Iowa Straw Poll Decided By Food? JT August 18, 2011 News, Politics 1 Comment I was recently reading about the action in Ames, Iowa, site of the every-four-year straw poll to determine the front-runner for the Republican nomination. This year, the key factor that decided the event...
Wine Fraternity Adds Two Members JT August 5, 2011 Booze, Interesting While I have never been a “wine person,” I know plenty of people that take it very seriously. What I did not know until today is that there is a group of people that take it to the next level by...
Murdoch Takes the Pie JT July 21, 2011 Desserts, News, Videos As if things haven’t been going poorly enough for Rupert Murdoch recently, while he was testifying before a British Parliament committee on the phone hacking scandal, he was hit by a shaving cream pie...
Yankees Fan Living the High Life JT July 14, 2011 Baseball, Beer, Marketing 2 Comments While it pains me to write anything to do with the New York Yankees, the story about the fan that caught Jeter’s 3,000 hit, which happened to be a home run ball, is pretty cool. A 23 year-old Yankees...
Worst Food Trends JT July 8, 2011 Restaurants 4 Comments I recently came across one of Yahoo’s properties called Shine (another portal for women – and couldn’t the world use one more of those) because of an article about the 10 worst food trends in a...
Fries Pack On The Pounds JT June 30, 2011 Fast Food, Health, News 6 Comments On the heels of my colleague Sam asking which style of french fry is your favorite, a recent report out of Harvard suggests that eating certain foods – especially french fries – results in...
Bruins Know How to Party JT June 23, 2011 Booze, Sports 5 Comments After the Boston Bruins won their first Stanley Cup in 39 years, making Boston the definitive titletown of the country (on the heels of the Sox, Pats and Celtics) you knew there was going to be a party....
Condiments Have Met Their Match in SWITL JT June 16, 2011 Condiments, Cool, Sandwiches 4 Comments When it comes to making a sandwich, as I have long said, condiments are the lubrication that keep the engine of a sandwich running. Â Without them, what do you have? Â It might as well be tumbleweed. As...
KFC Drowning in Good Ideas JT June 9, 2011 Fast Food, Soft Drinks 6 Comments When I saw the above photo on BuzzFeed, I was jolted by two things. First, that KFC has donated to a diabetes charity by selling liquid sugar. Maybe not the best idea. What I found more compelling is that...
Energy Shots Boost Seniors? JT June 3, 2011 Advertising Every once in a while, when I am waiting in line at a drug store or super market, I will notice those ubiquitous little bottles of energy potion that I always assumed could double for antifreeze. Well, as I...