P.B. Slices: The Funner Peanut Butter Eick October 2, 2008 Bizarre, Condiments 8 Comments I've written several times in the past about so called "products of convenience" that really aren't convenient or where it is questionable that anyone is asking for them. But P.B. Slices a.k.a. "The Funner...
The Hamburger Fatty Melt Eick October 2, 2008 Bizarre, Burgers 8 Comments My friends over at A Hamburger Today and Serious Eats have assembled something so genius it even rivals my pulled pork cheese steak creation. What is this glorious creation? The Hamburger Fatty Melt. A...
Burger King: Reverse Pickpocket Eick September 24, 2008 Advertising, Fast Food 9 Comments The King is back! A lot of the Burger King ads with the King have missed the mark, but I'm a big fan of the new "reverse pick pocket" ads running right now. Intended to promote the new BK wrappers, they are...
So Good in Washington Post Express Eick September 19, 2008 Pizza 2 Comments Update: As Claudia points out in the comments, So Good was ALSO cited in the Express Blog Log a week or two ago. Specifically, on September 8th they quoted the post of one of So Good's new contributors -...
No I Do Not Want to Order Pepperoni Pizza – Do I Look Like I’m 12 Years Old? Eick September 17, 2008 Pizza, Rant 82 Comments I'm going to start this rant by saying something that people need to acknowledge, but seem instinctively unwilling to do: Pepperoni pizza is not that good. I mean, yeah, it's good, but it's not THAT good....
Burger King Presents: Seth MacFarlane! Eick September 16, 2008 Comedy, Fast Food, Marketing In June, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane announced he was debuting a new internet "show" called Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy. The plan was for the show to make money by featuring an ad attached to each...
So Good Blog/News Round-Up 9/16/08 Eick September 16, 2008 News, Recipes 1 Comment Become a fan of So Good on Facebook. A Vegetarian diet may be more likely to cause brain shrinkage. Hippie fast food? A review of evos. Best Bites reviews Pete's Apizza. Jack White is not happy his...
SNL: Michael Phelps 12,000 Calorie Diet Eick September 15, 2008 Comedy, Videos 1 Comment I watched SNL this weekend, and it wasn't great. Yeah, Michael Phelps is a terrible actor, but the issue seems to be that even though the cast right now is pretty great, the writing is pretty bad. Not a great...
“Obama Waffles” Sold at Conservative Forum Eick September 13, 2008 Politics 5 Comments Boxes of Obama Waffles were being snapped up by conservatives at the Value Voters Summit until the event organizers forced the booth to be shut down. Apparently one of the things these so-called "Value...
Wendy’s Goes Viral With “Crazy Lettuce” Eick September 12, 2008 Fast Food, YouTube 2 Comments Well, kind of viral. The video has about 17,000 views on Youtube, but a more impressive 80,000 on MySpace since the videos were added in late August. This is all part of an effort to promote their new...