Cooking the Belichick Way Eick December 13, 2007 Celebrities, YouTube 2 Comments Check out this old, old clip of Bill Belichick appearing on an uber-lame cooking segment for the local news in Cleveland. It appears that Belichick's specialty is a PB & J sandwich on Sun-Maid raisin...
This Date in History: Soy Makes You Gay Eick December 12, 2007 Bizarre 2 Comments Yep, you read that title right. Exactly one year ago today, a columnist at the ultra-far-right website WorldNetDaily wrote an article explaining why high consumption of soy products is "making kids gay."...
So Good Blog/News Round-Up 12/12 Eick December 12, 2007 News 3 Comments Chocolate & Zucchini urges food bloggers and readers to participate in the 4th annual Menu for Hope campaign. Ever wanted to take hot sauce into space? Iron Chef Cat Cora will be doing a live chat...
Padma Lakshmi is on My Phone! Eick December 11, 2007 Top Chef 2 Comments Yep, that's right, they've released a Top Chef Mobile Game. Does anyone think that maybe Gail Simmons is getting bitter that she never appears in any of the promotional materials? I mean, I know Padma...
The Whopper Freakout = Genius Eick December 10, 2007 Fast Food, Marketing, YouTube 84 Comments Burger King's new marketing campaign, "The Whopper Freakout" is, simply put, brilliant. In this hidden camera style video, we get to see how people react when they are told the Whopper has been permanently...
So Good Blog/News Round-Up 12/10 Eick December 10, 2007 News 2 Comments If you live in D.C., please consider making a donation to your local food bank, they are desperately understocked right now. Go visit my buddies at Endless Simmer and vote on their nominees for Eater of...
I Want to Punch Evander Holyfield in the Face Eick December 10, 2007 Celebrities 2 Comments ...for lack of originality. As you may have read in the many articles about his new business idea, Evander Holyfield has a new product, the Evander Holyfield Real Deal Grill. Hmmm, looks a lot like the...
Predicting Presidential Votes: The Steak/Sushi Index Eick December 6, 2007 Cool 2 Comments About a month ago, Urban Spoon had a very interesting post questioning if there are any connections between the way we eat and the way we vote. Urban Spoon thought one way to show this might be to look at the...