Chinese New Year’s Traditions
Posted on February 14, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The Chinese use a lunar-solar calendar, so instead of a leap year, they have a leap month about every seven years or so. That being that, [tag]Chinese New Year’s[/tag], which is this weekend, is an auspicious occasion for celebration, so much [...]
Read More..>>Claim Jumper: Bar Fare Trumps Restaurant
Posted on February 13, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
“You’re fired,” I guess I could say after having used the verb trump in my title while referring to the restaurant portion of the [tag]Claim Jumper[/tag] chain in seven states. Now, most of these states are on the left/west coast, but Illinois also sports some Claim Jumpers.
“Fired” because the restaurant food, though plentiful, is not [...]
Chocolate Better Than Sex?
Posted on February 12, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
I guess the basic answer to that one would be another question: “Sex with whom, when and where?”
However, we should not slight the healthful, uplifting and stimulating properties of [tag]chocolate[/tag] (forget white chocolate since it’s not made from the cacao bean).Â
“Such as?” one might ask.
Naked Delights for Valentine’s
Posted on February 9, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
While most of us are checking restaurant availability or planning our home menus for Valentine’s Day, the ancient Romans had a better idea.
Why not just have all the virile young men run naked through the streets?
Get Paid to Surf the Web
Posted on February 8, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
An outfit called AGLOCO (A Global Community) will pay you to surf the Internet and will also pay you for those you sign up or refer, down to four levels below you. This is classic multilevel marketing.
All you have to do is install an innocuous [tag]AGLOCO[/tag] toolbar on your browser and use it to surf [...]
Out With the Trans Fat
Posted on February 6, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
Or should it be, “Off with their [tag]trans fats[/tag],” to paraphrase Alice in Wonderland?
The scare du jour is spooking up the food service industry.
Valentine’s Day Planning
Posted on February 5, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
With the day less than two weeks away, planning for [tag]Valentine’s[/tag] should be reaching critical mass at this juncture. I urge you to use features on this site to streamline your planning.
For instance, I just used the Recipe Search Engine on right to turn up 100s of tips and recipes, and then I used my [...]
Results Are In, and McBrew Wins
Posted on February 3, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
Consumer Reports has ranked [tag]McDonald’s[/tag] coffee as best in the land, above even [tag]Starbucks[/tag]. The March issue says, “Try McDonald’s, which was cheapest and best.” It describes the coffee as “decent and moderately strong” with “no flaws.”
What did the mag think of Starbucks’ brew?
Who Are the McChefs?
Posted on February 2, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
He studied at the [tag]Culinary Institute of America[/tag] and later ran the kitchen for the Four Seasons Hotel in Dallas.
He is Dan Coudreaut, and what’s he doing now?
Going GaGa at the L.A. Times
Posted on February 1, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
Sometimes I think star power overwhelms food critics’ judgment.Â
Case in point: This week’s Los Angeles Times restaurant reviews. The principal reviewer took on the much-anticipated new restaurant-pizzeria named [tag]Mozza[/tag], which is owned by Iron Chef [tag]Mario Batali[/tag]and local restaurateur Nancy Silverton. A lesser reviewer headed out to the ‘burbs to review Hot Stuff Cafe, an [...]
