Busted! Your Bacon-Wrapped Hot Dog is Illegal Eick February 11, 2008 Bacon, Cooking, Interesting, News 27 Comments The bacon wrapped hot dog is a staple of Los Angeles street food and everyone from daytime shoppers to late-night revelers seems to enjoy these so-called "heart attack dogs." The traditional way of serving...
So Good Blog/News Round-Up 2/9/08 Eick February 9, 2008 Advertising, Cooking, Fast Food, Marketing, Movies, News, Pizza, Reviews, Salad, Soft Drinks, Television, Web Sites 1 Comment Trouble With Toast is organizing a DC food blogger pot-luck. Heat, Eat, Review posts a video review of Kids Cuisine Deep Sea Adventure Fish Sticks. Manny & Olga's will offer heart shaped pizza's...
The Results Are In: Whopper Freakout Worked Eick February 7, 2008 Advertising, Burgers, Fast Food, Interesting, Marketing, News 5 Comments Regular readers of So Good know that I was one of the first bloggers to post about the Whopper Freakout campaign, praising it as "genius." In early January, I conducted an analysis of the Whopper Freakout...
So Good Blog/News Round-Up 2/7/08 Eick February 7, 2008 Candy, Celebrities, Competitive Eating, Condiments, Cooking, Health, News 2 Comments Can I interest you in a ten-pound chocolate bar? Heinz wants Angelina Jolie to be the new face of their Heinz Salad Cream. The NY Times has a new food blog called Bitten, which will "use food as a...
Farewell Starbucks Breakfast Sandwiches Eick January 31, 2008 News, Sandwiches 8 Comments Update: The sandwiches are back and better than ever. If you're feeling sassy, try their new secret menus. After a mere 2% gain in 1st quarter profits, Starbucks is making several changes in their business...
Obama Two-Piece “Mixed” Dinner Eick January 31, 2008 News, Politics That's the phrase that appeared on the sign of the Bullseye Big Chicken restaurant in Columbia, SC. As you might imagine, the NAACP is none too pleased. Yikes. So what happened? Well the owner of the...
“Did You Just Double Dip That Chip?” Eick January 30, 2008 Health, Interesting, News, Snacks, Television 45 Comments Any Seinfeld fan probably remembers that line, when "Timmy" accused George Costanza of double dipping. "Timmy" complained, "that's like putting your whole mouth right in the dip." Now a new study conducted by...
So Good Blog/News Round-Up 1/30/08 Eick January 30, 2008 Advertising, Booze, Burgers, Competitive Eating, Cooking, Marketing, News, Reviews, Salad 5 Comments If you're serving sangria in Virginia, you're breaking the law. Wendy's is ending their red wig "That's Right" campaign. Spike TV will feature hard-boiled egg and ham eating contests during halftime...
Pizza Hut Goes Mobile Eick January 18, 2008 News, Pizza 9 Comments Pizza Hut has announced nationwide mobile ordering. You can now order food through their web-site, a text message or on a web-enabled phone. Yes that's right, Pizza Hut has gone all high tech. Yeah 2008!...
So Good Blog/News Round-up 1/17/08 Eick January 17, 2008 Fast Food, News, Salad, Sandwiches Buyer Behaviour speculates on what Indian fast food can learn from McDonald's. Both Sphinn and Adweek offer praise for the Whopper Freakout campaign. Albion Cooks offers up a salad with edamame,...