Who Will Win the Top Chef Finale? Eick February 25, 2009 Top Chef 2 Comments Serious Eats has a nice preview up of tonights Top Chef Finale that I recommend you go check out. They think Stefan has the best odds of winning, at 2-1, with Carla at 3-1 and Hosea at 5-1. As far as...
Hardee’s Gets Edgy With “Slotcar” Eick February 25, 2009 Comedy, Fast Food, Marketing 2 Comments Wow. Seriously wow. This is NOT the kind of marketing campaign you would normally see a national chain attach themselves to. Hardee's is sponsoring a new online video series called "Slotcar." Each week...
Pepsi Blue Eick February 24, 2009 Marketing, Soft Drinks, YouTube 19 Comments Remember Pepsi Blue? I sure do. The summer after I graduated college, I was visiting my then girlfriend in NYC and stumbled across a free Pepsi Blue giveaway a full 6 weeks before the product officially hit...
Paula Deen Shows Off Her Crack Eick February 23, 2009 Celebrities, YouTube 7 Comments Apparently Paula Deen's pants had a little mishap while she was hosting a demonstration at the South Beach Food & Wine festival. H/T Short...
Tom Colicchio Hawks Diet Coke Eick February 23, 2009 Advertising, Soft Drinks, Top Chef 1 Comment I love soda. I drink almost exclusively diet soda though, because if I drank as much regular soda as I'd like, I'd probably be a giant fat ass. But let's be honest, diet soda tastes shitty. Yeah, Coke Zero...
So Good Blog/News Round-Up 2/23/09 Eick February 23, 2009 News 1 Comment Spike Mendelsohn, of DC's Good Stuff Eatery, won the SoBe Burger Bash. Snapple is switching from corn syrup to sugar and changing their labels. Pizza chains are struggling with the recession. High...
Bacon Cheese Pizza Burger Eick February 22, 2009 Bacon, Bizarre, Burgers, Pizza 25 Comments An enormous burger patty with two large meat pizzas serving as the buns. Also includes eggs, bacon, colby and pepper jack cheese. Via Buzzfeed and...
Are BK Burger Shots Inappropriately Named? Eick February 18, 2009 Bizarre, Burgers, Fast Food 31 Comments One of Burger King's newest creations, BK Burger Shots, are being heavily advertised recently. So? Who cares right? Well interesting discovery: according to Urban Dictionary, the term "Burger Shot" has two...
So Good Blog/News Round-Up 2/18/09 Eick February 18, 2009 News 5 Comments Some people really hate cilantro. Endless Simmer is taking bets: Where in DC will Obama eat next? Joe Rogan weighs in on Kellogg's cutting ties with Michael Phelps. Pepsi "Throwback" to be made with...