A teenager went on trial this week for stealing Guy Fieri's very on-brand yellow Lamborghini. Photograph courtesy of Shutterstock.
Consuming News
The Brooklyn Nets’ new home is taking a page out of the Nats’ book and going local when it comes to concession stands. So you might have 99 problems, but scouting a handmade Tumbador’s PB&J chocolate bar won’t be one. [NYT]—Sophie Gilbert
“Yummo” goes for you, too, ladies. [Esquire]—Jessica Voelker
NPR celebrates 50 years of James Bond by asking if martinis really are better shaken, not stirred. [NPR]—SG
The one on the right swears like a sailor. Photographs courtesy of Shutterstock.
Food in the News
All that ice cream and beer adds up on the campaign trail (though not as fast as Apple products). [Politico]—Jessica Voelker
By now you’ve likely caught wind of the looming global crisis facing us in 2K13: the pork—and thus, bacon—shortage. So quit fat-washing that bourbon, folks. [Grub Street]—Ann Limpert
It’s so incredibly easy to hear this in Biden’s voice
(“These Yukon Gold potatoes are brushed with extra-virgin olive oil and
hand-sprinkled with pink Himalayan sea salt, and then José, our prep
guy. . . . Well. Lemme tell you about José.”) [New Yorker]—AL
This week we're reading about these guys. Photographs courtesy of Shutterstock.
Belly Up
Only in the restaurant world would robbery victims sniff at what the burglar stole (the vodka, not the “fabulous single-malt Irish whiskey”). [NYT]—Ann Limpert
Yes, bartenders can hear your conversation. Including your terrible pickup lines. ’Tenders around the country share the worst ones they can remember. [Serious Eats]—Tanya Pai
You might want to take it easy on these. Photograph courtesy of Flickr user mrdestructicity.
Ripped from the Headlines:
A looks at what happened to Big Apple Pizza’s Yelp profile after the photo of the spot’s Republican owner, Scott Van Duzer, bear-hugging Obama went viral. [NPR] —Tanya Pai
Ann Limpert, food and wine editor
• Restaurants’ reservations systems—where codes are put in to ID certain customers—can read like a tween’s text log. LOL makes you a “little old lady,” HSM translates to “heavyset man,” and WW signifies that you’re a big-spending “wine whale.” What Restaurants Know (About You)
• NBC’s Pat Collins takes a break from effusively covering the crime beat to effusively eat mayo-slathered corn at El Chucho in Columbia Heights. Pretty funny: NBC4’s Pat Collins loves El Chucho
• A Minnesota casino served up a 2,014-pound burger last weekend. But 140 pounds of it were veggies!: The Biggest Cheeseburger You Will Never Eat
• Not a bad list, until you get to number 12. 35 Best Pizzas in America 2012
Coming soon to your neighborhood bar? Coca-Cola is pilot testing mixed-drink Freestyle machines. Photograph courtesy of the Coca-Cola Company.
Tanya Pai, deputy managing editor
• In a truly impressive (and mildly disturbing) display of gluttony, Food52 challenges Serious Eats to a cherpumple-off. Don’t know what a cherpumple is? Allow me to enlighten you. The Cherpumple-Off: Food52 Vs. Serious Eats
• Those awesome futuristic soda dispensers may soon include booze options—a fact that will in no way help my weird obsession with them. Coca-Cola Freestyle Machines May Soon Include Booze
Goats, it is well-known, are loyal members of Team Edward. Photograph courtesy of Shutterstock.
Ann Limpert, food and wine editor
• Bacon-topped Voodoo Doughnuts, In-N-Out burgers, seven meals a day . . . no wonder 20-pound weight gains aren’t uncommon for journalists traveling with the White House press corps. When Filing Political Stories, Traveling Journalists Also Fill Stomachs
• For all you conflicted Chick-fil-A addicts out there, Serious Eats claims to have figured out how to replicate the controversial fast food chain’s much-loved fried-chicken-and-two-pickle sandwich. How to Make a Chick-fil-A Sandwich at Home
Tanya Pai, deputy managing editor
• Quite literally eye candy (plus some other stuff): Buzzfeed rounds up famous works of art rendered in edible things. Who knew Thanksgiving leftovers could be so aesthetically pleasing? 20 Examples of Food Imitating Art
Bon Appetit's blog addresses that age-old question: Why do men leave their coffee cups everywhere? Photograph courtesy of Shutterstock.
Ann Limpert, food and wine editor
• Food writing is ripe territory for words ranging from clichéd (“cooked to perfection”) to porn-y (“luscious”. . . or “flaccid”). For some of the worst offenders, check out Grub Street’s list of banned food words. I’ll throw in a few more: “piping hot,” “succulent,” and anything containing the word “drool.” But “pillowy” and “decadent”? Guilty. Stick a Fork in ’Em: Which Food-Writing Clichés Should We Toss Out Forever?
• In the wake of the Chick-fil-A/gay marriage flap, On Top magazine imagines what other fast food company CEOs would say about the matter. (“You know our restaurant’s called Five Guys, right?”) Parody: Ronald McDonald Says Gay Marriage is Kind of Tame
Todd Kliman, food and wine editor
• A British blogger with a funny sendup of restaurant tasting menus. Love the first starter: “Scallops nestled in Prosecco-infused couscous and lightly glazed with shavings of white shabby chic wardrobe.” Britain’s Most Middle-Class Meal
• The Luddites smashed their machines. Brooklyn-based artist Henry Hargreaves deep-fries his. Too bad it wasn’t an actual iPad—Hargreaves, ironically, lacks the “funds” to destroy the real thing properly. Deep-Fried Gadgets: Artist Henry Hargreaves Deep-Fries (Fake) iPad, iPhone, and More
• Among the many ills of climate change: It’s apparently affecting the gourmet coffee industry, too. Foodie Underground: The Real Impact of Your Cup of Espresso
Todd Kliman, food and wine editor
• From Lapham’s Quarterly comes the late Hunter S. Thompson with a pithy discourse not on booze or speed or guns, but on . . . breakfast? The salient fact of the meal—and this is so very gonzo: It “should always be massive.” Breakfast of Champions
• Yes, that pic is real, and yes, it’s creep-tacular. Fifty Shades of Cake
• A parody trailer of The Dark Knight Rises. With hot dogs (and ponies). The Dark Knight Rises Trailer Reimagined With Hot Dogs, Ponies
Tanya Pai, deputy managing editor
• Summer’s most inescapable song gets a chocolate-chip-flavored reboot, courtesy of everyone’s favorite furry blue monster. Watch Cookie Monster Make “Call Me Maybe”About Cookies
