maintaining svelte figures.In America we bow down to the over-sugared…
On Dateline’s “To Catch a Predator,” a sad and predictable little affair where Hansen sets up men who want to have sex with underage females and then practically jumps up and down and rubs his hands in glee when they fall into his trap, is now on the receiving end…
Remember that emotional finale, where Bobby Flay talked about being on the brink of a dream? Well.. it may have been more of a nightmare. Soul Daddy, the winning “healthy soul food” concept of America’s Next Great Restaurant is now closed. Yup, every one of those three amazing locations, shuttered. …
In this new Pepsi commercial, Santa’s on vacation with Mrs. Claus and some elves in what looks to be a Club Med-like resort. While dancing to “This Is How We Do It” with Mrs. Claus (who looks pretty good for her age), Santa takes a beverage break. The bartender tries to…
Doctors are trying to conquer the obesity epidemic by focusing on American youth.According to this article courtesy of Reuters and the Huffington Post, a third of American children are eating fast-food meals on any given day. That reportedly amounts to in excess of $110 billion every year on artery-clogging burgers and…
