Archive for the 'Cuisine' Category

Here’s a word from our alternate sponsor.

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

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Image: (Khamenei) via scrapetv.com(Bowl o’ Grits) farm2.static.flickr.com; (Package) via americansweets.co.uk; (Arabic for Shia) upload.wikipedia.org; (Ozzie and Harriet title screen) uopload.wikipedia.org;

“Everybody’s gotta git inta da act!”–Jimmy Durante

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

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A real book!

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Howya doin?

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They couldn’t afford a napkin?!

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Extra ketchup, please.

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Open Sesame!
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How it all started.

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Images: (automat) via bethleintz.typepad.com (JC) via dst-corp.com;(book) via christianbookshop.ca; (hot dog stands) via roadfooddigest.com; (hot dog) via deusterco.com (JC) via dst-corp.com (ad) (pizza) via blog.pennlive.com;; (JC) via mormonwiki.com; (drive-through) (JC) via dst-corp.com

And now…for the local gnus…

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

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Images: (#6-gray gnu) via sagarmatha.com; (#4 & #2) via resor.smdendahl.se; (#1) via dic.academic.ru; (#5) via travelweblog.info; (#3) via ibah.com; (coffee shop) via esquire.com

Tiger Frustrated By Greens–ESPN.com headline

Friday, March 13th, 2009

What I saw…

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Images: (tiger) news.cnet.com; (honeymooners) CBS via LIFE magazine

Police: Pizza Man’s Cheesy Weapon Foils A Stickup–Sun-Sentinal headline

Sunday, December 14th, 2008

Sat Dec 13, 4:20 pm ET
MIRAMAR, Fla. – Police say a pizza delivery man fought back with the one weapon he had handy when a gun was pulled on him in a stickup: A large, hot pepperoni pizza.

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Image: (poster) via nh.gov;(pizza) via ageekspot.wordpress.com; (artichokes) via blogs.cisco.com; (asperagus) via tio-geo.com; (pepperoni) via marianofoods.com; (gladiator) via clemens-fritz.de;(soldier) […]

Does anyone recall when hand and body soaps carried the names of flowers? Afterward, one heard references to mountain streams, ocean breezes and natural phenomena. Now, even that has changed to the sure-fire American money-maker…

Friday, December 12th, 2008

FOOD!!
 
When I stepped into the shower this morning,
I found a new entrant to the realm of body washes.
Its name forced me to think we were at the beginning of a long process
in the association of eating and everything else which gives pleasure.

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There can be no mistake here.  Three foods in one bottle.

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Gigantic mother-daughter hippo duo rampages among Korean kimchi-makers.

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

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(Image) via yahoo.com–(kimchi) AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon; (hippos) AP Photo/Keystone, Andreas Frossard

Man eats 15-pound cheeseburger; pulls biceps combing hair with 4-pound comb; friend must drive him from restaurant in man’s 63-ton Honda.

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

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Thu Oct 16, 5:31 PM ET
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In this Monday, Oct. 13, 2008 photo(s) released by Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub, Brad Sciullo of Uniontown, Pa., is seen before attempting to eat a 15-pound cheese burger with five-pounds of toppings including bun, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, onions, mild banana peppers and a cup each of ketchup, mustard, relish, and […]

These guys may know about colories, carbs, fats and sodium, but I know what’s bad by looking at the packaging.

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

By David Zinczenko, with Matt Goulding
Provided by: Men’s Health
America’s Worst Breakfast Foods
Posted Wed, Sep 17, 2008, 11:50 am PDT
Worst Side Dish
Burger King Hash Browns (large)
620 calories
40 g fat (11 g saturated; 13 g trans)
1,200 mg sodium
60 g carbs
Worst Breakfast Sandwich
Hardee’s Monster Biscuit
710 calories
51 g fat (17 g saturated)
2,250 mg sodium
37 g carbohydrates
Worst Kids Meal
Denny’s Big […]

GRIM MOMENTS IN MARKETING…XXIII

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

In a rushed shower before going to work, I discovered there was no bar of soap, so I grabbed a bottle from my wife’s stash.  Don’t scrub your face with exfoliating soap unless you want the feeling of having climbed out of the water at Cape Cod’s Nauset Beach or having motorcycled through Needles, California […]