Ben & Jerry’s Going Fair Trade by 2013 Eick December 10, 2010 Desserts, Politics 4 Comments A little over a month ago I was invited to a fair trade blogger fest up at Ben & Jerry's HQ (disclosure: Ben & Jerry's paid for my airfare and accommodations). As a native Vermonter, Ben & Jerry's...
So Good Blog/News Round-Up 12/10/10 Eick December 10, 2010 News The McRib was a success... ...and Meathead bids farewell. Buy a burger, get a free rim job. Endless Simmer has 5 interesting winter cocktails. Predicting 2011 trends for wine, beer and...
Would You Rather? Tomatoes vs. Lettuce Eick December 8, 2010 Would You Rather? 13 Comments It's Wednesday! Which means it's Would You Rather time. Today, a battle of veggies you often see in salads (I know tomatoes are technically a fruit, but whateves, they usually function in food as a...
Brand vs. Generic: Pasta Eick December 7, 2010 Cool 1 Comment Week two in the launch of our Brand vs. Generic debates. Each Tuesday we discuss a various type of food product and whether people should buy name brand or generic/store brand when they shop for that food....
DC Food Truck Wars Eick December 7, 2010 News WUSA has a nice video with interviews of food truck owners and restaurant GM's about the growing war between food truck owners and DC...
Will You Show So Good Some Holiday Love? Eick December 6, 2010 Cool Three and a half years ago I launched So Good as a fun way to share my humor and passion for food with friends. What was a complete labor of love that first year slowly grew to be more and more...
So Good Blog/News Round-Up 12/6/10 Eick December 6, 2010 News Check out the podcast interview I did about the role of food & Thanksgiving on Sarah Palin's Alaska. GQ picks its burger of the year... ..Grubstreet and Brand X seem unenthusiastic about the...
Review: Yoplait Smoothie, Don’t Waste Your Money Eick December 3, 2010 Reviews 17 Comments One of the few perks of being a food blogger (an e-mail box that gets flooded and zero/low pay aren't perks) is that occasionally companies will provide you with some samples of a product to review. Such was...
The 7 Types of Groupon Buyers Eick December 2, 2010 Comedy 7 Comments Groupon, LivingSocial, The Capital Dish, What’s the Deal. The inbox of foodies and weekend warriors alike are being flooded by deals on a daily basis. The idea of getting ‘free money’ to...