‘Ratatouille’ Delights and Charms
Posted on June 30, 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 [tag]Walt Disney Company[/tag] has now gone from a mouse to a rat in its pantheon of cartoon characters. At first blush, it would appear to be a daunting task to make a rat a sympathetic character, but that’s [...]
Read More..>>Whose Burger Reigns Firmer?
Posted on June 28, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
Doesn’t make sense, I know, but I’m trying to do a take-off on the Iron Chef saying, “Whose cuisine regins supreme?” Usually, the Iron Chef’s, of course, whether it’s actually better or not.
I bring this up because I made a spur-of-the-moment visit to In-N-Out Burger the other day. Now, if you basically don’t live in [...]
Disney Bans the Fat
Posted on June 27, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
Well, not really, but the theme park division has become [tag]trans fat[/tag] aware and has announced it to the world. Is it just PR?
On a recent day trip to [tag]Disneyland[/tag] with my family, I did notice that a lot of the kids’ meals came with fruit and other healthy items as side dishes–for instance mac [...]
Cooking for Klutzes
Posted on June 26, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
As I was chopping some onions on Sunday for a guacamole I was attempting, I mused about why I could never be anything but a home chef. I’m just too slow at the basics. It takes me forever just to chop an onion even when I use the techniques taught by the professionals on Food Network.
Fundamentally, [...]
Alii to the Rescue
Posted on June 22, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
If you’re like me, you like to eat but it shows–around the waist and elsewhere.
I keep telling my dry cleaner that my clothes are constantly shrinking, and lately I’ve taken to replacing my trousers with the elastic midriff type. A little stretch makes me feel that I’m not getting too huge, but I am, of [...]
French Laundry Chef Makes Movie Debut
Posted on June 21, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
Disney-Pixar’s new animated feature, Ratatouille, which features a rat named Remy as the star and eminence un-gris of a lad named Linguini, who goes on to great culinary heights from being a downtrodden kitchen hand, contains a few surprises of its own.
Turns out that famed [tag]French Laundry chef Thomas Keller[/tag], who is celebrated by the French [...]
Revenge of the Protein Burger
Posted on June 20, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
If you’re not a California, Arizona or Nevada resident or a frequent visitor to one of those states who likes fast food, you may have never heard of [tag]In-N-Out Burger[/tag]. However, every 20something male (in California at least) thinks the In-N-Out Burger was created by God Himself. Their 20something women go along for the ride and [...]
Read More..>>Miracle Foods? Eat and Get Thinner?
Posted on June 19, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
I recently read a couple of articles purporting to list foods that will enhance your energy and health while tightening up your body.
Sounds good, huh?
‘But Wait, There’s More….’
Posted on June 18, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
You’ve no doubt heard that pitch many a time on kitchen gadget infomercials.
Now, there is indeed more in the life of [tag]Ronco[/tag] (Veg-O-Matic, etc.) founder [tag]Ron Popeil[/tag], 72, who sold his company two years ago for $55 million.
Now the company has declared bankruptcy, still owing Popeil $11.8 million.
What the hey? He still cleared more than [...]
Sign of the Times?
Posted on June 15, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
Let’s hope not.
When I was in one of the many nationwide [tag]Benihana[/tag] restaurants the other day, I saw this sign posted on the mirror in the men’s restroom:
“Please do not vandalize.”
Anybody else ever seen something like this in a restaurant?
