I know we post the occasional jokey or impractical flowchart, but I feel like I could actually get a lot of use out of this one.
This is an actual receipt from Nello's in New York City. The customer was Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, who had no problem dropping 47k on food and drinks for himself and five other people.
http://flavorwire.com/45653/top-10-street-foods-from-this...
Before working on media things at BuzzFeed, I co-created the blog This is Why You're Fat. Now This is Why You're Fat (the book) is out in stores this week! To celebrate, Flavorwire compiled a list of the site's best fatty street foods. Add your own book-worthy street foods!
What is it about this cherry that makes it quite so repulsive? Oh, probably the fact that it looks like someone shined a fluorescent light on someone's inflamed, diseased private parts.
The German group Pundo 3000 has released a new set of photos illustrating how food packaging rarely reflects the look of the product inside. After making buzz with the photos last year, this video is a promotion for a book the group recently published.
http://foodnetworkhumor.com/2009/05/25-ugly-food-tattoos-...
Not what you would typically call “appetizing.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/dining/reviews/26rest.h...
In his final column, The Times's restaurant critic answers questions that he was often asked or that he wished he'd been asked over the years.
Culture Buzz Some fetishes are sneaky. They are so weird and non-sexual, that they can be uploaded to YouTube and “enjoyed” by anyone. Enjoyed probably isn't the right word.
For a mere $3,500 you can purchase yourself the ultimate pancake machine — ChefStack literally takes all the work (and fun) out of making America's move beloved breakfast food. If it can't do shapes, I can't do robots for pancakes. Sorry, machine.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8174482.stm
Organic food is no healthier than conventionally produced food, a large independent review has concluded.
I have never seen such a specific cookie fortune that was also so incredibly accurate.
No doubt about it, this ice cream cone, covered in caramel and Nilla wafers (from The Big Gay Ice Cream Truck) is our summer treat of choice. Lucky New Yorkers will be happy to hear that the Truck is rumored to soon be doling out toppings including sea salt and chocolate-covered bacon. It's gonna be a fat, fat summer.
http://www.tastespotting.com/detail/46837/Watermelon-T-Rex
A watermelon made to look like a T-Rex.
http://www.burgerrankings.com/
A small but dedicated group of seven men, dedicated to finding the best burgers in New York City. The Burger of the Month Club is meting this weekend in NYC in their continuing search for the best burger. You can aid them in their search by helping them pick the next venue on their website. Here's their current top ten burgers in the Big Apple. 1 Peter Luger's 2 Donovan's Pub 3 City Hall 4 Primehouse 5 Bobby Van's Grille 6 Burger Joint 7 Landmarc 8 Genesis 9 Black Iron Burger 10 Back Forty
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/10/dining/10United.html?pa...
Scott's Variety Store and Bar-B-Q in Hemingway, S.C., slow-smokes whole hogs over hardwood coals - a way of cooking that is disappearing. This food is seriously slow.