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While the USA is not a monarchy, why do We, the People, seem overly preoccupied with royal monuments to commodities?

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

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THE CORN PALACE
Mitchell, South Dakota
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THE COAL PALACE
Ottumwa, Iowa
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THE OIL PALACE
Tyler, Texas
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THE COW PALACE
San Francisco, California
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THE SALT PALACE
Salt Lake City, Utah
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The RED TURKEY WHEAT PALACE
Goessel, Kansas

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THE PIZZA PALACE
Various Venues, USA

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And…finally America’s favorite…
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THE PORK PALACE
Gaviota, California
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Images:(Corn)media-2.web.britannica.com via britannica.com;(Wheat)kyways.lib.ks.us;durantamusements.com;
(Oil)citynoise.org;(Cow)theconcertproject.files.wordpress.com;
(Salt)visitsaltlake.com;(Coal)en.wikipedia.org; (Pork)porkpalace.com

Posted in Culinary Arts, Energy, Cuisine |

Years ago, Vincenzo Kolchak and I discussed the close relationship between cruise ship feasts and law enforcement display of seized weaponry.

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

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Whether by feeding the maw of gluttony,
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or by basking in the glow of media’s adulation;
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there is a pride inflated by a job well-done.

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Images: (3 chefs) egyptsites.files.wordpress.com; (proud chef) chefdenismartig.com; (spread w/ white)
See full sdiscovergalapagos.com; (spread w/ flowers) farm1.static.flickr.coml; (gubns on bed) timesonline.com via thetreeofliberty.com; (plates in galley) farm2.static.flickr.com; (promenade deck) upload.wikimedia.org; […]

Posted in Culinary Arts, Cuisine, Weapons, Cruise Ships, Police, Vacations |

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) […]

Posted in Culinary Arts, Cuisine, Crime |

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

AP
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 […]

Posted in Business, Culinary Arts, Pennsylvania, Cuisine, Sarah Palin |

“This is right out of a Thirties’ cartoon or a W.C. Fields’ movie!”

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

That’s what Vincenzo Kolchak said about this item advertised on Sam’sClub.com.

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Kalorik Toaster Oven/Coffee Maker/Griddle

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After a bit of research…

Who doesn’t recall this scene?

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Images: (Kaloric) via samsclub.com; (Fields) via comedylegends.org.uk; (beer tap & glass) via popsci.com;

Posted in Culinary Arts, Movies, 1930s, Alcohol |

The Other White Meat!

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

ABC News
Ex-House Speaker Hastert Finds New Home
Former House Majority Leader Will Now Work for DC Lobbying Firm
By JUSTIN ROOD
June 3, 2008—
Former House Majority Leader Dennis Hastert settled in yesterday to new digs in the Washington, D.C. offices of Dickstein Shapiro, a law/lobby firm.
Hastert was said to have been the longest-serving Republican House Majority Leader in […]

Posted in Culinary Arts, Cuisine, Hastert, Lobbyists |

Today, Yahoo Games has a feature on the biggest busts in video game history. While I know little about the subject, I read somewhere that this game was knocking at the sub-basement door.

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

STAR CHAMBER TUNA

The object of this game is to prepare casseroles, sandwiches, salads and surprises before the six dolphins caught in the tuna fisherman’s net perish. As a tie in with the Gluttony Channel, a fully-functioning Nimitz class aircraft carrier cyber-galley is available to the players, but Chinese submarines are on the prowl to end […]

Posted in Culinary Arts, Nature, Computers, Entertainment, Cuisine, Bowling |

Unfortunately, this is not the first time that chefs have strayed from American orthodoxy.

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

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Access Hollywood

Associated Press

May 29, 2008 12:59 PM

BOSTON, Mass. –Dunkin’ Donuts has pulled an online advertisement featuring Rachael Ray after complaints that a fringed black-and-white scarf that the celebrity chef wore in the ad offers symbolic support for Muslim extremism and terrorism.—Critics, including conservative commentator Michelle Malkin, complained that the scarf wrapped around her looked like […]

Posted in Business, Culinary Arts, Television, Fashion, Cuisine, Michelle Malkin |

The Detroit Free Press has listed the Metro Area’s Top 25 Sandwiches…

Friday, April 11th, 2008

These two meals on bread did not make the initial cut,
but I foresee a great future for them.
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THE KILAUEA

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THE RAMAR

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Images: (Original sandwich photos) Detroit Free Press-#1 Sylvia Rector; #2 Mary Schroeder; (lava) via englishpeople.com & pe.pbs.org & veronicadelacruz.wordpress.com via cache.eb.com; (sky) (jungle) jungletarpon.com; (snakes) oregonstate.edu;

Posted in Culinary Arts, Newspapers, Cuisine, Michigan |

What do we do with the left-overs, Olaf?

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

THROW THEM DOWN THAT HOLE!!
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An artist’s impression of the lowest-mass known black hole belonging to a binary system named XTE J1650-500. The black hole has about 3.8 times the mass of our sun, and is orbited by a companion star.
(NASA/Reuters)
Mini-black hole is smallest ever but still strong
Tue Apr 1, 3:44 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA […]

Posted in Culinary Arts, Health, Cuisine, NASA, Cosmology |

Why are the Scots angry?

Monday, March 24th, 2008

Beijing torch lit as police scotch protest
By Karolos Grohmann
March 24, 2008
ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (Reuters) - Human rights demonstrators breached tight security and tried to hijack the Beijing Olympic torch lighting ceremony and relay in ancient Olympia on Monday.
Just before the torch was lit inside the archaeological site that played host to the Olympics in ancient […]

Posted in China, Culinary Arts, Cuisine, Tibet, Olympics-Summer |

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