Kraft Bagel-fuls: A First Look Eick March 6, 2008 Breakfast, Interesting, Marketing 11 Comments With some unanswered questions about the new Kraft Bagel-fuls (bagels pre-filled with cream cheese) floating around the internet, I decided to contact the Kraft corporate headquarters in an effort to clear up...
Stuff White People Like: Expensive Sandwiches Eick March 4, 2008 Comedy, Sandwiches 4 Comments Today I bring you an excerpt from a post on one of the most hilarious blogs I have seen in recent weeks, Stuff White People Like. One of my favorite of the several food related posts on the site is #63...
Bacon Bowl Eick March 4, 2008 Bacon, Cooking, Interesting 3 Comments That's what Not Martha decided to create. I love the idea and can't wait to try making...
So Good Blog/News Round-Up 3/3/08 Eick March 3, 2008 Beer, Booze, Candy, Cheese, Cooking, Fast Food, News, Pizza, Restaurants, Salad, Television, Top Chef 2 Comments I just discovered a great new site called College Drinker, who writes that Vermont is considering lowering the drinking age to 18. Adam from Serious Eats, reviews delivery pizza for Yahoo Food. Burger...
Major League Eating: The Game on Wii Eick March 3, 2008 Competitive Eating 2 Comments I previously wrote that Mastiff was planning to make a competitive eating game. Now, we have some details from Wii Fanboy, via Serious Eats, plus a screen shot! The game will be available for download...
Obstinate Couple Hates Chicken Sandwiches Eick March 3, 2008 Advertising, Bizarre, Chicken, Fast Food 8 Comments Or at least the use of the word "Frickin'" to promote them. Michael and Sheri Sucec of Harrisburg, Pa. are calling the word "profanity." For that reason, they are objecting to a new billboard for Sheetz...
Patton Oswalt Talks Steak Eick March 2, 2008 Comedy, Steak, YouTube Well, I guess this is the third Patton Oswalt clip in my three part series. It's a three part series because I haven't found any other Patton Oswalt clips about food. There's no picture for this one, it's just...
Google is Trying to Control the World, One Order of Tandoori Chicken and Garlic Naan at a Time Eick February 29, 2008 Fast Food, Interesting, Restaurants There are reports that Google has invested in a chain of Indian food restaurants. More specifically, a venture capital fund backed by Google called the Erasmic Venture Fund has decided to invest in a...
So Good Blog/News Round-Up 2/29/08 Eick February 29, 2008 Advertising, Breakfast, Burgers, Candy, Cooking, Fast Food, Marketing, News, Restaurants, Salad, Steak, Top Chef Tabloid Baby follows up on So Good's coverage of who actually invented the cream cheese filled bagel. Eater reports on the AV Club taste test of the Cheeseburger in a can. Washington Post looks at...
Live Comedy From the Mind Behind So Good Eick February 29, 2008 Comedy 4 Comments Greetings readers. As some of you may know, in addition to being a food lover and writer, I am also a humorist with experience in sketch and improv comedy. For the last 3 years I've worked part-time as a...